Pharmaceutical policies in post-communist Albania: Progress and challenges toward European Union membership

Abstract: Aim: Shifting from a communist regime to a democratic system has affected health system fundamentally in most of the Western Balkan countries including Albania. Albania became a European Union (EU) candidate country in 2014. Since then, one of the main concerns has been to approximate the legislation with the EU framework. The aim of this paper is to review the evolvement of pharmaceutical legislation in Albania and challenges toward achieving full approximation to the EU’s respective legislation.   Methods: We used qualitative techniques, especially means of conventional content analysis and two sources to collection data. First, we consulted the Albania’s National Publications Office webpage and analysed all available legislation regarding “pharmacy”, “medicine” and “pharmaceutical products” from 1994 to 2021. Then, we analysed the National Integration Plans that have been published by the Government of Albania from 2014 to 2021.   Results: The decrease of the price margin system.... https://www.seejph.com/index.php/seejph/article/view/4604

Object Details

• Location: Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
• Extent: Online-Ressource
• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Pharmaceutical policies in post-communist Albania: Progress and challenges toward European Union membership ; day:19 ; month:07 ; year:2021 ; South eastern european journal of public health ; (19.07.2021)

Contributors, Places and Time

• Creator: Roshi, Dajana ; Tresa, Eni ; Lafranconi, Alessandra ; Burazeri, Genc ; Czabanowska, Katarzyna ; Brand, Helmut

Further information

• DOI: 10.11576/seejph-4604
• URN: urn:nbn:de:101:1-2021091716134620747997
• Rights: Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
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