E-drug: SEAM conference
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2003 SEAM Conference: Targeting Improved Access to Essential Medicines
Dar es Salaam, United Republic of Tanzania
June 1618, 2003
The 2003 Conference for the Strategies for Enhancing Access to Medicines
(SEAM) Program will be held in Dar es Salaam, United Republic of Tanzania,
June 1618, 2003. Funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and
presented in collaboration with the Ministry of Health of the United
Republic of Tanzania, the World Health Organizations Department of
Essential Drugs and Medicines Policy, the Rockefeller Foundation, the
International Network for Rational Use of Drugs, and Management Sciences
for Healths Rational Pharmaceutical Management Plus Program (funded by
USAID), the 2003 Conference will serve as a forum for discussion of a wide
range of pharmaceuticals-related intervention strategies that are of
concern to developing nations. The conference will also provide the
opportunity to share information about the activities of the SEAM Program,
which focus on enhancing access to essential medicines through
collaboration between the private and public sectors.
The conference will feature plenary and parallel track presentations on six
major topics, followed by roundtable discussion groups for each topic.
Poster presentations will provide the opportunity for conference
participants to share information about their initiatives, research, and
experience. Parallel topic tracks will include
* Pharmaceutical product prices, including country-level determinants,
dynamics, monitoring, and policy
* Pharmaceutical procurement, including national and cross-national
pooled procurement strategies
* Pharmaceutical product quality assurance, focusing on strategies for
resource-limited settings, including prequalification of products and
suppliers and the role of identification (screening) tests and
pharmacopoeial monograph testing
* Pharmaceutical distribution systems, focusing on strategies for
ensuring access to essential medicines in rural and peri-urban areas
* Rational use of medicines, including information access, product
selection, and appropriate prescribing and patient use
* Human resources for the pharmaceutical sector, including new
approaches to staffing and training in health product supply management
Although the majority of participants will attend the conference by
invitation, a number of open registration slots will be available on a
first-come, first-served basis. Individuals interested in attending should
submit a registration request as early as possible. All registration
requests will be placed, in the order received, on the Conference priority
list. For further information about the registration process, please visit
the SEAM Web site (<http://www.msh.org/seam>www\.msh\.org/seam\) after January
10, 2003.
Information on abstract submissions for poster presentations will also be
available on the SEAM Web site after January 10. Individuals interested in
submitting poster abstracts for consideration by the Program Committee
should plan their submissions around one of the six topics listed above and
be prepared to submit an abstract by February 28, 2003.
For further information on the conference, please contact John Vivalo
<jvivalo@msh.org>
Dr. Leela McCullough
Director of Information Services
SATELLIFE
30 California Street, Watertown, MA 02472, USA
Tel: +617-926-9400 Fax: +617-926-1212
Email: leela@usa.healthnet.org
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