Understanding the Role of Accredited Drug Dispensing Outlets in Tanzania's Health System.
People in many low-income countries access medicines from retail drug shops. In Tanzania, a public-private partnership launched in 2003 used an accreditation approach to improve access to quality medicines and pharmaceutical services in underserved areas. The government scaled up the accredited drug...
Main Authors: | Martha Embrey, Catherine Vialle-Valentin, Angel Dillip, Bernard Kihiyo, Romuald Mbwasi, Innocent A Semali, John C Chalker, Jafary Liana, Rachel Lieber, Keith Johnson, Edmund Rutta, Suleiman Kimatta, Elizabeth Shekalaghe, Richard Valimba, Dennis Ross-Degnan |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2016-01-01
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Series: | PLoS ONE |
Online Access: | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5100953?pdf=render |
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