[e-drug] Call for papers on improving access to medicines

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E-DRUG: Call for papers on improving access to medicines
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BioMed Research International
Special Issue on
Improving Access to Medicines

Call For Papers

In many countries large numbers of the population do not have access to
essential medicines and also medicines are often inappropriately used.
Irrational use of medicines is rampant and this can only be improved by
coordinated health systems approach involving all levels of the health care
and various stakeholders in areas of rational selection of medicines,
affordable medicine prices, adequate and sustainable financing, reliable
medicine supply systems and a regulatory system to ensure the quality,
efficacy and safety of medicines.

We invite authors to submit original research articles or reviews or
methodological articles focusing on improving the access of medicines
.Potential topics include, but not limited to

- Methods and methodological issues
- Rational use
- Adequate and sustainable financing
- Affordable prices
- Reliable supply systems
- Regulatory system to ensure quality , efficacy and safety

Authors can submit their manuscripts via Manuscript Tracking System at

http://mts.hindawi.com/submit/journals/bmri/public.health/iamd/.

Lead Guest Editor

Kumud K. Kafle, Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu,Nepal

Guest Editors

Shah A. R. Choudhury, Last update da Bangabandhu Medical University
( BSMMU), Dhaka,Bangladesh
Jane Robertson, University of Newcastle, Australia
Jahangir A.M.Khan, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, UK

Manuscript Due: Friday , 20 November 2015
First Round of Reviews: Friday,12 February 2016

Publication Due: Friday, 8 April 2016

Keith Johnson
Management Sciences for Health
"Johnson, Keith" <kjohnson@msh.org>

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E-DRUG: Rational Use of Medicines Short Course in Tanzania
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Dear Keith,

what you raised is very pertinent.
[Call for papers on improving access to medicines]
For the purpose of strengthening the health systems and building capacity
of the providers in the facilities etc, we in Tanzania are planning to conduct
a short course for health workers.

The course will focus on the WHO facility indicators
and assessment tool of rational use of medicines and will include a 2 days
physical visitation for assessing some selected health facilities by
applying the WHO tools followed by a day of data analysis and report
writing then sharing the findings.

We have noted that, the area of rational medicine uses requires active
involvement of all medical practitioners and therefore the course will target,
pharmacists, medical doctors and all involved in drug utilisation activities/researches.

The course announcements can be accessed at:

www.muhas.ac.tz.

Those interested can upload the information and contact the course organisers.

Regards

Professor Minzi OMS
Associate Professor in pharmacology and therapeutics
School of Pharmacy
Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences
PO Box 65013 Dar Es Salaam,
Tanzania
Omary Minzi <minziobejayesu@gmail.com>