[e-drug] WHO/AMDS Information Library

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E-DRUG: WHO/AMDS Information Library
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[The WHO AIDS Medicines and Diagnostics Service (AMDS) has made all of its documents available on its website http://www.who.int/3by5/amds/en/

There is a goldmine of country procurement reports, ARV roll-out case studies, info about HIV-related diagnostics, the updated ARV Toolkit, and a good collection of key documents on pricing, procurement, prequalification, patents, drug regulation, storage and treatment guidelines. Enough to keep you downloading a full CD-ROM or even DVD...

All documents below are downloadable from http://www.who.int/3by5/amds/library/en/
Happy downloading! WB]


AMDS Guiding documents

:: AMDS technical brief (December, 2003) 

Assessment of procurement and supply chain management for delivery of ARVs

:: Ghana: Preparing for the Management of Antiretroviral Drugs Findings and Recommendations of the ARV Assessment Team (Ministry of Health/Ghana Health Service & John Snow Inc./DELIVER) [pdf 492kb] 
:: Ghana: Pharmaceutical Pricing Study. Policy Analysis and Recommendations (Johns Snow Inc./DELIVER) [pdf 969kb] 
:: Kenya: Assessment of the health commodity supply chains and KEMSA (John Snow Inc./DELIVER) [pdf 651kb] 
:: Uganda: Assessing the Costs of Distribution to Health Sub-Districts. A Case Study in Financial Analysis (Boston University School of Public Health, John Snow Inc./DELIVER) [pdf 236kb] 
:: Zimbabwe: Antiretroviral Therapy Program: Issues and Opportunities for Initiation and Expansion. A Case study in Financial Analysis (John Snow Inc./DELIVER 2003) [pdf 652kb] 
:: Nigeria: Assessment of the Transportation System and Distribution Costs for Family Planning Commodities. (John Snow Inc./DELIVER 2003) [pdf 601kb] 
:: Rwanda: Assessment of the Health Commodity Supply Sector in Rwanda, September 2003 (RPM Plus/Management Sciences for Health) [pdf 747kb] 
:: Namibia: An Assessment of the Public Sector Drug Supply System of the Republic of Namibia November, 2003 (RPM Plus/Management Sciences for Health) [pdf 2.33Mb] 

Case studies - perspective and practice 

:: Approaches to the Management of HIV/AIDS in Cuba, 2004
:: The Lighthouse: A Centre for Comprehensive HIV/AIDS Treatment and Care in Malawi, 2004
:: Scaling Up Antiretroviral Therapy: Experience in Uganda, 2003 (en)
:: Scaling Up Antiretroviral Therapy: Experience in Uganda, 2004 (fr)
:: Saving Mothers, Saving Families: The MTCT-Plus Initiative, 2003 (en)
:: Sauver des mhres, Sauver des familles: linitiative PTME-plus, 2004 (fr)
:: Antiretroviral Therapy in Primary Health Care: Experience of the Khayelitsha Programme in South Africa, 2003
:: Access to Antiretroviral Treatment and Care: The Experience of the HIV Equity Initiative, Cange, Haiti, 2003

Diagnostics

:: HIV BP List 2004
:: WHO HIV Test Kit Bulk Procurement Scheme
:: Procedure for the Evaluation of HIV, HBV & HCV Diagnostic Tests
:: HIV Simple/Rapid Assays: Operational Characteristics, Whole Blood Specimens
:: HIV Simple/Rapid Assays: Operational Characteristics, Urine Specimens Oral Fluid (Saliva) Specimens
:: Issues Paper on CD4 technology (forthcoming)
:: HIV test fact sheets (Johns Snow Inc./DELIVER)
:: HIV Test Kit Selection: Operational Considerations for VCT and PMTCT Services (John Snow Inc./DELIVER)
:: Sources and Prices of Selected Medicines and Diagnostics for People Living With HIV/AIDS, 2004

General

- ARV Toolkit: A Public Health Approach for Scaling Up Antiretroviral (ARV) Treatment, 2004

Pooled procurement and centralized negotiation

:: OECS/PPS
:: Antiretroviral price negotiation in 10 Latin American Countries
:: AMDS presentation on pooled procurement at Fiji (August 2004) 

Prequalification

:: Essential Drugs and Medicines Prequalification Project Website
:: Key Facts about the WHO Prequalification Project (2004)
:: Pre-qualified ARV products and manufacturers list
:: General Prequalification Procedure, 2001
:: Procedure for prequalification of Quality Control Laboratories, 2003
:: Issues paper on the Use of Fixed Dose Combination Products (forthcoming) 

Presentations

Satellite Symposium by the Forum Collaborative HIV Research at XV International AIDS Conference, Bangkok (July, 2004):
:: HIV monitoring technologies for resource-limited settings (Ben Cheng)
:: Review of CD4 technologies (Suzanne Crowe)
:: Review of Viral Load Technologies (Susan Fiscus)
:: Integration of new monitoring technologies into ARV rollout plans (James Hakim)
:: How technologies are used on the ground: CD4 cell count and viral load (Trevor Load)

Pricing

:: Global Fund Purchase Price Report
:: Sources and Prices of Selected Medicines and Diagnostics for People Living With HIV/AIDS, 2004
:: Untangling the Web of Price Reductions: A pricing guide for ARVs in developing countries, 2004

Procurement

:: Procurement of HIV tests, ARVs and related commodities through partners of the AMDS network
:: HIV/AIDS medicines and related supplies: Contemporary Context and Procurement. Technical Guide, 2004 (World Bank)
:: Operational Principles for Good Pharmaceutical Procurement, 1999

Regulatory status

:: Drug patents under the spotlight: sharing practical knowledge about pharmaceutical patents (MSF, 2003)
:: Patent Situation of HIV/AIDS-related Drugs in 80 countries, 2000
:: HIV/AIDS medicines and related supplies: Contemporary Context and Procurement. Technical Guide, 2004 (World Bank)
:: Untangling the web of price reductions: a pricing guide for the purchase of ARVs for developing countries (MSF, April 2004)

Storage

:: Guidelines for the Storage of Essential Medicines and other Health Commodities [pdf 905kb] 

Treatment guidelines

:: WHO standard ARV treatment guidelines, 2003
:: Guidelines for the Management of Sexually Transmitted Infections, 2001
:: HIV-related opportunistic diseases : UNAIDS technical update, 1998
:: Monographs for ARVs
:: Interim policy on collaborative TB/HIV activities, 2004
:: Palliative care : issues and challenges, 2002 

Trips

:: Globalization, TRIPS and access to pharmaceuticals (No.3, March 2001) [pdf 180kb]