E-DRUG: Course on ARVs and Related Supplies Management, Jaipur, India
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Course Announcement
International Training Course on Anti-retroviral and Related Supplies
Management in Low Resource Settings, Jaipur, India
April 4 - 10, 2010
Access to anti-retroviral medicines is poor in low resource settings in
developing countries. Although the resources such as anti-retroviral
drugs (ARVs) and diagnostics are now increasingly available, a rapid
scale-up of AIDS treatment programs has not occurred due to ARV improper
drug management and barriers to ARV adherence. There is a great need for
improving the ARV drugs management programmes. The proposed one-weeks
course is based on modules developed by agencies that have a good amount
of experience in the field.
Objectives
to promote rational ARV therapy and adherence
to promote access to ARV supplies and develop strategies for
scaling- up of the current programme
to expose the participants to modern ARV drugs management
techniques to train the participants in the use of tools in resource
poor situations
Programme Contents
Identifying and tracking HIV infection and AIDS
Rational use of ARV drugs and adherence to therapy
Guide for quantifying ARV drugs
Guide for quantifying HIV tests
Assessing supply chain management and HIV/AIDS service
delivery programs
Global financing mechanisms
Participants
The course is specifically designed for policy makers, management staff
from Ministries of Health, ARV programme managers, NGO officials
responsible for national and local programmes, development aid agencies,
physicians, pharmacists social scientists, and health professionals
interested in improving drug supply management and adherence to ARV
therapy.
Course Coordinator
Nirmal Gurbani, PhD, is trained by ARV Access for Africa for ARV drugs
supply management, a course developed by IDA Solutions. He has been a
resource person with various international and national courses on RUD,
Pharmaco-economics, PRDUC, ARV Supply, DTCs and Monitoring Medicines
Prices and in various states of India. He is also associated with WHO,
WB, EC, SEARPharm Forum, Danida and Cordaid supported programmes. He has
also worked as Technical Coordinator WHO India Essential Drug Programme
at DSPRUD.
Facilitators
Jawahar S. Bapna MD, PhD is trained by ARV Access for Africa a
programme developed by IDA Solutions. Currently he is Secretary, ISPOR -
India. He is currently conducting a Rational Drug Use training programme
at Heart Province, Afghanistan.
RK Chaturvedi, MHA, Executive Director, Bhagwan Mahaveer Cancer Hospital
& Research Centre, Jaipur.
PC Dandiya, PhD (Toronto) is Emeritus Professor, SMS Medical College,
Jaipur
RS Goyal, PhD, Dean Training and Professor , Institute of Health
Management Research, Jaipur
Shiv D. Gupta, MD, PhD (Johns Hopkins) is Director, Indian Institute of
Health Management Research, Jaipur
Nutan Jain, PhD, Associate Professor , Institute of Health Management
Research, Jaipur
Fees and Application
The fee of US$ 800 payable to RSPRUD, Jaipur, covers accommodation,
tuition, course materials, field visit, airport transfers, and three
meals a day. Interested candidates may send CV along with the activities
related to ARV programme that they are involved with or plan to conduct
in their own setting in future. The last date for the receipt of
applications is February 28, 2010. Contact Rajasthan Society for
Promotion of Rational Use of Drugs at email: arvrsprud@gmail.com