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Dear e-druggers,
Does anyone know where I can find a short video on itinerant drug sellers
in Africa or Asia? I know such videos have been produced in the past but do
not know where I can find such a video now. I am teaching Global Pharmacy
Masters' students about medicine sales in the informal sector in low income
countries and it would be good to show them the reality of informal
medicines sales in some countries.
Thanks for your help.
Regards
Kathleen A Holloway
Institute of Development Studies
Sussex University,
Brighton, Sussex.
Email: kaholloway54@gmail.com
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Hi Kathy,
The only video I know of is the excellent "Tiim" produced by PSF (Pharmacists without borders) in about 2007. [I think 2004 BS]
I have a copy, and also have it on a private youtube channel for my students to view. According to the article, the WHO has the copyright. I will send you a private e-mail with the link, because this seems to be acceptable under the WHO copyright restrictions. If anyone else wants this, please e-mail me,
Best wishes,
Pauline
Pauline Norris | PhD
Professor of Social Pharmacy
Room 505a| Fifth Floor
New Zealand's National School of Pharmacy
Te Kura MÄtauraka Wai-whakaora
University of Otago | Te Whare WÄnanga o OtÄgo
PO Box 56 Dunedin 9054
Dunedin NZ
Pauline Norris <pauline.norris@otago.ac.nz>
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Dear Kathleen,
In case you are looking for different resources, a few months ago, National
Geographic magazine published a really interesting coverage about itinerant
drug sellers in Haiti.
Eva Mata Martinez
Pharmacist, MsC, MBA,
Consultant, Essential Medicines and Health Technologies
Manila, Philippines
matae@who.int
Eva Mata <mmartinez.eva@gmail.com>
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Dear Kathleen,
Medicine" produced by BBC 2 and shown first time in the BBC programme "This
World" in July 2005. It may be worthwhile to contact BBC Education &
Training department and ask them for a copy. It is about the situation in
Nigeria.
For more go to http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/this_world/4656623.stm
The second best film produced is called "Dealers of Death" made by the
Western Pacific Regional Office of the World Health Organization. I do not
know the year of issue and I cannot tell whether they still disseminate
appropriate copies. It was issued around the same time like the film "Bad
Medicine". It is about the situation in South East Asia.
Further, on the homepage of the Global Pharma Health Fund (GPHF), a charity
run by Merck in Darmstadt (Germany), you can find some more videos material
on the trade in falsified medicines from around the world.
With best regards
Richard Jähnke, PhD
Project Management
Global Pharma Health Fund e.V. (GPHF)
Project Office, Rotlintstraße 75, 60389 Frankfurt
Richard Jaehnke <richard.jaehnke@gphf.org>
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Hi Pauline,
I'd very much appreciate getting that PSF video link!
And in case it is of help/inspiration to your own teaching, here is a free
and unrestricted access code to my 4 hours Udemy course on PSM for
low/middel income countries: https://www.udemy.com/phasuma1/?couponCode=PHASUMA-NZ-NSP
Many regards from The Netherlands,
Ron
Ron Wehrens, MSc MBA Pharmacist
Phasuma Pharmaceutical Supply Management consultancy for developing
countries
Stichts End 11 1244 PK ANKEVEEN The Netherlands
Phasuma-Ron Wehrens <r.wehrens@phasuma.com>
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Kathleen
We (USP, USAID, French Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs) produced a few PSAs and short documentaries related to this area, with a focus on counterfeit medicines in Southeast Asia.
Pharmacide Mekong documentary film (52-minute film on counterfeit medicines in SE Asia):
Christopher Raymond
Chief of Party – Indonesia
Promoting the Quality of Medicines
USP Indonesia
Lt. 23, Tower 1, Menara Prima
Mega Kuningan
Jakarta, Indonesia 12950
Christopher Raymond <CRR@USP.org>
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Thanks
What I find amazing is that despite the evidence, donors still promote
programs that sell good medicines in private sector including the informal
outlets thus almost making fake medicines legitimate by such mixture.
A few years ago, I visited big pharmacies in Ghana and asked for malaria
pills. I was offered a choice of products that were part of global malaria
program pre-qualified by WHO, others not pre-qualified but made by
reputable generic companies as well as pills of obscure origin!
The biggest problem in the public sector is shortages which drives people
to get medicines in shops that sell salt, sugar and pills
Dr. Mohga Kamal-Yanni
Senior health & HIV policy advisor, Oxfam GB
Editor of www.globalhealthcheck.org
John Smith Drive, Oxford, OX4 2JY, UK
Mohga Kamal-Yanni <mkamalyanni@Oxfam.org.uk>
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Kathleen,
Below are links to some of the videos made for the accredited drug selllers
program
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here are videos of an accreditation drug seller program in East Africa that
may be of interest.