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Improving Medicine Use for Children: A Global Imperative
Author(s) -
MacLeod SM
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
clinical pharmacology and therapeutics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.941
H-Index - 188
eISSN - 1532-6535
pISSN - 0009-9236
DOI - 10.1002/cpt.635
Subject(s) - medicine , low and middle income countries , medical education , family medicine , intensive care medicine , developing country , economic growth , economics
Professionals committed to optimal medical care of children recognize the need to increase future availability of thoroughly validated medicinal treatments. This will only be achieved through expanded efforts of pediatric clinical pharmacologists and clinical pharmacists equipped with the necessary skills in relevant research and educational methods. Recent research has demonstrated a shortfall in the human resource pool, particularly in low‐ and lower‐middle‐income countries where a majority of children under 14 years of age reside.