The use of essential drugs: Eight report of the WHO Expert Committee (WHO, 1998, 84 p.): 8. Essential drugs and primary health care: 8.4 Supplies

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The use of essential drugs: Eight report of the WHO Expert Committee (WHO, 1998, 84 p.)

8. Essential drugs and primary health care

		(introductory text...)
		8.1 Existing systems of medicine
		8.2 The national health infrastructure
		8.3 The pattern of endemic disease
		8.4 Supplies
		8.5 Medicinal drug promotion

8.4 Supplies

Continuity of essential drug supplies and information must be assured. It is especially important that drugs be distributed and stored correctly. For example, the cold chain must be maintained for drugs requiring this type of care, such as insulin and vaccines.