VP25 African countries are Working together To enhance medicine use

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dc.contributor.authorMassele, Amos Y.
dc.date.accessioned2022-01-20T10:20:31Z
dc.date.available2022-01-20T10:20:31Z
dc.date.issued2017
dc.description.abstractINTRODUCTION: The socioeconomic burden of diseases is increasing in Africa. For instance in 2011, 70 percent of the world's human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) population resided in sub-Sahara Africa. There are also growing rates of Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR), which necessitates newer more expensive antibiotics adding to costs. There is also a growing burden of non-communicable diseases (NCDs), three out of four patients with hypertension currently live in low and middle income countries (LMICs), with prevalence rates up to 30 to 45 percent among adults in Africa. Alongside this, up to 70 percent of total healthcare expenditure is spent on medicines in LMICs; much of this out-of-pocket. Consequently, there is an urgent need to strengthen collaborative research to improve medicine use. METHODS: Summary of groups working together in Africa including the Medicines Utilisation Research in Africa (MURIA) group. RESULTS: African Strategies for Health identifies and advocates best practices, as well as works with others to develop sustainable solutions. Pharmacology for Africa (PharfA) organises and promotes pharmacology on the African continent, including research in clinical pharmacology, alongside the International Union of Basic and Clinical Pharmacology (IUPHAR) sub-division. International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research (ISPOR) Africa co-ordinates activities from the different African country chapters. The South African Health Technology Assessment Society (SAHTAS) is a scientific and professional society for all those who produce, use, or encounter Health Technology Assessment (HTA) in Southern Africa, and the World Health Organization (WHO) International and Regional groups are improving antibiotic drug utilization capabilities in Africa. The MURIA group was established in 2015 (1). Ongoing collaborative research includes (i) initiatives to optimize antibiotic use; (ii) methods to enhance adherence to anti-infective prescribing guidance, (iii) approaches to improve adherence to HIV and NCDs; (iv) researching current anti-hypertensive utilization patterns and knowledge; (v) approaches to enhance Drugs and Therapeutic Committees (DTC) activities, and (vi) strengthening medicine utilization capabilities (2,3). These activities have already strengthened research ties across Africa. CONCLUSIONS: A number of groups are already working across Africa to enhance appropriate medicine use, and should continue. Ongoing MURIA activities include antibiotic point-prevalence studies, ongoing research into infectious diseases, NCDs and DTCs including adherence as well as the third workshop and symposium in Namibia in 2017.en_US
dc.identifier.citationMassele, A., Afriyie, D., Burger, J., Ezenduka, C., Fadare, J., Kalungia, A., Kibuule, D., Meyer, J., Ogunleye, O., Oluka, M. and Truter, I., 2017. VP25 African countries are working together to enhance medicine use. International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care, 33(S1), pp.157-158.en_US
dc.identifier.otherDOI:10.1017/S0266462317003154
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/869
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherInternational Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Careen_US
dc.subjectAfrican countriesen_US
dc.subjectHIVen_US
dc.subjectMedicine useen_US
dc.titleVP25 African countries are Working together To enhance medicine useen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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