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ARTIGO • Cad. Saúde Pública 31 (8) • Aug 2015 • https://doi.org/10.1590/0102-311X00054814   copy

The list of drugs in the Popular Pharmacy Program and the Brazilian National Pharmaceutical Care Policy

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This study aimed to analyze the list of drugs in the Popular Pharmacy Program in Brazil (PFPB) in relation to the country's pharmaceutical care policy. The list of drugs in the PFPB was compared to the Brazilian and international reference lists of essential medicines, the components of pharmaceutical care in Brazilian Unified National Health System (SUS), and drug production by the country's government pharmaceutical laboratories. The PFPB list includes 119 drugs, of which 19.3% and 47.1% were not selected on the Brazilian and international reference lists, respectively; 16.8% are not used in primary care, and 40.3% are not produced by the country's government laboratories. A revision of the PFPB list based on the essential medicines concept (World Health Organization), alignment of pharmaceutical care policies, and production by government laboratories are essential to improve quality of health care, management, training of prescribers, and information for the population.

Essential Drugs; Pharmaceutical Services; National Health Programs; Primary Health Care

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