E-DRUG: Mercy Ships Essential Medicines Formulary 2006-2007
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Dear E-Drug colleagues,
I am glad to announce that the second edition of the Mercy Ships Essential
Medicines Formulary 2006-2007 is now available online! It can be downloaded
from www.ms-information.org (click on 'Programs - what we do', then 'Mercy
Ships Formulary').
Thank you once again for your professional advice and assistance to make
this and its first edition possible. Both have been based closely on the
latest WHO Model list no. 14 and Model Formulary 2004, and includes WHO
recommendation notes. A short article of it is included in the latest WHO
Essential Drugs Monitor no. 34 http://www.who.int/medicines/en/ or
http://www.who.int/medicines/publications/monitor/DrugsMonitor_34.pdf. We
are also grateful to WHO for making the above resources accessible and
user-friendly, especially with the WHO Model Formulary CD-ROM which includes
guidelines on how to prepare a formulary.
I enclose our bibliography and acknowledgements chapter as I did for the
last edition in 2003, and again send appreciation on behalf of Mercy Ships
International for the resources and people your email group has made
available and accessible to the world. I was able to give a lecture about
our formulary preparation process and the WHO essential medicines concept to
final year students at the University of Liberia recently, and they were
very eager to hear about E-Drug, so here's to another generation of
E-Druggers, blessings,
Kae 
Kae Ting Trouilloud
Pharmacy Manager
Editor of the Mercy Ships Formulary
Mercy Ships International www.mercyships.org
Currently on board the M/V Anastasis, docked at Tema, Ghana
BIBLIOGRAPHY & ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
The Mercy Ships Formulary Medicines List and Book would not have been
possible without the help of individuals and organisations that have
provided valuable advice and information.
I would like to acknowledge the help from the World Health Organisation,
through Dr Hans Hogerzeil, Dr Richard Laing, Dr Lalit Dwivedi and Mr Claude
Da Re at the WHO Geneva office, along with the dosage recommendations in the
WHO Model Formulary 2004 and 14th Model Essential Drug List 2005.
I would like to acknowledge the advice and valuable links and contacts
proposed by the members and moderators of the email list HIF-net at WHO,
through the invitation of Dr Neil Pakenham-Walsh and the INASP-Health
International Network for the Availability of Scientific Publications team
(www.inasp.info).
I would like to acknowledge the professional information and discussion of
members and moderators of the email list E-DRUG, on essential drugs and its
related policies and activities (www.essentialdrugs.org/edrug), sponsored by
the global health information network SATELLIFE (www.healthnet.org).
I would also like to acknowledge the professional help and advice of Kinkos
Netherlands in Rotterdam, through the coordination and patient perseverance
of Nanny Holtkamp, for the printing work and preparation.
Other references for the dosage recommendations of this edition include:
1. The Micromedex Healthcare Series Online with its wide clinical and
drug information database (www.micromedex.com), whose access was kindly
provided to Mercy Ships.
2. The British National Formulary, 50th edition published September
2005 (www.bnf.org), along with the assistance of Rachel Ryan, Assistant
Editor BNF/WMF of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain.
References for the first edition include:
1. The Drug Formulary 3rd edition of the National University Hospital
of Malaysia or HUKM (www.hukm.ukm.my), which provided the format and base
for the first edition of this Formulary, along with 6 years of experience in
implementation, courtesy of Faridah Yusof and her team at the Pharmacy
Department, and resources of its Drug Information Centre.
2. The 2003 edition of Essential Drugs Practical Guidelines from
Médecins Sans Frontières or Doctors Without Borders (www.paris.msf.org),
along with the assistance of Véronique Grouzard from MSF Paris, and the
volunteers of MSF Lyon.
