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The implementation of the bioequivalence certification policy in Chile: an analysis of market authorization data

PLoS One; 14 (5), 2019
Affordability is a key barrier to access to medicines. Generic medicines policies can address this barrier and promote access. Successful uptake of generic medicines depends, in part, on ensuring that these products are interchangeable with reference products. Typically, bioequivalence certification is e...

Evaluation of the effects of a generic substitution policy implemented in Chile

BMJ Glob. Health; 4 (2), 2019
Chile implemented a generic substitution policy in 2014 to improve access to medicines. This study aims to measure if the generic substitution policy had an effect on the sales volume and prices of referent and the branded generic products with demonstrated bioequivalence (BEQ) in the private pharmaceuti...

Síntese de evidências para políticas de saúde: reduzindo as taxas de cirurgia cesariana no Brasil
Evidence synthesis for health policy: reducing surgery rates caesarean section in Brazil

O problema: O Brasil é o segundo país com as taxas mais elevadas de cirurgia cesariana no mundo, muito além da recomendação de 10 a 15% da Organização Mundial da Saúde (WHO et al., 2015). O uso excessivo e desnecessário de tecnologias na atenção ao parto e nascimento tem contribuído para aume...

Evidence brief: supporting rapid learning and improvement across Ontario's health system

Ontario has both a health system and a research system that are increasingly aiming to support rapid learning and improvement. Yet, Ontario's health system still faces complex challenges, such as reducing emergency-room wait times, ending hallway medicine, improving support for people with mental health ...

What is the evidence on availability and integration of refugee and migrant health data in health information systems in the WHO European Region? Themed issues on migration and health, X

The Health Evidence Network (HEN) is an information service for public health decision-makers in the WHO European Region, in action since 2003 and initiated and coordinated by the WHO Regional Office for Europe under the umbrella of the WHO European Health Information Initiative (a multipartner network c...

Alternativas às prisões provisórias: síntese de evidências
Alternatives to provisional arrests: evidence synthesis

As sínteses de evidência são um resumo das evidências de pesquisas globais (revisões sistemáticas de efeito) e locais relevantes que foram identificadas, avaliadas e organizadas em opções para o enfrentamento de problemas no âmbito do sistema de justiça criminal. São utilizadas para subsidiar ...

Estrategias para el acceso a servicios de salud de la población habitante de calle
Strategies for access to health services for homeless people

Actualmente en Colombia no existen lineamientos de carácter nacional diseñados para la atención diferencial en salud de la población habitante de calle, aunque se ha avanzado en plantear algunas recomendaciones relacionadas con cómo debería ser la atención integral a dicha población, y en el nive...

Policy summary 1: addressing financial sustainability in health systems

This report (Report 1) is a policy summary which underpins the key theme of the conference – financial sustainability in health systems. The report touches on the myriad elements involved in discussions on financial sustainability, and emphasizes the need for a clarification of the key concepts as a pr...

Minería de oro y aumento de la malaria: ¿qué ocurre en Chocó?
Gold mining and increased malaria: what happens in Chocó?

La minería de oro a cielo abierto se ha asociado a diversos problemas de salud en la población, entre esos la proliferación de enfermedades infecciosas como la malaria. El departamento del Chocó, uno de los más importantes productores de oro del país, ha venido siendo afectado por un aumento en el ...