Estimating Drug Requirements: A Practical Manual

This manual was written by World Health Organization Action Programme on Essential Drugs and Vaccines.The content of the manual was developed by an informal working group which met five times during 1984-1987 and in work done between meetings including field tests in several countries. The valuable advice of staff working in relevant technical programmes of WHO has been incorporated into Module 5 which includes illustrative standard drug treatment schedules-for quantification of drug requirements based on average doses. The preparation of the manual was financed by grants from the Directorate of Development Cooperation and Humanitarian Aid Switzerland the Swedish International Development Authority/Swedish Agency for Research Cooperation with Developing Countries (SIDA/ SAREC) and from Interpharma the association of the Swiss pharmaceutical companies.