E-DRUG: Summer Certificate Course in ARV Program Management
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There are still a few seats open in the "Antiretroviral (ARV) Program
Management and Adherence Issues in Low Resource Settings" certificate
course offered July 17-25, 2007 at the Boston University School of
Public Health.
This course explores practical skills to effectively manage the unique
challenges of ARV management, including difficulties with
pharmaceutical supply systems and logistics, insufficient human
resources, and barriers to ARV adherence. The course will also focus on
drug management skills, including selection and procurement, and on the
quantification and promotion of ARV adherence.
If you are a policy maker, ARV program manager, social scientist,
pharmacist, physician, nurse, or a public health professional
interested in ARV management and adherence, this course is ideally
suited to your professional development needs.
The course format is highly interactive, with presentations by
international experts followed by facilitated group exercises and
discussion. A collection of useful articles and resources will be
provided to participants on arrival. The agenda also includes a
focus-group session with persons living with HIV/AIDS and a field visit
to an ARV adherence clinic in the Boston area.
Brenda Waning, (MPH, Rph) Assistant Professor at BUSPH, Richard Laing
(MD), Medical Officer for WHO Geneva, and Michael Montagne (PhD, RPh),
Professor at Massachusetts College of Pharmacy will jointly teach this
course.
The popular course is filling up, please contact us soon for
information on how to apply!
Please direct all inquiries to:
Kasey Oliver
Admissions, Summer Institute in International Health
kloliver@bu.edu