E-drug: WHO/EDM Technical Briefing Seminar, Nov 2000
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Dear e-druggers,
Please find attached the first announcement of a technical briefing
seminar which the WHO Department of Essential Drugs and Medicines
Policy will organize in Geneva in November 2000. Similar briefing
seminars were held in 1998 and 1999.
Participation at the seminar is free of charge but participants will have
to arrange for their own travel, board and lodging. Applications can be
sent to Ms A. Wilberforce, WHO/EDM/PAR, 1211 Geneva, fax
41-22-7914167, or e-mail Wilberforcea@who.int
Hans V. Hogerzeil MD, PhD, FRCP (Edin)
Coordinator for Policy, Access and Rational Use
Department of Essential Drugs and Medicines Policy
World Health Organization, 1211 Geneva 27
Tel 41-22-7913528, fax 41-22-7914167
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WHO Technical briefing seminar for international staff active in
pharmaceutical support programmes
Organized by: WHO Department of Essential Drugs and Medicines
Policy (WHO/EDM), in collaboration with UNICEF Supply Division,
Copenhagen
Venue: WHO Headquarters, Geneva, Salle G (8th floor)
Dates: 6-10 November 2000
Target audience
Technical advisers and field staff of WHO, UNICEF, other UN and
bilateral agencies and non-governmental organizations active in
pharmaceutical and health sector reform programmes in developing
countries.
Meeting objectives
By the end of the programme, participants will:
1. have a general understanding of the most common problems in the
pharmaceutical sector in developing countries;
2. have a general understanding of how WHO and the UNICEF Supply
Division support developing countries in strengthening the
pharmaceutical sector;
3. appreciate the importance of national drug policies as the best
approach to make essential drugs of good quality available to all who
need them, and ensure the rational use of drugs;
4. be aware of ways to strengthen collaboration with WHO and other
organizations supporting the pharmaceutical sector in developing
countries
Structure of sessions
1. Presentation (20-30 minutes) of main problems at country level,
key approaches/ strategies, practical aspects of assistance to Member
States, and key documents
2. 30 minutes of small group discussion on the basis of 3-4
discussion points
3. Presentation by 2 groups (randomly selected) of outcome of their
discussion
Resource persons
Most presentations and discussions will be lead by senior staff
members of the WHO Department of Essential Drugs and Medicines
Policy. There will also be sessions by staff of UNICEF and other WHO
clusters and departments. Time has been reserved for optional
sessions and for individual appointments with WHO staff .
Applications
Participation at the Technical Briefing Seminar is free of charge; but
participants will have to arrange for their own travel, board and
lodging. Applications can be sent to Ms A. Wilberforce,
WHO/EDM/PAR, 1211 Geneva, fax 41-22-7914167, or e-mail
Wilberforcea@who.int
Draft Programme
(Resource persons and exact time-table subject to confirmation)
Monday, 6 November 2000
08.30 - 9.00 Registration
Introduction
09.00 - 09.30 Welcome and opening address
Jonathan Quick, Director
09.30 - 10.45 Gallery of experts
Hans Hogerzeil
10.45 - 11.15 Coffee break
Theme: What is the problem?
11.15 - 12.30 Indicators for monitoring national drug policies; the
world drug situation
Daisy Carandang and Hans Hogerzeil
12.30 - 14.00 Lunch
Theme: Access to essential drug and drug financing
14.00 - 15.30 Drug financing within the access frame work
Andrew Creese
15.30 - 16.00 Tea break
Theme: Pharmaceuticals and health care reform
16.00 - 17.30 The place of pharmaceutical services in health care
reform
Orvill Adams and Murtada Sesay
17.30 - 19.00 Reception with Hiro Suzuki (Executive Director,
WHO/HTP Cluster) and EDM staff members (WHO Restaurant, Main
Building)
Tuesday, 7 November 2000
Theme: Improving drug procurement, supply and distribution
09.00 - 10.30 Drug procurement
UNICEF Supply Division, Copenhagen
10.30 - 11.00 Coffee break
11.00 -12.30 The WHO Access Initiative; access to HIV/AIDS drugs
Marthe Everard, Francoise Renaud-Th�ry
Theme: International support in supply and rational use of vaccines
14.00 - 15.30 Are vaccines different from drugs?
Staff from WHO Vaccines and Biologicals
15.30 - 16.00 Tea break
Theme: The role of a national drug policy
16.00 - 17.00 How to assist countries in developing national drug
policies.
Daisy Carandang, German Velasquez
Evening: Joint dinner in the old town of Geneva
Wednesday, 8 November 2000
Theme: Building capacity in drug quality assurance
09.00 - 10.30 WHO's normative functions in the field of
pharmaceuticals
Lembit R�go
10.30 - 11.00 Coffee break
11.00 - 12.30 Building regulatory capacity at country level
Eshetu Wondemagegnehu and Valerio Reggi
12.30 - 14.00 Lunch
Afternoon: Time for individual appointments
Thursday, 9 November 2000
Theme: Promoting rational drug use
09.00 - 10.00 Role of the public and private sectors in promoting
rational drug use
Kathy Holloway
10.00 - 10.30 Evidence-based drug selection in developed and
developing countries
Robin Gray and Hans Hogerzeil
10.30 - 11.00 Coffee break
11.00 - 12.30 Current issues in public education and the role of
consumers
Daphne Fresle
12.30 - 14.00 Lunch
Theme: Extra sessions, as decided by the participants during the
seminar
Afternoon: Time for optional sessions
Friday, 10 November 2000
Theme: Pharmaceuticals and the private sector
09.00 - 10.30 The role of the public and private sector
Andrew Creese
10.30 - 11.00 Coffee break
Theme: How to strengthen international collaboration between
agencies
11.00 - 12.30 How to strengthen collaboration between WHO and
other organizations
(panel discussion)
12.30 Closure of the seminar
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