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HOW TO INVESTIGATE THE USE OF MEDICINES BY CONSUMERS
Essential medicines are one of the vital tools needed to improve and maintain
health. However, for too many people throughout the world medicines are still
unaffordable, unavailable, unsafe and improperly used. An estimated one-third of
the world’s population lack regular access to essential drugs, with this fi gure rising
to over 50% in the poorest parts of Africa and Asia. When available, the medicines
are often used incorrectly: around 50% of all medicines are prescribed, dispensed or
sold inappropriately, while 50% of patients fail to take their medicines appropriately
(WHO 2002).
