Uganda National Drug Policy: 4. Rational drug use and drug information

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Uganda National Drug Policy (WHO; 2002; 45 pages)
	Foreword
	Preface
	Introduction
	Members of the MoH Task Force on Drug Management
	National Drug Policy
	1. Pharmaceutical legislation and regulation
	2. Drug selection
	3. Drug supply system (quantification, procurement, storage, distribution)
		3.1 Quantification
		3.2 Procurement (including donations)
		3.3 Storage and inventory control
		3.4 Distribution
		3.5 Local production
		3.6 Quality assurance
		3.7 Disposal of expired or otherwise unwanted drugs and medical supplies
	4. Rational drug use and drug information
		4.1 Drug information
		4.2 Prescribing
		4.3 Dispensing
		4.4 Use of drugs by individuals and the community
	5. Drug financing and pricing
		5.1 Drug financing
		5.2 Drug pricing
	6. Traditional medicines
	7. Human resource development
	8. Research and development
	9. Technical co-operation
	10. Monitoring and evaluation

4. Rational drug use and drug information

Goals:

• To promote rational prescribing, dispensing, and administration of drugs by health workers

• To support appropriate and informed use of drugs by individuals and the community

• To improve the capacity for monitoring and evaluation of drug use in the health system and the community as a guide to the formulation of appropriate interventions

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