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. 2021 Jan;96(1):E2-E5.
doi: 10.1002/ajh.26007. Epub 2020 Oct 6.

Making hydroxyurea affordable for sickle cell disease in Tanzania is essential (HASTE): How to meet major health needs at a reasonable cost

Enrico Costa  1   2 , Prosper Tibalinda  3 , Enrico Sterzi  1 , Hubert M G Leufkens  2 , Julie Makani  4 , Eliangiringa Kaale  3 , Lucio Luzzatto  4
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Making hydroxyurea affordable for sickle cell disease in Tanzania is essential (HASTE): How to meet major health needs at a reasonable cost

Enrico Costa et al. Am J Hematol. 2021 Jan.
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Curbing the price of HU to SCD patients by offering a galenic preparation. A, Availability, prices and affordability of HU in Dar es Salaam. A, Available; NA, Not Available. The price at which HU would have sold, whether available or not on the day of the interview, is expressed in USD (average exchange rate: 1 USD = 2200 Tanzanian shillings ‐ TZS). The Median price ratio (MPR) ‐ the price of HU from the survey divided by the international reference price (IRP) ‐ was used to contextualize local prices at international level. B, Stepwise approach to the compounding process for hydroxyurea at MUHAS
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