Open AccessA news media analysis of economic sanction effects on access to medicine in Iran
Author(s) -
Mehrnaz Kheirandish,
Arash Rashidian,
Maryam Bigdeli
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
journal of research in pharmacy practice
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2319-9644
pISSN - 2279-042X
DOI - 10.4103/2279-042x.167042
Subject(s) - sanctions , newspaper , economic shortage , medicine , health care , news media , economic sanctions , order (exchange) , public relations , political science , advertising , business , law , linguistics , philosophy , finance , government (linguistics)
In the past decades economic sanctions have been used by different countries or international organizations in order to deprive target countries of some transactions. While the sanctions do not target health care systems or public health structures, they may, in fact, affect the availability of health care in target countries. In this study, we used media analysis to assess the impacts of recent sanctions imposed by the Central Bank of Iran in 2012 on access to medicines in Iran.