traditional medicines

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Traditional medicines:

Policy: Integration of TM/CAM with national health care systems, as appropriate, by developing and implementing national TM/CAM policies and programmes

Safety, efficacy and quality: Promotion of the safety, efficacy and quality of TM/CAM by expanding the knowledge base on TM/CAM, and by providing guidance on regulatory and quality assurance standards

Access: Increasing the availability and affordability of TM/CAM, with an emphasis on access for poor populations

Rational use: Promoting therapeutically sound use of appropriate TM/CAM by providers and consumers

Statistics and figures

Regional Health Observatory

Average pharmaceutical expenditure: US$ 1141 million

Average pharmaceutical expenditure per capita: US$ 57 

Average density of pharmacists: 5.02 per 10 000 population

Average number of licensed pharmaceutical manufacturers: 52

Average number of registered pharmaceutical products: 7529