Editorial: Medicines pricing, access and safety in Morocco. Issue 3 (11th January 2019)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Tuck, Chloe; Maamri, Abdellatif; Chan, Amy Hai Yan; Babar, Zaheer‐Ud‐Din
• Is Part Of: Tropical medicine & international health. Volume 24:Issue 3(2019)
• Page Start: 260
• Page End: 263
• Publication Date: 2019-01-11
• Subjects: medicines safety -- quality assurance -- medicines pricing -- Morocco -- falsified and substandard medicines -- universal healthcare coverage -- health systems -- North Africa; sécurité des médicaments -- assurance qualité -- tarification des médicaments -- Maroc -- médicaments falsifiés et non conformes -- couverture santé universelle -- systèmes de santé -- Afrique du nord; Tropical medicine -- Periodicals; Public health -- Periodicals; 616.988
• DOI: 10.1111/tmi.13191
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1360-2276

Abstract

Summary: Unregulated supply of medicines compromises quality assurance and risks patient safety. The emergence of illegal medicines trafficking in Morocco presents a major health threat, which highlights the need for region‐wide alignment in policies to drive stringent regulatory enforcement and robust health systems that ensure population‐ wide access to safe medicines. Herein, we draw on insights from a situational analysis in Morocco, as a lower‐ middle income setting, to present access to medicines through regulated supply procedures as a vital prerequisite for quality assurance and patient safety.