(pour ceux qui parle anglais... A quand ce cours en français ?CB)
Dear All,
*New Short Course on Medicine Quality and Public Health at London School of
Hygiene & Tropical Medicine*
July 13-17th 2015 at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine,
Keppel St, London
We are pleased to announce the first course on medicine quality and public
health at the LSHTM. There is increasing interest in the neglected subject
of poor quality medicines/medical products, their epidemiology, origins,
detection and impact and how to intervene to reduce their frequency. Poor
quality medicines especially affect vulnerable populations in financially
poor countries and although access to medicines has rightly been
highlighted, access to good quality medicines has not.
There is a need to foster greater interest to help build evidence for
informing policy and build research capacity for the future – from chemical
analysis innovation to legal analysis to mapping, epidemiology and public
perceptions.
However, the subject rarely appears in the curriculum of public health
undergraduate or postgraduate courses. The course, held at the LSHTM in
Bloomsbury aims:
A/ To bring together a diversity of faculty and those interested in the
subject (from public health, pharmacy, biomedical, chemist and law etc
backgrounds, including undergraduate/postgraduate students) to learn and
discuss together. As the field is a young one both groups will benefit from
this discussion
B/ To discuss a wide range of relevant topics - including definitions, law,
epidemiology, public health impact, ethics, chemical analysis, packaging,
regulation and potential interventions. There will be hands-on session with
diagnostic tools.
C/ To end with a public and media engagement programme with panel
discussion and demonstration of poor quality medicines and their diagnosis
Further details of the course are available at
http://www.lshtm.ac.uk/study/cpd/medicalproducts.html
The course is open to a maximum of 25 people are interested in the subject
and who have sufficient spoken and written English skills (e.g. An IELTS
score of > =6)
We are grateful for funding from the Wellcome Trust of Great Britain and
the ACT Consortium to support all the expenses for some nationals of
LIC/MICs to attend. Further details available soon – please check the
website.
The closing date for applications is 31st May 2015. As this is a pilot
course, if there are insufficient applications by 31st May we will have to
cancel the course – so please apply very early !
Would be grateful if you could pass this message on to all who might be
interested.
V best wishes,
Paul Newton and Simon Croft