E=DRUG: Updated Guidelines for medicine donations
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Dear All
The issue of drug / medicine donations is often a hot topic especially
when disaster strikes. There have also been some students requesting
information about this issue recently. I would like to point those of
the community who are not aware of it that there is an updated WHO
Guidelines for Medicine Donations that became available last year.
"The 3rd edition of Guidelines for medicine donations has been developed
by the World Health Organization (WHO) in cooperation with major
international agencies active in humanitarian relief and development
assistance. The guidelines are intended to improve the quality of
medicine donations in international development assistance and emergency
aid. Good medicine donation practice is of interest to both donors and
recipients."
The PDF file can be accessed from the following page [Please fix link if
broken in browser]:
http://www.who.int/medicines/publications/med_donationsguide2011/en/index.html
Regards
Douglas Ball
Pharmaceutical consultant
Public Health and Development
E-mail: douglasball[AT]yahoo.co.uk