IMPLEMENTING THE ESSENTIAL DRUGS PROGRAMME

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IMPLEMENTING THE ESSENTIAL DRUGS PROGRAMME
PAPUA NEW GUINEA (PNG) EXPERIENCE
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BACKGROUND

• 1.1 PNGS HEALTH DELIVERY SYSTEM
• HOSPITALS
• HEALTH CENTRES
• AID-POSTS
• 1.2 DRUG OUTLETS IN PNG
• PRIVATE SECTOR
• PUBLIC/GOVERNMENT SECTOR

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EDL PROGRAMME

• 1. MEDICAL AND DENTAL CATALOGUE
• CONTAIN ALL DRUGS USED BY HOSPITALS, HEALTH
  CENTRES, AID-POSTS
• DRUGS ARE DIVIDED INTO DIFFERENT CATEGORIES
• THE CATALOGUE REVIEWED ANNUALLY
• 2. STANDARD TREATMENT GUIDELINES
• LIST PREFERED DRUGS/NON-DRUG TREATMENT FOR
  COMMON HEALTH PROBLEMS IN PNG

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• 3. ESSENTIAL DRUG PROGRAMME MANAGEMENT
• 3.1 PHARMACEUTICAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE (PAC)
• MEMBERSHIP CLINICIANS/PHYSICIANS
• 
  DENTISTS/DENTAL SURGEONS
• PHARMACISTS
  (ACADEMIA)
• 
  PHARMACOLOGISTS (ACADEMIA)
• 3.2 FUNCTIONS OF PAC
• REVIEW EDL CATALOGUE ANNUALLY
• ADVISE NATIONAL HEALTH BOARD ON
• - POLICY MATTER RELATING
  TO PHARMACEUTICAL
• SERVICES IN PNG
• - STANDARDS
  PRACTICES OF PHARMACEUTICAL
• SERVICES IN PNG
• 3.3 IMPORTATION AND DISTRIBUTION OF ESSENTIAL
  DRUGS

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NATIONAL DRUG POLICY (NDP)

• 1. OBJECTIVE
• TO IMPROVE HEALTH OF PEOPLE BY RATIONAL USE OF
  SAFE,
• EFFECTIVE AND AFFORADABLE DRUGS
• 2. IMPLEMENTAION OF NDP
• MEDICINE COSMETIC ACT (1999)
• MEDICINE COSMETIC REGULATION (2001)
• PHARMACY BOARD OF PNG
• - REGISTRATION OF ALL DRUGS
• - INSPECTION AND
  LICENSING OF PHARMACEUTICAL
• ESTABLISHMENTS

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CONCLUSION

• THE IMPLEMENTATION OF ESSENTIAL
• DRUG PROGRAMME IN PNG IS CONTINUING.