[e-drug] Myths about hospital formularies persist (5)

["Francis Juma" <fdjuma@yahoo.com>]

E-DRUG: Myths about hospital formularies persist (5)
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Atieno Hi!

I appreciate your sentiments. The WHO together with
INRUD have made useful efforts in the recent years to
identify and rationalize strategies in the promotion
of Essential Drugs which means; the choice a critical
number of drugs for most countries' needs in their
medical interventions. Their rational use has been
verified by several studies including indicator
studies and this approach was found cost-effective for
low resource countries which are also burdened with
HIV/AIDS. We insist that this is the way forward and
recommend that countries should adhere to their
Essential Drug Lists introduced by living Clinical
Guidelines. Hospital formularies could be important
additions, but will require allot of integrity &
transparency in the formulation of therapeutic
Committees. These arrangement must be seen to be done
and require some efforts from regulatory authorities
as they have both human survival and cost implications
for many countries.

Kind regards

Prof Francis D. Juma MD., PHD.
Department of Clinical Pharmacology & Internal
Medicine,
College of Health Science,
University Nairobi Kenya East Africa