I would like to thank the following healthcare colleagues for their offer on
a personal basis to proofread specific chapters of this second edition,
providing fresh perspective and precious insight from their wide experience:
Dr Salem Omar, MBBS MIntMed (Malaya), Gastroenterologist, University Malaya
Medical Centre, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (Chapter 01 Gastrointestinal System)
Dr Yoon Lai Lan, MRCP (UK), Cardiologist, Sunway Medical Centre, Kuala
Lumpur, Malaysia (Chapter 2 CVS)
Mr Ralph H Rack, RPh, Pharmaceutical and Logistics Advisor, John Snow Inc.,
Deliver Project, Arlington, Virginia, USA (Chapter 03 RS)
Dr Thambu Maniam, Professor of Psychiatry, National University Hospital of
Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (Chapter 04 CNS)
Dr Joyce Hong, Malacca General Hospital, Ministry of Health, Malaysia
(Chapter 05 MS & Chapter 11 Dermatologicals)
Dr Nem-Yun Boo, FRCP (UK), Neonatologist, Professor of Paediatrics,
International Medical University, Malaysia (Chapter 06 Anti-infectives).
Mr Simon Peter Esekon, CLMed&Surg (Kenya), CTropMed(China), MAComm&HIV/AIDS
(UK-ongoing), Medical Coordinator, Northrift Region, The Kenya Electricity
Generating Co. Ltd, Kitale, Kenya (Chapter 06 Anti-infectives).
Dr Kang Nee Ting, BPharm (Hons), PhD (UK), Assistant Professor, University
of Nottingham Malaysia Campus, Malaysia. (Chapter 07 ES & 10 ENT)
Ms. San San Wong, SRN Renal Nurse, Hammersmith Hospitals NHS Trust, London,
UK (Chapter 08 Vitamins, Minerals & Parenteral Solutions)
Dr J James Rowsey, MD, Ophthalmologist, St Lukes Cataract & Intraocular
Lens Institute, Tarpon Springs, Florida (Chapter 09 Eye)
Dr Carolina Harboe, General Physician, Stavanger University Hospital,
Stavanger, Norway (Chapter 11 Dermatologicals & 12 Immunologicals)
Fionnuala Mc Cullagh, MRPSGB CPA (UK), Clinical Pharmacist, Macclesfield
District General Hospital, UK (former VSO pharmacist for the Essential Drugs
Programme, NW Cameroon 2002-2004) (Chapter 12 Imm)
Dr Richard Self, MBChB FRCA, Consultant in Anaesthesia, Princess of Wales
Hospital, UK (Chapter 13 Anaesthetics)
Dr Atieno Ojoo, BPharm MPH, Chief Pharmacist, Kenyatta National Hospital,
Nairobi, Kenya (Chapter 13 Anaesthetics)
Most of all, the contribution from 28 years of field experience and diverse
backgrounds and training were invaluable from the countless volunteers and
ex-volunteers of Mercy Ships International. I would like to specifically
thank the following for their help in the proof reading of the second
edition:
(For the entire second edition): David Asher, Katrina Brogden, Dr Roy
Stoddard. (For specific sections): Jean Campbell, Dr Keith Chapman, Kate
Collins, Michael Corbeille, Sonja Frischknecht, Dr Gareth James, Martina
Lindell, Laurence May, Lord Ian McColl, Dr James McDaniel, Dr Gary Parker,
Jansje Rozema, Donna Shippie, Dr Roy Stoddard, Dr Glenn Strauss, Marty
Wingrave.
'If we see far, it is because we stand on the shoulders of giants.' I thank
as well the following for their help and contribution in the first edition
of the formulary and list that is the foundation of this edition:
Dr. Bud Busby, Rebecca Bynum, Jean Campbell, Kate Collins, Colleen Conley,
Sonja Frischknecht, Glen Garrick, Dr Tony Giles, Ann Giles, Diedre Graham,
Angie Hartman, Shelly Hess, Dr David Holford, Maria Holford, Charlotte
Huber, Shauna MacLeod, Lord Ian McColl, Dr James McDaniel, Dr Simon
Mackereth, Traci Miller, Rachel Munn, Dr Gary Parker, Dr Jonathan Payne,
Kendra Polefka, Jansje Rozema, Jenny Rye, Daslin Small, Todd Sprinkel, Dr
Glenn Strauss, Dr Mike Toth, Julien Trouilloud, Julia Watson.
Kae Ting Trouilloud
Formulary Editor
Director of Pharmacy
Mercy Ships International
kae.trouilloud@mercyships.org