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The PHARMACY TOOLBOX is a comprehensive knowledge repository to provide its users with practical, up-to-date information on medicines and good pharmaceutical practices. It collates basic documents on (essential) medicines, guidelines, rational use, access, and good quality of medicines. All health workers who prescribe, handle or dispense medicines find an electronic key pharmacy knowledge hub. 

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This document shall serve as the most comprehensive set of guidelines on the safe management of waste generated from heath care activities in the country. It incorporates the requirements of all Philippine laws and regulations governing HCWM and is designed for the use of individuals, public and pri... more
This guideline aims to improve the quality of donations and the management thereof and serve as the basis for policies of the State and other organizations in the giving and receiving of donations of medicines, medical devices and IVDs. Over the last three or four decades, there has been an enorm... more
Technology landscape
Activity Report
Drugs & Therapy Perspectives vol.36 (2020) 6
The purpose of this document is to provide relevant information and guidelines on coronavirus outbreaks – and in particular the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 and the diseases it produces, COVID-19 – for pharmacists and the pharmacy workforce, both in a primary care context (i.e. community phar... more
Bulletin of the World Health Organization; Type: Perspectives Article ID: BLT.19.24843
Ce document fournit une vue d'ensemble des technologies spécifiques aux déchets d'activités de soins de santé pour le traitement des déchets solides infectieux et piquants. Pour chaque technologie, les détails de son fonctionnement, ses effets sur l'environnement et la santé, les exigences d'... more
The Adult Standard Treatment Guidelines and Essential Medicines List for Hospital Level provide a platform for transparency to enable equitable access to safe, effective, and affordable treatment options at hospital level taking into consideration the changing clinical needs of our population and th... more
Communication to Healthcare Professionals Mar-2020 This guideline is intended to assist healthcare professionals in the participation of very important process of continuous surveillance of safety and efficacy of the health products which are used in their clinical practice. Continuous evaluation o... more
The PHC STGs and EML should be used by healthcare workers providing care at clinics, community health centres, and gateway clinics at hospitals. Pharmaceutical and Therapeutics Committees (PTCs) are responsible for ensuring the availability of medicines listed in the PHC EML at those facilities, as... more
Chagas disease affects approximately 6 million people, mainly in Latin America. Less than 1% of affected individuals receive proper antiparasitic treatment, and current drugs are inadequate to fight the entire spectrum of the disease. Against this background, Novartis is pursuing an end-to-end appro... more
Introduction Pharmacovigilance (PV) systems to monitor drug and vaccine safety are often inadequate in sub-Saharan Africa. In Malawi, a PV enhancement initiative was introduced to address major barriers to PV. Objective The objective of this initiative was to improve reporting of adverse events (A... more
Interagency Guidelines; Medicines and medical devices for 10 000 people for approximately three month.

Where There Are No Pharmacists

Sarah Andersson; Beverley Snell Third World Network; Health Action International Asia Pacific (2019) C2
2nd edition. A Guide to Managing Medicines for All Health Workers. Available for purchase via following link https://www.twn.my/title2/books/HAI.htm Where there are no trained pharmacists serving communities, other categories of health workers are called upon to order, buy, store, dispense and ad... more
The Kenya Essential Medicines List 2019 is an indispensable guide to the medicines recommended for the management of common conditions in Kenya. It is primarily directed at health care providers and medicines supply managers in the public and non-public health sectors. It should be used together wit... more