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Accrediting retail drug shops to strengthen Tanzania’s public health system: an ADDO case study

2015; BioMed Central; Volume: 8; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1186/s40545-015-0044-4

2052-3211

Edmund Rutta, Jafary Liana, Martha Embrey, Keith Johnson, Suleiman Kimatta, Richard Valimba, Rachel Lieber, Elizabeth Shekalaghe, Hiiti Sillo,

Healthcare Systems and Reforms

Retail drug sellers are a major source of health care and medicines in many countries. In Tanzania, drug shops are widely used, particularly in rural and underserved areas. Previously, the shops were allowed to sell only over-the-counter medicines, but sellers who were untrained and unqualified often illegally sold prescription drugs of questionable quality.