E-DRUG:Course in International Procurement and Supply Chain Management
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Certificate course in International Procurement and Supply Chain Management, 25-31 March 2013, Pattaya, Thailand
Empower School of Health is conducting a Certificate Course in International Procurement & Supply Chain Management for Health Commodities in collaboration with WHO – Collaborating Center, Ghana
Course objective: Better understanding of the fundamentals of health procurement and supply chain activities; gaining hands-on experience in writing & evaluating procurement and supply chain plans; able to assess and address supply chain bottlenecks and to evaluate the effectiveness of supply chain interventions
Target Group: Health professionals in public health programs (government, NGOs, civil society, academia); supply chain / logistics professionals; physicians and healthcare professionals working in HIV, TB, malaria, hepatitis, substitution treatment; community-based organisations and treatment activists at national and local level; civil society representatives in national procurement structures
Delivery of course: Lectures, case studies, discussions and peer to peer interaction
Language: The course will be conducted in English
Faculty: International faculty with background in pharmacy, medicine, management, supply chain, disease specialists, essential medicines, and more. Faculty have worked closely with leading UN agencies, Global Fund, various donor organizations (USAID, DFID, etc), and foundations (Gates Foundation, CHAI, Open Society Institute, and more), and various Ministries of Health.
Where: Pattaya, Thailand
When: 25 March to 31 March 2013 (7 days)
Cost: Tuition fee: 1,950 € / Accommodation charges: to be determined
Tuition fee includes:
• Training, reading course material, CDROMs
• Daily breakfast and lunch during the sessions (Monday to Sunday)
• Coffee breaks during the sessions
• Certificate and photos
• Technical support for each participant for 12 months after completion of course
Academic Partners:
Empower School of Health: Works in 30 countries across Latin America, Africa, Asia and Europe strengthening institutional capacity of global health programs and conducts programs in procurement and supply chain management, clinical research management, pharmacovigilance and health & hospital management. Its academic partners include University College London, the Uppsala Monitoring Center (Sweden) and the Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute.
WHO Collaborating Centre for Advocacy and Training in Pharmacovigilance: It is headed by Professor Alex Dodoo. The center provides training in pharmacovigilance in African countries for building and strengthening of spontaneous adverse drug reaction reporting systems and works in close association with National Regulatory Authorities (NRA) and MoH across the world.
Instructions for filling the interactive form attached:
Click on the link “Download Application Form”. Save the form on your computer. Fill the form and send using your internet email to international.course@empower.net.in
For more information and to download enrollment form kindly visit our website www.empower.net.in
DOWNLOADS:
Brochure: http://www.empower.net.in/webimages/PSCM-MARCH2013.pdf
Application form: http://www.empower.net.in/webimages/PSCM_Application_Form-March2013(Thailand).pdf
Learn more about our previous course: http://empower.net.in/webimages/Newletter-PSCM_2012.pdf
Registration must be completed by March 01, 2013
Co-ordinator,
Procurement and Supply Chain Management Course
international.course@empower.net.in
New Delhi, India
+91 9313479762
Skype: info@empower.net.in
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Paul Lalvani
paullalvani@yahoo.com
+91-99 7127 6111
+41-78-900-1586 (Geneva)