E-DRUG: SIAPS End-of-program Event: Toward Building Resilient Pharmaceutical Systems
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Dear e-drug members,
The USAID-funded Systems for Improved Access to Pharmaceuticals and
Services (SIAPS) Program is hosting its end-of-program event on March 1,
2018, in Arlington, VA.
The event will address progress made and
opportunities toward ensuring that quality, life-saving essential medicines
and services are available and affordable for the world's poorest and most
vulnerable.
The SIAPS approach focused on building and/or strengthening systems that
ensure equitable access to and appropriate use of effective pharmaceutical
technologies and medicines for the diagnosis and treatment of major public
health diseases, including malaria; HIV/AIDS; family planning; maternal,
newborn, and child health; tuberculosis; neglected tropical diseases; and
more recently, Ebola.
By helping countries meet disease-specific targets, the SIAPS
implementation strategy strengthened pharmaceutical systems to provide a
wider range of medicines and pharmaceutical products, ensure that they are
appropriately used, ensure patient safety, and ultimately produce improved
health outcomes.
During this event, a panel discussion will explore opportunities and
challenges for the future of pharmaceutical systems strengthening and
advance a vision of what it takes to build resilient pharmaceutical systems
that promote good health outcomes.
Attendees will also be able to visit SIAPS' Solutions Marketplace, a series
of short presentations, to learn about the approaches, strategies, tools,
and actions that SIAPS developed to improve access to and use of
pharmaceutical products and services.
The event will feature remarks from Kelly Saldana, Director of the Office
of Health Systems, USAID; Marian Wentworth, President and CEO of Management
Sciences for Health; Douglas Keene, Vice President, MSH Pharmaceuticals and
Health Technologies Group; and Francis Aboagye-Nyame, SIAPS Program
Director.
It will be held at the Westin Crystal City in Arlington, VA, from 8:30 to
1:30 pm.
Register at:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/toward-building-resilient-pharmaceutical-systems-lessons-from-the-siaps-program-tickets-42748864003
Best regards,
Timothe
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Timothe Chevaux
Communications Associate
Pharmaceuticals & Health Technologies
Management Sciences for Health
US-VA-Arlington-All United States
E-mail: tchevaux@msh.org