Essential Health Links: Pharmacology and Prescribing
see also
- GENERAL HEALTH RESOURCES: Fulltext E-Journals
- BMJ Collected Resources http://bmj.com/collections
- Karolinska Institutet: Diseases, Disorders and Related Topics http://www.mic.ki.se/Diseases/index.html
- PubMed Retrieval System (MEDLINE) http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?db=PubMed
- Source Bibliographic Database: International Health and Disability http://www.ids.ac.uk/data/source/source.htm
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Alliance for the Prudent Use of Antiobiotics (APUA)Boletin Farmacos
British National Formulary
Campaign for Access to Essential Medicines
essentialdrugs.org
International Drug Price Indicator Guide
International Network for the Rational Use of Drugs (INRUD)
International Network of Drug Information Centres (INDICES)
Johns Hopkins University 'Antibiotic Guide'
Merck Manuals: Online Medical Library
PDR.net: The Online Home of PDR
PharmWeb
PubMed - Free Fulltext Articles on Pharmacology/Developing Countries
Standard Treatment Guidelines and Essential Drugs Lists
Virtual Library: Pharmacy
WHO: Essential Medicines Library
WHO: Health Technology and Pharmaceuticals
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Alliance for the
Prudent Use of Antiobiotics (APUA) (Focus on
Low-Income Countries)
The APUA is a non-profit, international organization that
conducts educational, research and international networking
activities to promote appropriate use of antibiotics around
the world. The site includes sections with fulltext documents
on research and surveillance, and information for the health
practitioner and patient/consumer, plus current news briefs.
http://www.tufts.edu/med/apua/
Boletin
Farmacos (Focus on Low-Income
Countries) (Spanish)
This is a Spanish-language site for pharmacists and
subscribers in Latin America. The site promotes high-quality
care and rational use of drugs. www.boletinfarmacos.org
British
National Formulary
The BNF provides healthcare
professionals with authoritative, unbiased and practical
information on the selection and use of drugs. The text is
clear, concise and accessible and the content is revised
every 6 months. The BNF is published by the British Medical
Association and the Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great
Britain. The main target audience is the UK prescriber, but
the the BNF is acclaimed internationally and is used
worldwide. http://www.bnf.org/bnf/
Campaign for
Access to Essential Medicines (Focus on
Low-Income Countries)
This site contains information about the campaign and related
reports, publications, press releases and links. The campaign
is sponsored by Medecins Sans Frontieres. http://www.accessmed-msf.org/index.asp
essentialdrugs.org
(Focus on Low-Income Countries) (French, Russian,
Spanish)
essentialdrugs.org is SATELLIFE's electronic discussion group
on essential drugs. The site contains registration
information for the email discussion list plus access to the
E-DRUG archives. It is available in English, French, Spanish
and Russian. There is also a separate list for health
professionals in India, INDIA-DRUG. The discussions focus on
the use of essential drugs in developing and transitional
countries. http://www.essentialdrugs.org/index.php
International Drug
Price Indicator Guide (Focus on
Low-Income Countries) (French, Spanish)
The 2006 edition of the guide provides prices from nonprofit
drug suppliers and procurement agencies. The content is
available in English, Spanish and French and contains a
keyword search engine. The full-text is available as s a pdf
file. It is produced by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
funded SEAM Project in collaboration with the WHO.
http://erc.msh.org/mainpage.cfm?file=1.0.htm&id=1&temptitle=Introduction&module=DMP&language=English
International
Network for the Rational Use of Drugs (INRUD)
(Focus on Low-Income Countries)
This website contains information about INRUD and its
activities. INRUD designs, tests, and disseminates effective
strategies to improve the way drugs are prescribed,
dispensed, and used, with a particular emphasis on resource
poor countries. The INRUD network consists of 20 groups, 15
from Africa, Asia and Latin America. http://www.inrud.org/
International
Network of Drug Information Centres (INDICES)
(Focus on Low-Income Countries)
INDICES is a global network of drug information centres,
which advocates rational drug therapy particularly in
developing countries. INDICES runs an e-mail list which
provides a forum for discussion of all matters relating to
drug information, and helps with specific drug information
enquiries. http://www.essentialdrugs.org/indices/about.php
Johns Hopkins
University 'Antibiotic Guide'
The 'Antibiotic
Guide' contains an antibiotics database, searchable by
diagnosis, antibiotic, or pathogen. There is also a news and
features section. The site aims to be international, but the
content is somewhat biased to US users. It is maintained by
the Johns Hopkins Division of Infectious Diseases, U.S.
