Missing Medicines in Malawi: Campaigning against stock-outs of essential drugs

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Author(s)
Mazengera, Shenard
Publication date
2012-05-30
Subject
Approach and methodology
Governance and citizenship
Health
Rights
Keywords
Access to medicines
Civil society
Health systems
Participation
Advocacy
Campaigning
Development methods
Country
Malawi

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Publisher(s)
Oxfam GB
Series
Local Governance and Community Action Programme Insights
Document type
Case study
Description
Malawi is one of the poorest countries in the world. The government has introduced some measures to improve the health of its people, but a number of major problems remain. One of these is the lack of essential medicines in government health clinics – known as ‘stock-outs’. These medicines should be free to poor people, but most find that they have to pay. This case study – one of a series of Programme Insights on Local Governance and Community Action – looks at an innovative campaign which aimed to tackle this problem by enhancing the capacity of local communities and civil society organizations to demand the right to access these medicines. The campaign lobbied for a commitment to increased availability and accessibility in rural areas and carried out budget and resource tracking. The case study looks at the difficulties the campaign faced and outlines the factors that contributed to its success.
Pages
12
ISBN
978-1-78077-103-8
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/10546/226732
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http://policy-practice.oxfam.org.uk/publications/missing-medicines-in-malawi-campaigning-against-stock-outs-of-essential-drugs-226732
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