E-DRUG: WHO Technical Briefing Seminar on Essential Medicines and Health Products 2015
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I am happy to post the announcement for the annual English Technical Briefing Seminar to be held in WHO Geneva.
The seminar is always oversubscribed so please get your application in on time.
I hope to see E-Druggers at the next TBS!
Christophe RERAT, WHO/EMP/OOD
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WHO Technical Briefing Seminar on Essential Medicines and Health Products 2015
Geneva, 23rd November to 27th November 2015
Please find below the announcement of a one-week
Technical Briefing Seminar which will be organized by the Department of
Essential Medicines and Health Products (EMP) of WHO in Geneva in November.
Similar briefing seminars have been held annually since 1998.
The web site for the announcement and links to previous seminars is at
http://who.int/medicines/technical_briefing/tbs/en/
The application form is available on the web at
http://who.int/medicines/technical_briefing/formulaire/en/
The closing date for applications will be September 20th 2015.
Early applications are encouraged for people from countries who need to
apply for Schengen visas.
The programme, as previously, will include updates on among other topics,
Access and rational use of Health Technologies,
Health Technologies Assessment and Universal Health Coverage,
National medicines policies and Health Systems,
National supply chain,
Building regulatory capacities and prequalification of medicines and health technologies,
Global issues and emerging challenges related to access to medical products of
quality,
WHO Strategy for working with countries and partnership, and information resources.
A specific agenda will be made available shortly via the web site.
The seminar is aimed at national government officials
working in pharmaceuticals department, WHO and other UN staff working on Access
to Medicines programmes, NGO and pharmaceutical company staff and academics.
Every year a mixture of participants are selected who ensure that there is
active participation and discussion in all sessions.
The PowerPoint slides and the resource documents are made available to all
participants and are posted on the web site.
This year's seminar will be facilitated by Dr Christophe Rérat
and other senior staff members at WHO, with input from country programme
officers and advisers.
Participation at the seminar is free of charge but
participants will have to arrange for and finance their own travel, board and
lodging.
Further information can be obtained from:
Dr Christophe Rérat
Department of Essential Medicines
and Health Products (HIS/EMP/)
Office of the Director
World Health Organization
20, Avenue Appia 1211
Geneva
E-mail: reratc@who.int