WHO/UNICEF Technical Briefing Seminar
on Essential Medicines Policies,
1-5 November 2010,
World Health Organization Headquarters, Geneva.
M-505, M Building
TUESDAY, 2 NOV 2010
Facilitation: EMP/QSM
Quality of medicines
09:00-11:00
Introduction to Medicines Regulation
Dr Lembit Rago, EMP/QSM
Medicines quality control and assurance.
WHO normative functions in the field of pharmaceuticals
Dr Sabine Kopp, EMP/QSM
11:00-11:15 Coffee
11:15-12:15
Access to controlled medicines
Dr Willem Scholten, EMP/MAR
12:15-14:00 Lunch
Facilitation:
Safety
14:00-15:00
Pharmacovigilance: new challenges for WHO
Dr Cecilia Biriell, WCC-Uppsala
15:00-15:15 Coffee
15:15-16:30
Pharmacy workforce situation analysis & a country presentation
Mrs Helen Tata EMP/MPC and Dr Hiba Yassin, MOH Sudan
16:30-17:30
Global review and WHO's priority activities in the field of Traditional Medicine
Ms Yukiko Maruyama, HDS/TRM