Dear E-Druggers,
In the coming 2 weeks, three conferences will be held in Australia on the
question of National Drug policies.
The official NDP Conference will be held 8-11 October under the theme "Can
comprehensive National Medicinal Drug Policies be implemented effectively to
meet both health and economic needs?"
Four topics will be discussed in separate working groups:
- Access to medicines
- Rational Drug Use
- Quality, safety and efficacy of medicines
- Local industry
The Asian HAI Network (ARDA) is organising a satellite conference 4-7 October on
4 topics:
- Economic, commercial and technological development of the pharmaceutical
sector in the Asia Pacific region;
- Drug Pricing Policies;
- National Drug Policies and Drug Legislation;
- Regional cooperation: sharing of information.
Finally, the INRUD Network of Asia is meeting 4-6 October in Newcastle on 5
topics:
- training and education
- research methods
- economic analysis and drug use
- communicating with policy makers
- relations with industry
If you have any strong feelings on any of the above issues, why not participate
by email? Both the HAI/ARDA and INRUD conference are going to demonstrate email
as a communications tool for NDP and rational use activities. Please send your
submissions to: 73377.3055@compuserve.com
and I will make sure they'll get to the discussion groups.
We will try to use the eventual answers in the email practicals we are setting
up.
Wilbert Bannenberg