E-DRUG: Changing the paradigm for access and quality
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Preliminary Announcement
Access to health care in Africa
(Changing the paradigm for access and quality)
April 16-18, 2008 Cape Town, South Africa
ARV Access for Africa (AA4A), a subsidiary of IDA Solutions in the Netherlands is proud to announce a symposium/master class/seminar aimed at examining and solving some of the current challenges to the reliable supply, quality of care and effective use of HIV/AIDS and related medicines and diagnostics, and capacity development. The main challenges include quality assurance of medicines, the supply chain itself, including selection, procurement, pricing, licensing, medicines for children, the actual care which patients receive and the lack of human and other resource capacity to meet them.
Objectives
The symposium will explore these matters at a high level, contribute to the debate about them, challenge conventional wisdom about how best to deal with them and explore new directions in solving them. It will function as a forum for the dissemination of information about them. It will provide a unique opportunity to take forward and achieve progress in their resolution.
Four themes:
DAY 1: The efficiency and integrity of the supply chain itself, including prices and procurement
DAY 2: The quality of medicines and other supplies
The quality of patient care
DAY 3: Sustainability and capacity building
Key international speakers will introduce each theme, followed by a high level interactive panel and participant discussion. The discussion will be focused on specific questions which will be circulated in advance and others which arise in situ. For each session, the main points from the debate will be summarized and any recommendations formulated.
Target audience
In addition to the participation of major role-players as discussed above, the target audience for the symposium is at country level, including directors and managers who report to national, provincial and state government political structures, as well as other high level representatives of organizations involved in these activities.
Diarize the period 16 - 18 April, 2008 now.
For further details contact:
Christoff Kruger Christoff@aa4a.co.za
Annelize Jooste Annelize@aa4a.co.za