Volume 2, Issue 4

Shiva Raj Mishra, Pratik Khanal, Meghnath Dhimal

pp. 104–106 · DOI: 10.5530/jppcm.2016.4.1 · 2016

Universal Health Coverage (UHC) is one of the 13 targets under the third goal of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).[1] While the progress towards UHC in many Low and Middle Income Countries (LMICs) has often been feeb…

Nur Wahida Zulkifli, Noorizan Abd. Aziz, Yahaya Hassan, Mohamed Azmi Hassali, Nur Liyana Zainal Bahrin, Azlan Ahmad

pp. 107–115 · DOI: 10.5530/jppcm.2016.4.2 · 2016

Background:The Ministry of Health (MOH) under their sub-division, the Pharmacy Enforcement Division (PED) has a crucial role in managing unregistered drugs in Malaysia market. The unregistered drug is like a silence kill…

Shumaila Arshad, Sahar Mahmood, Sidra Rasool, Saima Hayat, Shanawar Zafar, Tehreem Zehra

pp. 116–122 · DOI: 10.5530/jppcm.2016.4.3 · 2016

Background:This article provides a review of different studies about rational use of drugs in Pakistan and different interventions to improve drug use in the country. The analysis of these studies focused on the quality …

Nur Wahida Zulkifli, Noorizan Abd Aziz, Yahaya Hassan, Mohamed Azmi Hassali, Nur Liyana Zainal Bahrin

pp. 123–129 · DOI: 10.5530/jppcm.2016.4.4 · 2016

Background:Unregistered drug is one of the main important issues in Malaysia and is being taken very vigorously by the Malaysian Ministry of Health (MOH). However, the performance of the Pharmacy Enforcement Division ama…

Fahad Saleem, Mohamed Azmi Hassali, Omar Thanoon, Akram Ahmad, Muhammad Umair Khan

pp. 130–136 · DOI: 10.5530/jppcm.2016.4.5 · 2016

Background:Despite the critical peril of deteriorating well-being of the Malaysian population, there remains lack of information related to the cost assessment of eating a healthy diet. Within this context, the current s…

Yousef Ahmed Alomi, Razan Zahran

pp. 137–143 · DOI: 10.5530/jppcm.2016.4.6 · 2016

Introduction: Once a year, Muslims of every ethnic group, the Hajj is the fifth and final pillar of Islam. It occurs in the month of Dhul Hijjah which is the twelfth month of the Islamic lunar calendar. It is the journey…

Neethu George, Persis Johnson, Jisna Thomas, Aloshin Mariya

pp. 144–145 · DOI: 10.5530/jppcm.2016.4.7 · 2016

Background:Stevens–Johnson syndrome (SJS) is one of the severe forms of cutaneous adverse drug reactions (CADRs). Stevens-Johnson syndrome (SJS) and toxic epidermal necrolysis (TEN) are severe idiosyncratic reactions.The…