[e-drug] MeTA skills workshop for Indian CSOs?

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E-DRUG: MeTA skills workshop for Indian CSOs?
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Hi,

Is there a chance of organising one such workshop in India?

We are also interested in governance, transparency and accountability processes of medicines. Do consider our request.

I am circulating your information on Network for Rational Use of Medicines (NetRUM).

regards

Dr Vijay Thawani, MD
Nagpur, India
Group Owner, NetRUM

17-22 Apr 2008: "Orphan medicines - are they getting any shelter?" Moderator: Dr Kiran Chaudhari

24-27 Apr 2008: "Rationale of cosmeceuticals" Moderator: Dr Anupama Suckhlecha

Third week of June: "Protecting health from climate change". Moderator: Dr Anupama Suckhlecha

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Dear Dr Vijay Thawani,

At present the MeTA initiative is in a pilot phase (funded by the British development agency DFID), and is focusing on 7 pilot countries: Ghana, Zambia, Uganda, Jordan, Kyrgyzstan, Philippines and Peru.

MeTA has already organised a workshop with the African countries. This means that the upcoming Civil Society Skills building workshop in Philippines is unfortunately reserved for Jordan, Kyrgyzstan, Philippines and Peru only.

However, the topics you raise (governance, transparency and accountability)
are obviously important to all countries, including India. MeTA will be
probably be welcoming new countries toward the end of the current pilot
phase (2008-2009).

If you don't want to wait until 2010, then I would suggest that you arrange
independent funding. MeTA will gladly make the course material available.

Some older MeTA documents are available at: http://www.dfidhealthrc.org/MeTA/

Once the new MeTA website is up and running, and has a link to the workshop materials, we will send more information to E-drug.

With kind regards

Wilbert Bannenberg

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Wilbert Bannenberg, MD MPH
Technical Director, Intl Secretariat for the Medicines Transparency Alliance (MeTA)
MeTA Secretariat: 112 Malling Street, Lewes, East Sussex BN7 2RJ, United
Kingdom
MeTA Tel: +44 1273 486861
MeTA Fax: +44 1273 478485
Email: wilbert@metasecretariat.org