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Survey documents

All survey documents can be either downloaded by clicking on the links below, or ordered from the World Health Organisation (WHO). Please note the manual and workbook are large files and could take some time to download.
To order a paper copy of the manual and accompanying CD-ROM (containing the computerised workbook and all the other documents listed below) email the documentation centre at WHO Essential Medicines and Pharmaceutical Policies(EPM) the email address is: edmdoccentre@who.int

Measuring medicine prices, availability, affordability and price components 2nd edition
Full Manual: English: .zip (5.07Mb)
Note: French, Spanish, and Russian versions will be available shortly

The individual chapters can also be downloaded separately (see below)

MS Excel computerised Workbook (multi-language single edition containing English, French, Russian and Spanish)
Part I: Prices, availability, affordability .zip (951kb)
Part II: Price components .zip (187kb)

Individual chapters and associated supporting materials

Annexes
1: Abridged questionnaire on structures and processes of country pharmaceutical situations
2: Example of a letter of endorsement
3: Trainer’s Guide for training area supervisors, data collectors and data entry personnel
4: Example of a letter of introduction from the survey manager
5: Checklist for manual check of survey data
6: Price Components Interview Guide
7: Price Components Data Collection Form
8: International comparison of MPRs: adjustment for reference price year, inflation /deflation and purchasing power parity

Technical support

As part of the WHO/HAI Project on Medicine Prices and Availability, on-line support is offered by project personnel to survey managers undertaking a medicine price and availability survey using the WHO/HAI methodology.

As a minimum, the process involves checking documents and data at the following stages of a survey:

Survey protocol: this review involves at least two steps – initial comments on the draft protocol and after the protocol has been updated (but before it is finalised).
Workbook (Part I – price and availability): prior to the training of the survey personnel
Workbook (Part I): after the data has been entered and checked by the survey manager. At this stage of the survey, the price components aspect of the survey protocol should be updated by the survey manager. This update should also be submitted and reviewed.
Workbook (Parts I and II) and the draft survey report: this is the final check of the price and availability data in Part I of the workbook, and the only check of the price components data (in Part II of the workbook). The draft survey report will also be reviewed so it is consistent with the findings.

In addition to the above, survey managers are encouraged to ask questions at any time as issues arise.

If you intend undertaking a survey, please contact Martin Auton at the HAI Global office in Amsterdam (martin@haiweb.org) so support can be arranged.