Pharmaceutical Management

Drug Management

The following publications are accessible at http://www.msh.org/projects/rpmplus/7.0.htm

• Commodity Management in VCT Programs: A Planning Guide [PDF, 229KB]
  
  
• Description of the Commodity Management in VCT Programs Planning Guide
  
  
• Drug Management for Childhood Illness Data Collector's Guide [PDF, 285KB]
  
  
• Drug Management for Childhood Illness Flyer
  
  
• Drug Management for Childhood Illness Manual [PDF, 820KB]
  
  
• Guidelines for Implementing Drug Utilization Review Programs in Hospitals [PDF, 179KB]
  
  
• Managing Drug Supply and Training Series
  
  
• Managing Pharmaceuticals and Commodities for Tuberculosis [PDF, 1.2MB]
  
  
• Manual for the Development and Maintenance of Hospital Drug Formularies [PDF, 254KB]
  
  
• Pharmaceutical Management for Tuberculosis
  
  
• Rapid Pharmaceutical Management Assessment Manual [PDF, 680KB]
  
  
• Requesting USAID Approval to Procure HIV Test Kits and Other HIV/AIDS-related Pharmaceutical Products: Guidance and Sources of Information
  
  
• Standard Operating Procedures for Laboratories [PDF, 309KB]
  
  
• Standard Operating Procedures for Pharmacies [PDF, 1.1MB]

Coming soon:

• Implementation Guide for ACT Programs for Malaria (June 2005)
  
  
• Pharmaceutical Management for Malaria (June 2005)

Drug Quality and Information

The following publications are accessible at http://www.uspdqi.org/pubs/

• Guidelines for Sampling of Antimalarial Drug Samples In the USP DQI Antimalarial Drug Quality Monitoring Project in Mekong Sub-region Countries Program [PDF, 221KB]
  
  
• Increasing Access to Objective Drug Information: A Case Study-Nepal. September 2000. USP/RPM Program [PDF, 80KB]
  
  
• Matrix of Drug Quality Reports on USAID-Assisted Countries [PDF, 427KB]
  
  
• Mekong Malaria Initiative Antimalarial Drug Quality Monitoring and Evaluation: Indicators [PDF, 437KB]
  
  
• Optimizing Patient Comprehension through Medicine Information Leaflets [PDF, 1.3MB]
  
  
• Poliomyelitis, Oral Poliovirus Vaccine (OPV), and Misconceptions on Vaccinations
  • English [PDF, 727KB]
  • French [PDF, 768KB]
  • Russian [PDF, 1.1MB]
    
    
• Rapid Assessment of a Drug Quality Assurance Program and Drug Quality Control Systems [PDF, 818KB]
  
  
• Review of Drug Quality in Asia with Focus on Anti-Infectives [PDF, 1.88MB]

The remaining publications listed below are available in print or PDF from USP DQI by calling 301-816-8160 or emailing uspdqi@usp.org.

• A Study of Drug Retailer Recommending and Counseling Practices in Nepal
  
  
• Drug Information Center Management Training Course: Training Manual
  
  
• Guide to Evaluating Medicine Education Programs and Materials for Consumers
  
  
• New ERA - Evaluation of Training Module for Drug Retailers
  
  
• Technical Review of Antimicrobial Drug Information: Overview and Recommendations
  
  
• Workshop Proceedings: Workshop on National Antibiotic Policy
  
  
• Workshop Proceedings: USP DQI/WHO SEARO Workshops on Evaluation of Quality of Antiretroviral Drugs and Drug Quality Issues in South-East Asia