Government accepts responsibility for stimulating and supporting research and development for the welfare of the entire community. Research is therefore a matter of serious concern which should be approached with the greatest degree of responsibility by those trained and qualified to engage in...

The aim of this Review, prepared under the auspices of the Australian Health Ministers' Advisory Council, is to 1. Assess AMWAC's performance to date against its original terms of reference and assess to what extent have expectations been achieved? 2. Assess and make relevant recommendations on...

Increasing health care costs is an international problem from which SouthAfrica is not excluded. Prescription medication contributes most to these high health care costs,and methods to reduce their costs to society are implemented worldwide. In South Africa, sucha method is a managed care...

Health is a fundamental human right. Access to health care, which includes providing apopulation with safe, effective, good quality drugs at the least possible cost, is a prerequisite torealising that right. Drugs or medicines play a fundamental role in the effectiveness, efficiencyand...

The most frequent intervention performed by physicians is the writing of a prescription. Modern medicine has been remarkably effective in managing diseases. Medicines play a fundamentalrole in the effectiveness, efficiency and responsiveness of health care systems. However,health care...