Akalework Mengesha
Biographic Data
| ID | 2315343 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Akalework Mengesha |
| GIVEN NAMES | Akalework |
| FAMILY NAME | Mengesha |
| SIGNATURE | MENGESHA A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Wolaita Sodo University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 4 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Can a code of professional ethics influence the supply of substandard and falsified medicines? Insights from Ethiopia
Substandard and falsified (SF) medicines are serious global health problems. Their high prevalence is a threat to public health in resource-limited settings. It is assumed that professionals will uphold specific standards of behaviour to protect the public interest and maintain trust. This study assesses whether a professional ethical code can serve as an effective way to prevent and respond to SF medicines by enhancing ethical behaviours in prac…
Can Systemic Corruption be Prevented by Legal Means? The Market for Pharmaceuticals in Southern Ethiopia
Some international and national regulatory and policy actors assume thatstrengthening domestic laws and tightening enforcement measures will besufficient to reduce the extra-legal supply of medicines, whether legal, sub-standard, or falsified, to patients in low- and middle-income countries. Thispaper uses a qualitative study of the pharmaceutical market in SouthernEthiopia to argue that this assumption is unjustified, given the commonlack of ins…
Substandard and falsified medicines in African pharmaceutical markets
Risk perceptions and attitudinal responses to Covid-19 pandemic
Understanding people's perceived health threat and efficacy is a critical step toward creating risk communication campaigns. Hence, this study provided an insight that has the potential to inform the COVID-19 risk communication campaigns targeting the educated section of the society, by ensuring a balanced combination of threat appeals and efficacy messages for improved self-protective responses
Risk perceptions and attitudinal responses to Covid-19 pandemic
Understanding people's perceived health threat and efficacy is a critical step toward creating risk communication campaigns. Hence, this study provided an insight that has the potential to inform the COVID-19 risk communication campaigns targeting the educated section of the society, by ensuring a balanced combination of threat appeals and efficacy messages for improved self-protective responses
Substandard and falsified medicines in African pharmaceutical markets
Can Systemic Corruption be Prevented by Legal Means? The Market for Pharmaceuticals in Southern Ethiopia
Some international and national regulatory and policy actors assume thatstrengthening domestic laws and tightening enforcement measures will besufficient to reduce the extra-legal supply of medicines, whether legal, sub-standard, or falsified, to patients in low- and middle-income countries. Thispaper uses a qualitative study of the pharmaceutical market in SouthernEthiopia to argue that this assumption is unjustified, given the commonlack of ins…
Can a code of professional ethics influence the supply of substandard and falsified medicines? Insights from Ethiopia
Substandard and falsified (SF) medicines are serious global health problems. Their high prevalence is a threat to public health in resource-limited settings. It is assumed that professionals will uphold specific standards of behaviour to protect the public interest and maintain trust. This study assesses whether a professional ethical code can serve as an effective way to prevent and respond to SF medicines by enhancing ethical behaviours in prac…
Business (2 works) · Economics (2 works) · Environmental health (2 works) · Medicine (2 works) · Pharmaceutical Economics and Policy (2 works) · Pharmaceutical Quality and Counterfeiting (2 works) · Public health (2 works) · 2019-20 coronavirus outbreak (1 work) · Accountability (1 work) · Applied Psychology (1 work)