dc.contributor.author	Melrose, Dianna	*
dc.date.accessioned	2011-02-28T09:05:03Z	en
dc.date.available	2011-02-28T09:05:03Z	en
dc.date.issued	1987-08-01
dc.identifier.isbn	978-0-85598-065-8
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10546/123025
dc.description	Rich and poor could benefit from new drugs to treat incurable diseases. But only the poor are denied the life-saving drugs available to the rich. This report attempts to unravel the complexities of the medicines issue. The focus throughout is on the needs of the Third World poor. Chapter 1 assesses the role of medicines in creating better health. Chapters 2 to 6 highlight the special problems in the distribution, production and marketing of drugs in developing countries. Chapter 7 focuses on traditional medicine which remains the major source of health care for most of the world's population. Chapters 8 and 9 describe constructive initiatives to improve health and the supply and use of essential drugs both at project level and on a wider national and international scale. These and the following chapter are concerned both with attempts to rationalise drug policies to benefit the majority and with obstacles to change. Chapter 10 also examines attitudes and policies in the major drug producing nations and their impact on drug needs and policies in developing countries. Finally, in Chapter 11, we put forward Oxfam's suggestions on action that is urgently needed to benefit the Third World poor.	en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents	Introduction; I A Pill for All Ills? ; II Unequal Distribution; III Producers' Market; IV Poor Value for the Poor? - Drug Prices; V Information or Misinformation? - Drug Promotion; VI Buyers Beware - Uncontrolled Sales and Problem Drugs; VII Traditional Medicine; VIII Trail-Blazers - Small-scale Solutions; IX Healthy Solutions - Third World National and Regional Policies; X Help or Hindrance? - The Rich ; XI Health Now - Action for Change; Notes and References; Index	en_US
dc.format.extent	292	en_US
dc.language.iso	English	en_US
dc.publisher	Oxfam GB	en_US
dc.relation.url	https://policy-practice.oxfam.org.uk/publications/bitter-pills-medicines-and-the-third-world-poor-123025
dc.subject	Economics
dc.subject	Health
dc.title	Bitter Pills: Medicines and the third world poor	en_US
dc.type	Book	en_US
oxfam.signoff.status	For public use. Can be shared outside Oxfam	en_US
oxfam.subject.keyword	Finance	en_US
oxfam.subject.keyword	Access to medicines	en_US
dc.year.issuedate	1987	en_US
refterms.dateFOA	2018-08-16T15:42:23Z

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