analysis
Systems thinking in healthcare
How governance, financing, procurement and service delivery interact, with practical questions for tracing a health-system problem.
Health systems, supply and packaging
Better systems for health and medicines
Fresh Thinking explains how health systems are governed, how medicine supply is organised, and what pharmaceutical packaging has to do. Compare packaging formats, follow supply-chain handoffs and build clear equipment requirements for your next project.
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Access to medicines: coverage, affordability and supply
WHO coverage and financial-hardship figures, plus a practical framework for assessing whether medicines can reach the people who need them.
guide
How a medicine supply chain is organised
The responsibilities and records connecting manufacture, quality release, storage, distribution and dispensing of medicines.
guide
Primary, secondary and tertiary pharmaceutical packaging
How product-contact components, outer packaging and shipping units differ, with examples and checks for each packaging layer.
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Pharmaceutical packaging
The packaging guides cover pack layers, blister and bottle forms, cartoning, sachets and stick packs, film overwrap, and how to write a line requirement. Open the packaging section.
guide
Primary, secondary and tertiary pharmaceutical packaging
How product-contact components, outer packaging and shipping units differ, with examples and checks for each packaging layer.
comparison
Blister and bottle packaging compared
Compare blister cards and multi-dose bottles by dose presentation, opening, product protection, labeling and line requirements.
guide
Pharmaceutical cartoning: process and inspection checks
Follow carton forming, product and leaflet insertion, coding, closure and reject handling, with checks tied to the approved pack configuration.