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Subject: [e-drug] Course: Rational Medicine Management-focus on HIV/AIDS, TB,

malaria

From: " Karin Wiedenmayer " <karin.wiedenmayer@...>

Date: 14/12/2006 16:55

E-DRUG: Course: Rational Medicine Management-focus on HIV/AIDS, TB, malaria

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Dear colleagues,

we are pleased to announce the seventh international postgraduate

training course on:

RATIONAL MEDICINE MANAGEMENT- A FOCUS ON HIV/AIDS, TB AND MALARIA

5 November – 16 November 2007

Ifakara, Tanzania

CONTENTS OVERVIEW

Health is an intrinsic human right as well as a central input to poverty

reduction and socioeconomic development. Cost-effective interventions

including medicines for controlling major diseases exist, but a lack of

money for health and a range of system constraints hamper efforts to

expand health services to the poor.

>From penicillin to insulin, antiseptics to antiretrovirals, science

including medicines has led to dramatic improvements in health

worldwide. Yet the main diseases of poverty such as HIV/AIDS, malaria

and tuberculosis continue to claim innumerable lives in the developing

world. Medicines are an essential and cost-effective tool of health care

and an important element of health systems. The number and type of

medicines on the world market is constantly increasing, while financial

resources for health care services in general remain limited or

decrease. Today, for millions of people worldwide essential medicines

remain unavailable and unaffordable. Irrational medicine use is a global

public health problem. Counterfeit and poor quality medicines are an

additional barrier to equitable access to medicines. Millions of adults

and children die each year from treatable and preventable diseases.

Reducing illness and premature mortality contributes to poverty

reduction. It is about getting evidence-based and effective control

interventions such as medicines to the people who need them, whether by

reducing their costs, promoting research and development, improving

their distribution, increasing their efficacy and acceptability, or

slowing down the development of antimicrobial resistance.

But, today these medicines don’t reach all who need them, and there is a

need to develop adequate strategies that ensure better access. Rational

medicine policy and management is one approach to tackle these problems

and is critically important in view of constrained health budgets to

achieve efficiency, equity and quality of health care in pluralistic

health systems.

OBJECTIVES

To enable health professionals to understand and apply the concepts and

principles of essential medicines and rational medicine management with

a focus on the diseases of poverty HIV/Aids, malaria and tuberculosis,

to recognise the need for a national and international medicine policy

environment, to improve knowledge and skills and to gain practical field

experience for rational medicine management within different health

system contexts.

COURSE TOPICS

• Historic milestones and current global medicine situation

• Concept of essential medicines and its relevance in primary health care

• Concept and principles of rational medicine management in pluralistic

and reforming health systems

• Roles of different stakeholders including health workers, traditional

healers, research organisations and the pharmaceutical industry

• The international context, global treaties and national medicine policy

• Treatment guidelines, essential medicine lists and personal medicine

lists

• Patterns of medicine use, strategies for the promotion of rational

medicine use, community medicine use

• Antimicrobial resistance and approaches for containment

• Medicine quality and quality assurance

• Rational management of HIV/Aids, malaria and tuberculosis related

• Framework and components of a medicine supply system including

procurement and distribution

• Elements of medicine costs, affordability and financing options

• Critical medicine information management

TARGET GROUP

Health professionals and managers with experience (at least two years)

in the health sector and in the pharmaceutical sector.

DURATION

2 weeks (90 hours student investment time). Equivalent to 3 ECTS points

towards the TropEd European Master in International Health. A

certificate will be awarded after successful completion.

COURSE FORMAT

The course language is English. The course combines lectures, in-depth

discussions of case studies, short presentations, small group exercises

and field visits. The course is highly participatory and participants

will be exposed to a wide range of international experiences and materials.

APPLICATION PROCEDURE

Please fill in the application form carefully and include all required

documents.

Application deadline: 31 August 2007

COURSE FEE

The total course fee is CHF 2300.- (Swiss Francs) including tuition,

accommodation/full board and must be paid 8 weeks before the start of

the course. This sum includes the registration fee (CHF 100.-) which is

due at the moment of acceptance. If a participant does not attend the

course, the registration fee cannot be reimbursed. If cancellation is

less than 4 weeks before beginning of the course an additional fee of

CHF 500.- will be charged. Cost for international flights must be added.

There are only very limited scholarships available for this course.

LOCATION

Ifakara , Tanzania

In December 2005 the new " Tanzania Training Centre for International

Health " in Ifakara, Tanzania was inaugurated. Next to a successful

research institution (IHRDC) and the renovated St. Francis Designated

District Hospital with 370 beds, a modern and well equipped campus for

teaching and training is now available in a remote rural region of

Tanzania about 420 km South West of Dar es Salaam that is reached by

train or road. The many interfaces between theoretical and practical

training make Ifakara a focal point for teaching and research in Tanzania.

COURSE FACULTY

The course is facilitated by international and national experts. The

academic panel will include a number of highly experienced professionals

from WHO, MEDUNSA (Limpopo), Phasuma, Nuffield (Leeds), STI, Tanzanian

MOH, MSH and IHRDC.

COURSE COORDINATORS

Dr. Karin Wiedenmayer (STI)

www.sti.ch

CONTACT ADDRESS

Swiss Tropical Institute

Course Secretariat

Socinstrasse 57

P.O Box

CH - 4002 Basel / Switzerland

Tel.: + 41 61 284 82 80

Fax: + 41 61 284 81 06

E-mail: courses-sti@...

http://www.sti.ch

THE SWISS TROPICAL INSTITUTE

The Swiss Tropical Institute (STI) was founded in 1943. The STI offers

an interdisciplinary approach to research, teaching and services in the

field of International Health.

The aim of the STI is to contribute to the improvement of the health of

populations internationally and nationally through excellence in

research, services and teaching and training. Activities of the

Institute in the framework of its national and international mandates

have led to its world-wide recognition in the field of International Health.

The STI has significant expertise in the pharmaceutical sector with

teaching and training, research, clinical trials, assessments and

implementation verification and international development cooperation.

The unit „Teaching and Training“ offers postgraduate courses in various

topics for health staff.

TROPED

A collaborative network of 27 Tropical Institutes and related

institutions in 13 different countries in Europe offers a joint modular

Master‘s Curriculum in International Health (MIH). The Diploma Course

‘Health Care and Management in Tropical Countries – HCMTC’ at STI is

equivalent to the core course for this degree.

Candidates for the Master‘s degree will be required to take further

advanced modules in at least 2 other network-institutions and to carry

out a master thesis according to MIH requirements. The whole curriculum

corresponds to one year full time work. The modular structure allows the

studies to be spread over 5 years.

For further information: www.troped.org

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Karin Wiedenmayer, MSc, PharmD

Swiss Tropical Institute

Swiss Center for International Health

Socinstrasse 57

4002 Basel

Switzerland

T +41 61 284 81 26

F +41 61 271 86 54

www.sti.ch

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