E-DRUG: Short course: Rational Medicines Management- HIV, TB, Malaria
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Dear colleagues,
we are pleased to announce the seventh international postgraduate
training course on:
RATIONAL MEDICINE MANAGEMENT-
A FOCUS ON HIV and AIDS, TB AND MALARIA
5 November – 16 November 2007
Ifakara, Tanzania
CONTENTS OVERVIEW
Health is an intrinsic human right as well as a central input to poverty
reduction and socioeconomic development. Cost-effective interventions
including medicines for controlling major diseases exist, but a lack of
money for health and a range of system constraints hamper efforts to
expand health services to the poor.
From penicillin to insulin, antiseptics to antiretrovirals, science
including medicines has led to dramatic improvements in health
worldwide. Yet the main diseases of poverty such as HIV and AIDS, malaria
and tuberculosis continue to claim innumerable lives in the developing
world. Medicines are an essential and cost-effective tool of health care
and an important element of health systems. The number and type of
medicines on the world market is constantly increasing, while financial
resources for health care services in general remain limited or
decrease. Today, for millions of people worldwide essential medicines
remain unavailable and unaffordable. Irrational medicine use is a global
public health problem.
Counterfeit and poor quality medicines are an
additional barrier to equitable access to medicines. Millions of adults
and children die each year from treatable and preventable diseases.
Reducing illness and premature mortality contributes to poverty
reduction. It is about getting evidence-based and effective control
interventions such as medicines to the people who need them, whether by
reducing their costs, promoting research and development, improving
their distribution, increasing their efficacy and acceptability, or
slowing down the development of antimicrobial resistance.
But, today these medicines don’t reach all who need them, and there is a
need to develop adequate strategies that ensure better access. Rational
medicine policy and management is one approach to tackle these problems
and is critically important in view of constrained health budgets to
achieve efficiency, equity and quality of health care in pluralistic
health systems.
OBJECTIVES
To enable health professionals to understand and apply the concepts and
principles of essential medicines and rational medicine management with
a focus on the diseases of poverty HIV and AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis,
to recognise the need for a national and international medicine policy
environment, to improve knowledge and skills and to gain practical field
experience for rational medicine management within different health
system contexts.
COURSE TOPICS
• Historic milestones and current global medicine situation
• Concept of essential medicines and its relevance in primary health care
• Concept and principles of rational medicine management in pluralistic
and reforming health systems
• Roles of different stakeholders including health workers, traditional
healers, research organisations and the pharmaceutical industry
• The international context, global treaties and national medicine policy
• Treatment guidelines, essential medicine lists and personal medicine
lists
• Patterns of medicine use, strategies for the promotion of rational
medicine use, community medicine use
• Antimicrobial resistance and approaches for containment
• Medicine quality and quality assurance
• Rational management of HIV and AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis related
• Framework and components of a medicine supply system including
procurement and distribution
• Elements of medicine costs, affordability and financing options
• Critical medicine information management
TARGET GROUP
Health professionals and managers with experience (at least two years)
in the health sector and in the pharmaceutical sector.
DURATION
2 weeks (90 hours student investment time). Equivalent to 3 ECTS points
towards the TropEd European Master in International Health. A
certificate will be awarded after successful completion.
COURSE FORMAT
The course language is English. The course combines lectures, in-depth
discussions of case studies, short presentations, small group exercises
and field visits. The course is highly participatory and participants
will be exposed to a wide range of international experiences and materials.
APPLICATION PROCEDURE
Please fill in the application form carefully and include all required
documents.
Application deadline: 31 August 2007
COURSE FEE
The total course fee is CHF 2300.- (Swiss Francs) including tuition,
accommodation/full board and must be paid 8 weeks before the start of
the course. This sum includes the registration fee (CHF 100.-) which is
due at the moment of acceptance. If a participant does not attend the
course, the registration fee cannot be reimbursed. If cancellation is
less than 4 weeks before beginning of the course an additional fee of
CHF 500.- will be charged. Cost for international flights must be added.
There are only very limited scholarships available for this course.
LOCATION
Ifakara , Tanzania
In December 2005 the new "Tanzania Training Centre for International
Health" in Ifakara, Tanzania was inaugurated. Next to a successful
research institution (IHRDC) and the renovated St. Francis Designated
District Hospital with 370 beds, a modern and well equipped campus for
teaching and training is now available in a remote rural region of
Tanzania about 420 km South West of Dar es Salaam that is reached by
train or road. The many interfaces between theoretical and practical
training make Ifakara a focal point for teaching and research in Tanzania.
COURSE FACULTY
The course is facilitated by international and national experts. The
academic panel will include a number of highly experienced professionals
from WHO, MEDUNSA (Limpopo), Phasuma, Nuffield (Leeds), STI, Tanzanian
MOH, MSH and IHRDC.
COURSE COORDINATORS
Dr. Karin Wiedenmayer (STI)
www.sti.ch
CONTACT ADDRESS
Swiss Tropical Institute
Course Secretariat
Socinstrasse 57
P.O Box
CH - 4002 Basel / Switzerland
Tel.: + 41 61 284 82 80
Fax: + 41 61 284 81 06
E-mail: courses-sti@unibas.ch
http://www.sti.ch
THE SWISS TROPICAL INSTITUTE
The Swiss Tropical Institute (STI) was founded in 1943. The STI offers
an interdisciplinary approach to research, teaching and services in the
field of International Health.
The aim of the STI is to contribute to the improvement of the health of
populations internationally and nationally through excellence in
research, services and teaching and training. Activities of the
Institute in the framework of its national and international mandates
have led to its world-wide recognition in the field of International Health.
The STI has significant expertise in the pharmaceutical sector with
teaching and training, research, clinical trials, assessments and
implementation verification and international development cooperation.
The unit „Teaching and Training“ offers postgraduate courses in various
topics for health staff.
TROPED
A collaborative network of 27 Tropical Institutes and related
institutions in 13 different countries in Europe offers a joint modular
Master‘s Curriculum in International Health (MIH). The Diploma Course
‘Health Care and Management in Tropical Countries – HCMTC’ at STI is
equivalent to the core course for this degree.
Candidates for the Master‘s degree will be required to take further
advanced modules in at least 2 other network-institutions and to carry
out a master thesis according to MIH requirements. The whole curriculum
corresponds to one year full time work. The modular structure allows the
studies to be spread over 5 years.
For further information: www.troped.org
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Karin Wiedenmayer, MSc, PharmD
Swiss Tropical Institute
Swiss Center for International Health
Socinstrasse 57
4002 Basel
Switzerland
T +41 61 284 81 26
F +41 61 271 86 54
www.sti.ch
Karin Wiedenmayer <karin.wiedenmayer@unibas.ch>