The availability of drugs: what does it mean in Ugandan primary care

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dc.contributor.authorJitta, Jessica
dc.contributor.authorWhyte, Susan Reynolds
dc.contributor.authorNshakira, Nathan
dc.date.accessioned2021-12-14T18:49:37Z
dc.date.available2021-12-14T18:49:37Z
dc.date.issued2003
dc.description.abstractAvailability of drugs is often considered the most important element in quality of health care in rural African settings. Using material collected through mainly qualitative methods, this article examines drug availability in six primary health care units in southeastern Uganda. Emphasis is on the differing perspectives of three categories of actors: health planners/managers; health workers; and users of health services. The main concern is the availability of choroquine and penicillin, especially injectable forms, and the needles and syringes for administering them. Health sector reforms have changed the conditions for managing, supplying, and using drugs through decentralization, user fees, and privatization. Patients were dissaatisfied when they were not able to obtain all drugs prescribeddd at the health unit. Government health units both compete with, and use, local commercial sources of drugs. They need to attract patients and, with user fees, they are more able to supplement the drug kit supplies provided through the Ministry of Health. There is a need to revise policy in light of the new situation. Dialogue and realism are needed in order to create policies that respect both good medical treatment standards and the concerns of frontline workers and their patients. The exercise of rethinking the meaning of drug availability in primary health care calls for methodologies examining the chenging context of health care and the positions of different categories of actors, at national and district setting, to appreciate gaps existing between drug policy and practice.en_US
dc.identifier.citationJitta, J., Whyte, S. R., & Nshakira, N. (2003). The availability of drugs: what does it mean in Ugandan primary care. Health Policy, 65(2), 167-179. doi:10.1016/S0168-8510(03)00003-4en_US
dc.identifier.other1016/S0168-8510(03)00003-4
dc.identifier.urihttps://nru.uncst.go.ug/xmlui/handle/123456789/512
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherHealth Policyen_US
dc.subjectDrugsen_US
dc.subjectUgandan primary careen_US
dc.titleThe availability of drugs: what does it mean in Ugandan primary careen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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