Global Health
Poor quality medicines and drug resistance
Quality Medicines for Malaria
For One Hospital Pharmacist, Patient Safety Begins with an Education on Supplements...
How one pharmacist at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia helped protect patients.
Opioid Crisis: USP’s Comments to the FDA
As government agencies consider solutions to the growing opioid crisis, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently sought public comment about ways to best address this national emergency.
True Impact: Helping Babies Thrive in Nigeria
In Nigeria, mothers frequently deliver their babies at home—only 36 percent deliver at health care facilities. Giving birth without the assistance of trained healthcare providers leaves babies vulnerable to infections, and some can be fatal.
Compendium, compendia, compendial: Clearing up the mystery of these terms...
In conversations about the role of quality standards in public health, you might come across the words “compendia” and “compendial.” At USP, terms like “compendial approaches,” “compendial standards,” and “compendial tools” are part of our everyday vocabulary.
Can changes to prescription labels and other public standards help tame the opioid cr...
The opioid crisis in the U.S. seems to be part of nearly every news broadcast and news site today. And based on the number of people affected by this crisis, serious conversations about how to help are more important than ever.
Convening Experts to Examine the Critical Underpinnings of Antimicrobial Resistance S...
Update: Read more about the panel discussion on Scientific American: An Overlooked Too