E-DRUG: Rational drug use at WHA
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Dear E-druggers
We would like to announce that there will be two events relating to rational use of medicines at the 58th World Health Assembly. An NGO briefing on Rational use of medicines: prospects for the future will be given during the first week of the assembly on May 18th at 17:30 at the Palais des Nations (as already announced on e-drug).
The WHO secretariat would like to announce an official technical briefing on rational use of medicines during the second week of the assembly on May 24th at 13:00-14:30 at the Palais des Nations with the below agenda.
Technical Briefing
Irrational use of medicines damages health and wastes resources: what can we do about it?
WHA 58 - Tuesday 24 May 2005, 13:00-14:30
Room XII, Palais des Nations, Geneva
Chair
Dr Vladimir K. Lepakhin, Assistant Director-General, Health Technology and Pharmaceuticals
Speakers and topics
13:00 - 13:05 Introduction
Dr Hans V. Hogerzeil, Director, Department of Medicines Policy and Standards
13:05 - 13:15 Facts and figures on irrational use of medicines taken from PSM/PAR drug use database and the Second international conference on improving the use of medicines
WHO Secretariat
13:15 - 13:25 Extract of film on informal drug sellers and their patients in Burkina Faso.
"Tiim"
13.25 - 13.35 Developing country experience in promoting rational medicines use
Prof. Sri Suryawati, Faculty of Medicine, Gadjah Mada University, Yogyakarta, Indonesia.
13:35 - 13:45 Developed country experience in promoting rational medicines use
Prof. Otto Cars, Director of the Swedish Strategic Programme for Rational Use of Antimicrobial Agents and Surveillance of Resistance.
13:45 - 13:55 Wrap-up including recommendations from International Conference on Improving the Use of Medicines 2004 on what Member States can do to promote rational use of medicines.
WHO Secretariat
13:55 - 14:30 Discussion
14:30 Closure
All members of the WHA are invited to attend.
Dr. Kathleen Holloway
Medical Officer for Policy, Access and Rational Use,
Department of Policies and Standards of Medicines,
World Health Organisation, 20 Avenue Appia, Genève 27, CH-1211.
Tel: +41 22 791 2336; Fax: +41 22 791 4167
Email: hollowayk@who.int