Objectives/Content
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.

Degree, Credits
Within the Master in International Health (MIH) curriculum of TropEd candidates will receive 3,0 credit points for this Advanced Course.

Location
Ifakara, Tanzania http://www.healthtrainingifakara.org/

Course topics:

• Historic milestones and current global medicine situation in different health care systems
• 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 treatment within their respective global initiatives
• Framework and components of a medicine supply system including procurement and distribution
• Elements of medicine costs, affordability and financing options
• Critical medicine information management

Profile
Health professionals and managers with experience (at least two years) in the health sector and in the pharmaceutical sector.

Next Beginning: 5 - 16 November 2007
Appl. Deadline: 31 August 2007
Duration: 2 weeks

Coordinator
Dr. Karin Wiedenmayer (STI), Dr. Reinhard Huss (Nuffield)

Methods
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.

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.

Scholarship
A few scholarships for applicants from lowand middle-income countries are available.

For further information

Please contact:
the Course-Secretariat,
Swiss Tropical Institute,
P.O. Box, CH - 4002 Basel, Switzerland
Tel: +41 (0)61 284 82 80
Fax: +41 (0)61 284 81 06,
E-mail:
Internet: Visit this link.