individuals from Health Action International’s extended network carried out a “snapshot” survey of the price that patients have to pay for ciprofloxacin, a commonly used off-patent antibiotic, in their nearest private retail pharmacy.
To follow up the survey, HAI Global developed an interactive map available at http://www.haiweb.org/medicineprices/ to show the cost of a course of ciprofloxacin (14 tabs; in US$), for both the originator brand and lowest priced generic in the 93 countries that were surveyed. This map, along with all the survey results went live on Monday 11 January 2010.
On the website you can also access a four-page briefing note, which includes an analysis of the results and recommendations. This briefing note is available in English, French, Spanish and Russian. Briefing notes with results from geographic regions are also available.
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