Availability and easy accessibility to quality medicines for the population is
an important component in the health care services of any country. If the
primary health system is not able to provide medicines at all times, then that
system will fail and people will not use it. Though pre-judged as primarily a
Third World issue, the cost of medicine is a matter of global concern. The World
Health Organisation has been at the forefront of introducing and implementing
schemes involving the concept of essential medicines and their supply. This book
describes and discusses those schemes. "Making Medicines Affordable" is a small
but essential reference work of international