E-DRUG: ITM course on Pharmaceutical Policies in Health Systems:
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ITM Course 30th May to 17th June 2022
Dear E-Druggers,
Pharmaceutical public health is an emerging field in global health, and global health needs a generation of policy-makers who understand the relevance of coherent and integrated pharmaceutical systems. I am therefore happy to announce that the second course on Pharmaceutical Policies in Health Systems, organized at the Institute of Tropical Medicine, Belgium, in collaboration with the University of Western Cape, South Africa, will take place -in English- in Antwerp, from 30th May to 17th June 2022.
Those interested can already apply now, and until the end of January 2022.
Contents, eligibility criteria and practical details are available in our website:
ITM education - Pharmaceutical policies in health systems (itg.be)<https://edu.itg.be/courses/pharmaceutical-policies-in-health-systems>
In short, the aim of this 3-week course is to enable participants to develop a general understanding of the individual components of pharmaceutical systems, and of the whole system they constitute together; and a practical understanding of those specific components on/by which they may have a direct impact, according to their role, responsibility and context.
In addition, participants who are specialists in specific fields will be guided to frame their knowledge within a multidisciplinary perspective. The short course is targeting students from high-, middle- and low-income countries working at different levels in the Ministry of Health, health programmes, regulatory agencies, NGOs, global health initiatives and other donor agencies, procurement, health insurance, etc.. Importantly, the course is not only targeting specialists in specific pharmaceutical topics (who are welcome).
Participants and facilitators will benefit from the rich exchange of experience between professionals bringing the perspective of different expertise, roles and levels in the health systems.
In 2021, the teaching faculty included Cécile Macé, Veronika Wirtz, Nondumiso Ncube, Hazel Bradley, Els Torreele, Wilbert Bannenberg, Katrina Perehudoff, Klara Tisocki and Kiu Siang Tay, Ghamal Khalafallah, Céline Caillet, Jan Jacobs, Brecht Ingelbeen, Koen Peeters, Patricia Kingori and René Gerrets, Jo Robays and Raffaella Ravinetto.
With best wishes,
Raffaella Ravinetto
Institute of Tropical Medicine
Antwerp, Belgium
Raffaella Ravinetto <rravinetto@itg.be>