E-DRUG: WHO/UNICEF Technical Briefing Seminar 2006
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Geneva, 18 September - 22 September 2006
Dear all,
Please find below the announcement of a one-week Technical Briefing Seminar which will be organized jointly by the Department of Medicines Policy and Standards (PSM) and the Department of Technical Cooperation for Essential Drugs and Traditional Medicine (TCM) of WHO in Geneva later this year. Similar briefing seminars have been held annually since 1998.
The programme, as previously, will include updates on counterfeits, the UN pre-qualification project, updates of the 2005 Meeting of WHO Expert Committee on Specifications for Pharmaceutical Preparations and the 2005 Meeting of the WHO Expert Committee on the Selection and Use of Essential Medicines, rational use of medicines, and the implications of international trade agreements. A more specific agenda will be made available shortly.
This year's seminar will be facilitated by Dr Richard Laing, WHO/PSM, and by Drs Jorge Bermudez, Regional Pharmaceutical Adviser for PAHO (AMRO) region and Dr Budiono Santoso, Regional Pharmaceutical Adviser for the Western Pacific (WPRO) region.
Participation at the seminar is free of charge but participants will have to arrange for and finance their own travel, board and lodging.
Requests for application forms can be downloaded from
http://mednet2.who.int/tbs/applicationform.doc and sent to:
Mrs A Wilberforce, WHO/PSM/PAR, 1211 Geneva, fax 41-22-7914167, or e-mail wilberforcea@who.int
Further details are below.
Dr Hans V. Hogerzeil and Mrs Malebona Matsoso
Directors
Department of Medicines Policy and Standards
Department of Technical Cooperation for Essential Drugs and Traditional
Medicine
World Health Organization, 1211 Geneva 27
Tel: 41.22.791.3528, Fax: 41.22.791.4730
Tel: 41.22.791.1458, Fax: 41.22.791.4167