Drug Availability
- INCB: International Narcotic Control Board
The International Narcotics Control Board (INCB) is the independent and quasi-judicial control organ monitoring the implementation of the United Nations drug control conventions - IAHPC List of Essential Medicines for Palliative Care
A list of essential medicines for palliative care developed in 2007 in response to a request from the Cancer Control Program of the World Health Organization (WHO). - To read about the process followed to develop the IAHPC list of Essential Medicines for Palliative Care, download the PDF here (60 KB)
- IAHPC Essential Medicines for Palliative Care List
View English PDF (42 KB) View Spanish PDF (39 KB) - PPSG: Pain & Policy Studies Group
Database of US state laws, regulations and other official government policies on controlled substances for the treatment of pain - Downloadable slide presentation on US federal regulation for prescribing controlled substances
- Country profiles on opioid availability
- WHO guidelines on opioid availability
- Guidelines for patients traveling with prescribed controlled drugs
- Online course on increasing patient access to pain medicines around the world
- Library of reprinted articles, position papers, guidelines and regulations
- SSRN: Social Science Research Network
Network devoted to the rapid worldwide dissemination of social science research - A Blueprint for Reforming Access to Opioid Medications
- Closing the Gap: Case Studies of Opioid Access Reform in China, India, Romania & Vietnam
- Review of Global Policy Architecture and Country Level Practice on HIV/AIDS and Drug Treatment
- A Blueprint for Reforming Access to Opioid Medications
- Closing the Gap: Case Studies of Opioid Access Reform in China, India, Romania & Vietnam
- Review of Global Policy Architecture and Country Level Practice on HIV/AIDS and Drug Treatment
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