As a consequence, the availability and procurement of adequate tissue samples should be strongly considered as part of the eligibility criteria of trials evaluating novel therapies in biliary carcinoma.
ii) How can stakeholders use the information available in the system, e.g., price, availability, quality, utilization, registration, procurement, in a transparent way towards improving access and use of medicines?
In the Gaza Strip a range of issues exist around material procurement and availability.
According to previous research in the Gaza Strip (Enshassi et al. 2009, 2011, 2013), issues related to material procurement and availability are driven primarily by the blockade and border closure.
99mTc only emits 5 electrons per decay, but presents some attractive characteristics such as a short half-life, easy procurement and availability and ideal imaging properties for therapy monitoring.
Generally, informants reported common challenges with drug procurement, limited availability of diagnostic equipment, and of different medicines to treat the range of NCDs.
As a result of better planning, increased financial resources, bulk buying, and joint procurement, the availability of long-lasting insecticide-treated bed nets (LLINs) in sub-Saharan Africa has shot up from 5.6 million in 2004 to 145 million in 2010 and contributed to a substantial reduction in malarial deaths on the continent.
Breast milk is an important aspect of food security in communities where access to market food is economically prohibitive and access to traditional country food is a challenge due to environmental contamination, decline of species and costs of procurement and availability of hunters in the family [ 20].
This article describes the detailed reporting of procurement prices and availability of a basket of essential medicines in three major public healthcare providers and the prices, availability and affordability of these medicines for patients in the private sector in National Capital Territory (NCT) of Delhi, India.
Data on procurement price and availability was collected July-October 20111) from three public healthcare providers: the federal (central) government, state government and Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD).
