Developing and strengthening the global supply chain for second-line drugs for multidrug-resistant tuberculosis : workshop summary / Anna Nicholson, Rebecca A. English, Rita S. Guenther, and Anne B. Claiborne, rapporteurs ; Forum on Drug Discovery, Development, and Translation, Board on Health Sciences Policy, Institute of Medicine of the National Academies.

Developing and strengthening the global supply chain for second-line drugs for multidrug-resistant tuberculosis : workshop summary /

To effectively treat patients diagnosed with drug-resistant (DR) tuberculosis (TB) and protect the population from further transmission of this infectious disease, an uninterrupted supply of quality-assured (QA), second-line anti-TB drugs (SLDs) is necessary. Patients diagnosed with multidrug-resist...

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Main Authors: Nicholson, Anna (Author), English, Rebecca A. (Author), Guenther, Rita S. (Author), Claiborne, Anne B. (Author)
Corporate Authors: Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Forum on Drug Discovery, Development, and Translation (sponsoring body.), Workshop on Global Drug Supply Chain for Secondline Anti-tuberculosis Drugs
Format: Electronic Conference Proceeding eBook
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, [2013]
Subjects:
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis > Prevention > Congresses.
Business logistics > Congresses.
International cooperation > Congresses.
Tuberculosis, Multidrug-Resistant > drug therapy
Extensively Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis > drug therapy
Internationality
Congress
proceedings (reports)
Conference papers and proceedings.
Online Access: Full text (Wentworth users only)
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Logistics, supply, and demand
  • Financing of MD TB SLDs
  • Innovative suggestions and potential solutions.

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