The "child size medicines" concept: policy provisions in Uganda.

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Published in J Pharm Policy Pract on January 31, 2015

Authors

Xavier Nsabagasani1, Jasper Ogwal-Okeng2, Anthony Mbonye3, Freddie Ssengooba4, Rebecca Nantanda1, Herbert Muyinda1, Ebba Holme Hansen5

Author Affiliations

1: Child Health and Development Center, College of Health Sciences, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda.
2: Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Gulu University, Gulu, Uganda.
3: Department of Community Health, Ministry of Health Uganda, Kampala, Uganda.
4: School of Public Health, College of Health Sciences, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda.
5: Department of Pharmacy, Section for Social and Clinical Pharmacy, University of Copenhagen, Universitetsparken, Copenhagen, Denmark.

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