Pharmaceutical Management

Drug Management

The following publications are accessible at http://www.msh.org/resource-center/publications/index.cfm.

• Commodity Management in VCT Programs: A Planning Guide – December 2002 [PDF, 537KB]
  
  
• Drug Management for Childhood Illness Data Collector's Guide – September 2000 [PDF, 285KB]
  
  
• Drug Management for Childhood Illness Flyer – November 2003 [PDF, 81KB]
  
  
• Drug Management for Childhood Illness Manual – September 2000 [PDF, 820KB]
  
  
• Guidelines for Implementing Drug Utilization Review Programs in Hospitals – January 1997 [PDF, 179KB]
  
  
• Managing Drug Supply and Training Series – 2000
  
  
• Managing Pharmaceuticals and Commodities for Tuberculosis – December 2005 [PDF, 1.2MB]
  
  
• Manual for the Development and Maintenance of Hospital Drug Formularies – April 1996 [PDF, 254KB]
  
  
• Pharmaceutical Management for Tuberculosis – August 2005 [PDF, 137KB]
  
  
• Rapid Pharmaceutical Management Assessment Manual – July 1995l [PDF, 680KB]
  
  
• Requesting USAID Approval to Procure HIV Test Kits and Other HIV/AIDS-related Pharmaceutical Products: Guidance and Sources of Information – January 2002
  
  
• Standard Operating Procedures for Laboratories – 03/01/2005 [PDF, 579KB]
  
  
• Standard Operating Procedures for Pharmacies –- 03/01/2005 [PDF, 1.0MB]

Drug Quality and Information

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

• Survey of the Quality of Selected Antimalarial Medicines Circulating in Madagascar, Senegal, and Uganda – November 2009 [PDF, 817KB]
  
  
• Guidelines for Sampling of Antimalarial Drug Samples In the USP DQI Antimalarial Drug Quality Monitoring Project in Mekong Sub-region Countries Program – October 2004 [PDF, 221KB]
  
  
• Matrix of Drug Quality Reports on USAID-Assisted Countries –- 10/01/08 [PDF, 304KB]
  
  
• Optimizing Patient Comprehension through Medicine Information Leaflets [PDF, 1.3MB]
  
  
• Poliomyelitis, Oral Poliovirus Vaccine (OPV), and Misconceptions on Vaccinations - August 2000
  • English [PDF, 727KB]
  • French [PDF, 767KB]
  • Russian [PDF, 814KB]
    
    
• Review of Drug Quality in Asia with Focus on Anti-Infectives –- February 2004 [PDF, 1.89MB]

The remaining publications listed below are available in print or PDF from PQM 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: PQM/WHO SEARO Workshops on Evaluation of Quality of Antiretroviral Drugs and Drug Quality Issues in South-East Asia