http://www.hopkins-abxguide.org/
Merck Manuals:
Online Medical Library
The 2006 edition of the
Merck Manuals Online Medical Library provides useful clinical
and prescribing information for healthcare professionals.
While the text is geared toward U.S. based practitioners, the
text is comprehensive, clear and concise. It includes
detailed information on paediatrics, psychiatry, obstetrics,
gynaecology, dermatology, pharmacology, ophthalmology,
otolaryngology, and a number of special subjects. The site
includes a keyword search engine. http://www.merck.com/mmpe/index.html
PDR.net: The Online
Home of PDR
PDR Online provides access to the
online version of Physicians' Desk Reference, PDR for Herbal
medicines and PDR Multi-Drug Interactions. The content is
biased towards the US. Registration is required (free).
http://www.pdr.net/Home/Home.aspx
PharmWeb
PharmWeb is a series of
links to pharmaceutical information on the Internet. The site
indexes a wide range of organizations including
pharmaceutical companies, government and regulatory bodies,
societies, and publishers. The site includes a specialized
search engine, PharmSearch. http://www.pharmweb.net/
PubMed - Free
Fulltext Articles on Pharmacology/Developing Countries
(725+)
This PubMed search will identify all
pharmcology/developing countries related free fulltext
ejournal articles within the database. Within the search
results, there are links to the fulltext material. By
repeating this search periodically, you will find new
fulltext articles that are added to the PubMed database
weekly. Essential Health Links contains similar searches for
most subpages listed in the Specific Health Resources table
of contents.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=PureSearch&db=pubmed&details_term=%22loattrfree%20full%20text%22%5Bsb%5D%20AND%20%28%22pharmacology%22%5BSubheading%5D%20OR%20%22pharmacology%22%5BMeSH%20Terms%5D%20OR%20pharmacology%5BText%20Word%5D%29%20AND%20%28%22developing%20countries%22%5BMeSH%20Terms%5D%20OR%20developing%20countries%5BText%20Word%5D%29
Standard
Treatment Guidelines and Essential Drugs Lists
(Focus on Low-Income Countries)
This compilation is based partly on WHO guidelines and is
organized by health care level (primary, hospital level). The
site is divided into chapters on specific disease systems and
contains a keyword index for each level of care. The site is
available as a pdf file and is maintained by the South
African Drug Action Programme. http://www.hst.org.za/publications/52
Virtual
Library: Pharmacy
This site is a gateway to
drug-related databases, journals, companies, toxicology,
conferences, and organizations. It includes a keyword search
engine. http://www.pharmacy.org/
WHO: Essential
Medicines Library (Focus on Low-Income
Countries)
The WHO Essential Medicines Library is based on the 15th
edition of the
WHO Model List of Essential Medicines. It is primarily
intended for national, hospital and institutional 'essential
medicines selection committees'. The site provides links to
the WHO model list and WHO model formulary (see World Health
Organization: Model Formulary). The site also includes an
alphabetical list of diseases, with links to information on
diagnosis and treatment. http://healthtech.who.int/EMLib/
WHO: Health
Technology and Pharmaceuticals (Focus on
Low-Income Countries)
This WHO site provides information on pharmaceutical and
health technology developments with a particular focus on
developing country environments. It includes links to 'blood
safety and clinical technology', 'essential drugs and
medicines' and 'vaccines and biologicals'. http://www.who.int/medicines_technologies/en/
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Updated: 09 April 2008
