E-DRUG: Mercy Ships Essential Medicines Formulary 2009-2011
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Dear E-Drug colleagues,
I would like to announce that the Mercy Ships Essential Medicines
Formulary 2009-2011 is now available online, and can be downloaded
freely from www.mercyships.org/formulary, or by searching the keyword
�formulary� on www.mercyships.org.
I would like to thank once again E-DRUG for your professional advice and
assistance to make this and its first two editions possible. I would
also like to acknowledge the help from WHO, as all our formulary
editions have been based closely on the latest WHO Model list and Model
Formulary, and include WHO recommendation notes. This edition is based
on the 16th WHO Model List and the 2008 WHO Model Formulary book
published in 2009.
I enclose our bibliography and acknowledgements for this edition 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. Blessings,
Kae
BIBLIOGRAPHY & ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS FOR THE 3RD EDITION
The Mercy Ships Formulary Medicines List and Book third edition is built
on the experience and advice of the previous editions mentioned below.
In addition, I would like to acknowledge the following organisations and
individuals for their specific help in this edition.
Again, I thank the World Health Organisation, especially Mr Claude Da
Re, Kathleen Susan Hurst and Dr Susanne Hill at the WHO Geneva office,
along with the dosage recommendations in the WHO Model Formulary 2008
and the 16th Model Essential Medicines List 2009.
Again, 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 AED-SATELLIFE (www.healthnet.org).
I would also like to acknowledge the help of the International
Pharmaceutical Federation www.fip.org through the coordination of Mr
Xuan Hao Chan, for the review of this edition of the formulary.
I would like to thank the Mercy Ships volunteers for their
direct help in the review of the 2009 formulary list:
The dosage recommendations in this edition are also in reference to the
British National Formulary 58th edition published September 2009 and the
American Society of Health System Pharmacists AHFS Drug Information 2008.
Kae Ting Trouilloud
Pharmacy Consultant
Editor of the Mercy Ships Formulary
Mercy Ships International www.mercyships.org
where its hospital ship M/V Africa Mercy is currently docked at Lome, Togo
Kae Trouilloud <kae.trouilloud@mercyships.org>