E-DRUG:New Short Course Medicine Quality & Public Health London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
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July 13-17th 2015 at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Keppel St, London
We are pleased to announce the first course on medicine quality and public health at the LSHTM.
There is increasing interest in the neglected subject of poor quality medicines/medical products, their epidemiology, origins, detection and impact and how to intervene to reduce their frequency. Poor quality medicines especially affect vulnerable populations in financially poor countries and although access to medicines has rightly been highlighted, access to good quality medicines has not.
There is a need to foster greater interest to help build evidence for informing policy and build research capacity for the future – from chemical analysis innovation to legal analysis to mapping, epidemiology and public perceptions.
However, the subject rarely appears in the curriculum of public health undergraduate or postgraduate courses.
The course, held at the LSHTM in Bloomsbury aims:
A/ To bring together a diversity of faculty and those interested in the subject (from public health, pharmacy, biomedical, chemist and law etc backgrounds, including undergraduate/postgraduate students) to learn and discuss together. As the field is a young one both groups will benefit from this discussion
B/ To discuss a wide range of relevant topics - including definitions, law, epidemiology, public health impact, ethics, chemical analysis, packaging, regulation and potential interventions. There will be hands-on session with diagnostic tools.
C/ To end with a public and media engagement programme with panel discussion and demonstration of poor quality medicines and their diagnosis
Further details of the course are available at http://www.lshtm.ac.uk/study/cpd/medicalproducts.html
The course is open to a maximum of 25 people who are interested in the subject and who have sufficient spoken and written English skills
(e.g. An IELTS score of > =6)
We are grateful for funding from the Wellcome Trust of Great Britain and the ACT Consortium to support all the expenses for some nationals of LIC/MICs to attend. Further details available soon
– please check the website.
http://www.lshtm.ac.uk/study/cpd/medicalproducts.html
The closing date for applications is 31st May 2015.
As this is a pilot course, if there are insufficient applications by 31st May we will have to cancel the course – so please apply very early !
Ww would be grateful if you could pass this message on to all who might be interested.
Very best wishes,
Paul Newton and Simon Croft
London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Paul Newton <Paul.Newton@tropmedres.ac>