Prescribing and dispensing practices for medicines used to treat non-communicable diseases in Uganda: a cross-sectional study

Prescribing and dispensing practices for medicines used to treat non-communicable diseases in Uganda: a cross-sectional study

Background: Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) are increasingly prevalent in low-income and middle-income countries (LMIC) and accessibility of medicines is essential for the management of these conditions. In Uganda, although many NCD medicines are now included in the national essential medicines lis...

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Main Authors:	Rejoice F Ngongoni, Geliang Gan, Yanhong Deng, Gidio Agaba, Ann R Akiteng, Jeremy I Schwartz
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Elsevier 2018-03-01
Series:	The Lancet Global Health
Online Access:	http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214109X18301529

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