E-DRUG: ITM course Pharmaceutical Policies in Health Systems:deadline 31/01
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Dear E-Druggers,
This is a kind reminder of 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, that will take place -in English- in Antwerp from 30th May to 17th June 2022. Those interested can apply until the end of January.
Contents, eligibility criteria and practical details are available in our website:
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.
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, thus we hope you will find this course of interest.
With best wishes,
Raffaella Ravinetto
Institute of Tropical Medicine
Antwerp, Belgium
Raffaella Ravinetto
rravinetto@itg.be