Accessing medicines for non-communicable diseases: Patients and health care workers' experiences at public and private health facilities in Uganda.
Andrew K TusubiraAnn R AkitengBrenda D NakiryaRitah NalwogaIsaac SsinabulyaChristine K NalwaddaJeremy I SchwartzPublished in: PloS one (2020)
Access to NCD medicines in Uganda is influenced by both health system and patient factors. Some factors are sector-specific, while others cross-cutting between public and private sectors. Due to commonalities in barriers, potential strategies for overcoming them may include patient-driven associations, public-private partnerships, and multi-modal health education platforms.