National Drug Policy (Second Edition) - Ghana: 8.0 EMERGING DISEASES AND PHARMACEUTICALS: 8.3 Policy statement

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National Drug Policy (Second Edition) - Ghana (GNDP; 2004; 37 pages)
	PREFACE
	ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
	LIST OF ACRONYMS
	INTRODUCTION
	GOAL
	OBJECTIVES
	SITUATIONAL ANALYSIS
	1.0 DRUG SELECTION
		1.1 Preamble
		1.2 Objective
		1.3 Policy Statement
			1.3.1 Essential Drugs
	2.0 DRUG PROCUREMENT, STORAGE AND DISTRIBUTION
		2.1 Preamble
		2.2 Objective
		2.3 Policy Statement
			2.3.1. Procurement
			2.3.2 Storage
			2.3.3 Distribution
	3.0 DRUG FINANCING
		3.1 Preamble
		3.2 Objective
		3.3 Policy Statement
	4.0 QUALITY ASSURANCE
		4.1 Preamble
		4.2 Objective
		4.3 Policy statement
			4.3.1 Quality of Drugs.
			4.3.2 Drug Registration
			4.3.3 Quality of service
			4.3.4 Drug Advertisement and Promotion
	5.0 LOCAL MANUFACTURE OF PHARMACEUTICAL AND TRADITIONAL MEDICINAL PRODUCTS
		5.1 Preamble
		5.2 Objective
		5.3 Policy statement
	6.0 RATIONAL DRUG USE
		6.1 Preamble
		6.2 Objective
		6.3 Policy Statement
			6.3.1 Education and Training
			6.3.2 Drug Information
			6.3.3 Prescribing
			6.3.4 Dispensing
			6.3.5 Patient Compliance and Self-Medication
			6.3.6 Drug and Therapeutics Committees
			6.3.7 Disposal of expired drugs.
			6.3.8 Pharmacovigilance
	7.0 GLOBAL TRADE AND PHARMACEUTICALS
		7.1 Preamble
		7.2 Objective
		7.3 Policy statement
	8.0 EMERGING DISEASES AND PHARMACEUTICALS
		8.1 Preamble
		8.2 Objective
		8.3 Policy statement
	9.0 HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT FOR DRUG MANAGEMENT
		9.1 Preamble
		9.2 Objectives
		9.3 Policy statement
	10.0 TRADITIONAL MEDICINAL PRODUCTS
		10.1 Preamble
		10.2 Objective
		10.3 Policy Statement
	11.0 RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT
		11.1 Preamble
		11.2 Objective
		11.3 Policy statement
	12.0 NATIONAL DRUG POLICY IMPLEMENTATION
		12.1 Preamble
		12.2 Objective
		12.3 Policy statement
			12.3.1 Operationalisation of Policy
			12.3.2 Monitoring and evaluation
	ANNEX A: DEFINITIONS
	ANNEX B: RELEVANT REGULATIONS ON PHARMACEUTICALS

8.3 Policy statement

8.3.1 A system shall be put in place to provide needed drugs for new diseases and existing ones posing new challenges. Both the public and private sectors shall be involved.

8.3.2 The Ministry of Health shall collaborate with the relevant international bodies to mobilise resources for these cases, where they cannot be provided from the country.

8.3.3 Where emerging diseases with no previously known treatment have been identified, the Government shall support and fund the research, development and local manufacture of the needed drugs and herbal preparations.

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