Rational Drug Bulletin - Mission Statement
CDMU began its activity by procuring essential medicines and distributing them among
the NGO member organizations on non-profit basis. Major conflict developed when
the demand profile from MOs widely differed from the essential drugs procured by
CDMU. This necessitated CDMU's effort for campaign for rational use of medicines
(RUM). CDMU took steps to develop to initiative publication called Rational Drug
Bulletin [RDB] in the year 1991.
The aims and objective of publication of RDB :
- Bulletin shall exclusively deal with rational use of medicines.
- It will provide information about the use of essential drugs.
- It will deal with the problems of irrational drugs and hazardous drugs.
- Special write up on different therapeutic use of essential drugs replacing the irrational
drugs shall be regularly published.
- The bulletin shall evaluate claims on the efficacy of newly introduced drugs.
- Efficacy of the largely sold irrational drugs shall be regularly analyzed.
- Need of quality of medicines shall be campaigned.
- Important articles from other journals in similar areas shall also be published
with due acknowledgement of the authors.
- The bulletin shall also endeavor for a Rational Medicinal Policy.
- The bulletin shall also campaign on access to essential drugs.
- Bulletins aim to reach the medical profession, para-medical staff, pharmacists and
policy makers.
- Rational Drug Bulletin shall co-ordinate with other similar journals nationally
and internationally.
Philosophy behind RDB
It has been rightly said that Medicine = Active substance + Appropriate information.
CDMU subscribes to this philosophy and believes that it is futile to try to promote
the concept of rational drug use without trying to bridge the vast information gap
that exists in this field.CDMU's flagship publication, the quarterly rational drug
bulletin, is a modest endeavor in this direction and has been published uninterruptedly
for the last 19 years.
Evaluation of publication of RDB
In the year 2007 CDMU gave drive to enhance membership of the bulletin.The drive
was given to member organization especially as a part of providing medicine information.During
the time it was found that many of the article published in the RDB was understood
by the members.The publication cost of the bulletin has to supported from medicines
supply.Therefore it was decided in the committee to make the bulletin acceptable
to the members and is to sustainable.
New Issues
We have initiated the publication of Rational Drug Bulletin from January 2014 and
it will be an e-bulletin with limited printed version. A member can receive the
copy of the bulletin through email in each quarter by registering at
http://www.cdmuindia.org/request-membership.aspx.
CDMU published various Information Education and Communication [IEC] to promote
the IEC to our member organizations and the community.