# \[e-drug\] Thanks to E-Drug for help in Formulary project **URL:** \ **Category:** e-drug\ **Created:** [November 4, 2003, 8:12pm UTC](https://talk.edrugplus.org/t/e-drug-thanks-to-e-drug-for-help-in-formulary-project/18099 "2003-11-04T20:12:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Kae](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Kae](https://talk.edrugplus.org/u/Kae)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2003, 8:12pm UTC](https://talk.edrugplus.org/t/e-drug-thanks-to-e-drug-for-help-in-formulary-project/18099/1 "2003-11-04T20:12:43Z")
E-drug: Thanks to E-Drug for help in Formulary project --------------------------------------------------------------------- [Well done, E-druggers! HH] Dear E-druggers, I have been spending the last year preparing an essential drugs formulary for an NGO called Mercy Ships (www.mercyships.org), and I would like to express my appreciation for the good advice and encouragements and exchange on this network which were really helpful. I am very pleased to inform you that the project was successfully finalised. 200 copies of the Formulary have been printed for its first run earlier this month, and in November I will be visiting one of the ships to give a training and briefing sessions to its medical team, focussing on the essential drugs concept encouraged by the WHO and on how to use the book. I could not have done this without the help from all of you and from the WHO Geneva office who provided me the WHO model formulary and related materials, and who patiently answered my many questions :). I attach (below) the 'bibliography & acknowledgements' chapter of the Formulary, which gives a good idea of the main references I used. I would be more than happy to correspond with anyone who is struggling with the same (formulary preparation, convincing doctors they need a limited essential drugs list, etc. :)). Thanks again for your help, this email list is certainly a great resource! Blessings, kae 🙂 Kae Ting Trouilloud Pharmacist/Formulary Editor kaecherie@yahoo.co.uk BIBLIOGRAPHY & ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS The Mercy Ships Formulary Medicines List and Book Guide would not have been possible without the help of individuals and organisations that have provided valuable advice and information. I would like to acknowledge the help from the World Health Organisation, through Dr Hans Hogerzeil and his team in the WHO Geneva office, along with the dosage recommendations in the WHO Model Formulary and 13th Model Essential Drug List 2003. I would like to acknowledge the advice and valuable links and contacts proposed by the members and moderators of the email list 'HIF-net at WHO', through the invitation of Dr Neil Pakenham-Walsh and the International Network for the Availability of Scientific Publications team (www.inasp.info). I would like to acknowledge the professional information and discussion of members and moderators of the email list E-DRUG, on essential drugs and its related policies and activities (www.essentialdrugs.org/edrug), sponsored by the global health information network SATELLIFE (www.healthnet.org). In addition to the above, the following were vital references towards the dosage recommendations of this Formulary: 1. The Micromedex Healthcare Series Online with its wide clinical     and drug information database (www.micromedex.com), whose     access was kindly provided to Mercy Ships. 2. The British National Formulary, 42nd & 44th edition (www.bnf.org),     along with the assistance of Rachel Ryan, Assistant Editor     BNF/WMF of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain. 3. The 2003 edition of Essential Drugs Practical Guidelines from     Medecins Sans Frontieres or Doctors Without Borders     (www.paris.msf.org), along with the assistance of Veronique     Grouzard from MSF Paris and of the volunteers of MSF Lyon. 4. The Drug Formulary 2002 of the National University Hospital of     Malaysia or HUKM (www.hukm.ukm.my), who provided the format     and base for this formulary along with 5 years of experience in     implementation, courtesy of Faridah Yusof and her team at the     Pharmacy Department, and the resources of its Drug Information     Centre through the drug information pharmacist Michelle Ooi. I would also like to acknowledge the professional help and advice of Kinko's Netherlands in Rotterdam, through the coordination and patient perseverance of Nanny Holtkamp, for the printing work and preparation. Bibliography & Acknowledgements Most of all, the contribution from years of field experience and diverse backgrounds and training were invaluable from the countless volunteers and ex-volunteers of Mercy Ships International. I would like to specifically thank the following for their help in the proof reading and editing of the formulary and list: Dr. Bud Busby, Rebecca Bynum, Jean Campbell, Kate Collins, Colleen Conley, Sonja Frischknecht, Glen Garrick, Dr. Tony Giles, Ann Giles, Diedre Graham, Angie Hartman, Shelly Hess, Dr. David Holford, Maria Holford, Charlotte Huber, Shauna MacLeod, Dr. Ian McColl, Dr. James McDaniel, Dr. Simon Mackereth, Traci Miller, Rachel Munn, Dr. Gary Parker, Dr. Jonathan Payne, Kendra Polefka, Jansje Rozema, Jenny Rye, Daslin Small, Todd Sprinkel, Dr. Glenn Straus, Dr. Mike Toth, Julien Trouilloud, Julia Watson. [Kae Trouilloud is a pharmacist and currently a volunteer with Medecins Sans Frontieres, Lyon, France. Previously a volunteer for Mercy Ships www.mercyships.org in The Gambia, West Africa; and a drug information pharmacist for the National University Hospital of Malaysia. Professional interests include essential medicines, preparation and updating of formularies, drug information services, and related training materials.] -- To send a message to E-Drug, write to: e-drug@healthnet.org To subscribe or unsubscribe, write to: majordomo@healthnet.org in the body of the message type: subscribe e-drug OR unsubscribe e-drug To contact a person, send a message to: e-drug-help@healthnet.org Information and archives: [http://www.essentialdrugs.org/edrug](http://www.essentialdrugs.org/edrug)