Medicines

WHO/UNICEF Technical Briefing Seminar
on Essential Medicines Policies,
16-20 Nov 2009,
World Health Organization Headquarters, Geneva


THURSDAY, 19 NOV 2009




Facilitation: Dr Kathleen Holloway, EMP/MAR




Medicine supply systems strengthening

09:00-10:00
Panel presentation and discussion access framework and medicines supply

WHO/EMP- Dr Magali Babaley
GDF/TB - Mr Thomas Moore
UNICEF - Mr Henrik Nielsen
HTM/HIV - Mr Boniface Dongmo Nguimfack
GMP/SCM - Ms Sylvia Schwarte


10:00-10:15 Coffee


10:15-11:30
Discussion

11:30-12:30
Access to controlled medicines
Dr Willem Scholten


12:30-14:00 Lunch

Lunch time seminar:
Essential medicines training - new initiatives in the South Pacific for health care worker training
Mr Andrew Brown, University of Canberra
Chair- Dr Richard Laing, (EMP/MIE)



Facilitation: Dr Dele Olawale Abegunde, EMP/MAR

14:00-15:30
Pharmacy workforce situation analysis:
Ghana and Nigeria
Mrs Helen Tata EMP/MPC
Mr Daniel Amaning Ghana
Mrs Bridget Okala Nigeria


15:30-15:45 Tea



Hot topics

15:45-17:30
Medicines Transparency Alliance (MeTA)
Dr Saul Walker, DFID
Corruption and Good Governance for Medicines
Dr Guitelle Baghdadi-Sabeti, EMP/MAR and Mr Mohamed Ramzy Ismail, EMRO
Challenges in medicines supply systems: country case studies
Mrs Helen Tata/ Dr Magali Babaley, EMP/MAR


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