First submission on 23/05/13; last submission on 01/06/13; accepted for publication on 17/06/13; published on 20/12/13 1. MSc by the Clinical Analysis Department Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences Universidade de São Paulo (USP). 2. Post-doctorate in Sciences by Instituto de Química da USP; professor at the Microbiology Department Biomedical Sciences InstituteUSP and at the Clinical Analysis De...

After the boom of pharmacological research during the 1950s, mainly as a result of the screening technique, the identification of active molecules, their reshaping by means of pharmaco-chemical drug design, and the creation of extremely efficacious and successful medicines, the pharmaceutical world sought a new source of inspiration. Such biota as the tropical forest, a quantity of plants credi...

OBJECTIVES A key policy question for the government of Uganda is how to equitably allocate primary health care pharmaceutical budgets to districts. This paper seeks to identify variables influencing current primary health care pharmaceutical expenditure and their usefulness in allocating prospective pharmaceutical budgets to districts. METHODS This was a cross sectional, retrospective observa...