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E-DRUG: Global Launch ISIUM Bangkok 2020 Conference Report --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcing the Global Launch of the ISIUM Bangkok 2020 Conference Report Date/time: March 17, 2021 at 19:00 (Bangkok, GMT+7) Zoom link: [https://cmu-th.zoom.us/j/9250718596](https://cmu-th.zoom.us/j/9250718596) Registration: [https://cmu.to/regISIUMwebinar1](https://cmu.to/regISIUMwebinar1) Report link www.isium.org/wp-content/uploads/ConferenceReport\_ForWebsite.pdf People Improving the Use of Medicines: Re-invigorating global and local agendas Hosted by: ISIUM in partnership with the Rational Drug Use (RDU) Subcommittee of the Thai Food and Drug Administration, and the Drug System Monitoring and Development Centre (DMDC), Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok. Facilitators: Puckwipa Suwannaprom (Chiang Mai University) and Mary Murray (ISIUM) Zoom facilitator: Siritree Suttajit (Chiang Mai University) Objectives: To illustrate why rational use of medicines (RUM) is a major issue globally and communicate the agenda ISIUM has developed for renewed action on RUM at the conference - both top-down and bottom-up, to - share up-to-date examples of country action bringing out the latest efforts since the conference, - introduce the 'RDU Country' concept and the emphasised role of the Citizen, - set the scene for the launch of the Who Killed Rational Use of Medicine? booklet and a follow up conversation on 'RDU Country' in April 2021. How has the COVID pandemic reflected the importance of RUM? - Country, health institution and individual experiences. PROGRAM 19:00-20:30 (Bangkok) WHAT WE HAVE LEARNT ABOUT RUM DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION: TOP-DOWN AND BOTTOM-UP PERSPECTIVES Introduction: Puckwipa Suwannaprom and Mary Murray 3 min ISIUM conference report synthesis: Kathleen Holloway, ISIUM 7 min COVID-19 and RUM, Revelations and challenges for systems and communities: Mirfin Mpundu, ReAct Africa 10 min TWO COUNTRY PERSPECTIVES: PROGRESS IN THE LAST YEAR AND OBSERVATIONS ABOUT COVID AND RUM Thailand: Professor Prasit Watanapa, Dean, Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University; Chair of National RDU Subcommittee, Thailand 10 min Australia: Emeritus Professor Lloyd Sansom, Division of Health Sciences, University of South Australia; Special Advisor, National Medicines Policy Framework, Australia 10 min TWO BOTTOM-UP PERSPECTIVES AND RESPONSES TO THE REPORT Latin America: Community perspective: Why people at the centre is important for RUM; and the challenge of COVID and RUM. Arturo Quizhpe, Coordinator, ReAct Latin America 10 min Kazakhstan: Children and health institution perspective: Reaction to the report and the challenge of COVID and RUM Raikhan Tuleutayeva, (tbc) Pharmacology Department, Semey Medical University, Kazakhstan 10 min OPEN CONVERSATION WITH PARTICIPANTS 25 min Sarah Kibira (Kenya) and Kadir Alam (Nepal) begin with their reactions to the report and a comment on COVID and RUM challenges in her hospital and community 3 min each Open forum MEETING CLOSE 5 min A short synthesis - Puckwipa Suwannaprom Close - Mary Murray Mary Hemming AO, Director & Company Secretary International Society to Improve the Use of Medicines \ 6/137 McKean Street, Fitzroy North, 3068. Australia mary.hemming@isium.org