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[Community Health Cell]

"Dr. Leela McCullough" wrote:

> 2003 SEAM Conference: Targeting Improved Access to Essential Medicines
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>
> Dar es Salaam, United Republic of Tanzania
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> June 16-18, 2003
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> The 2003 Conference for the Strategies for Enhancing Access to
> Medicines (SEAM) Program will be held in Dar es Salaam, United Republic
> of Tanzania, June 16-18, 2003. Funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates
> Foundation and presented in collaboration with the Ministry of Health
> of the United Republic of Tanzania, the World Health Organizations
> Department of Essential Drugs and Medicines Policy, the Rockefeller
> Foundation, the International Network for Rational Use of Drugs, and
> Management Sciences for Health Rational Pharmaceutical Management Plus
> Program (funded by USAID), the 2003 Conference will serve as a forum
> for discussion of a wide range of pharmaceuticals-related intervention
> strategies that are of concern to developing nations. The conference
> will also provide the opportunity to share information about the
> activities of the SEAM Program, which focus on enhancing access to
> essential medicines through collaboration between the private and
> public sectors.
>
> The conference will feature plenary and parallel track presentations on
>
> six  major topics, followed by roundtable discussion groups for each
> topic.
> Poster presentations will provide the opportunity for conference
> participants to share information about their initiatives, research,
> and experience. Parallel topic tracks will include
>     * Pharmaceutical product prices, including country-level
> determinants, dynamics, monitoring, and policy
>     * Pharmaceutical procurement, including national and cross-national
>
> pooled procurement strategies
>     * Pharmaceutical product quality assurance, focusing on strategies
> for resource-limited settings, including prequalification of products
> and suppliers and the role of identification (screening) tests and
> pharmacopoeial monograph testing
>     * Pharmaceutical distribution systems, focusing on strategies for
> ensuring access to essential medicines in rural and peri-urban areas
>     * Rational use of medicines, including information access, product
> selection, and appropriate prescribing and patient use
>     * Human resources for the pharmaceutical sector, including new
> approaches to staffing and training in health product supply management
>
> Although the majority of participants will attend the conference by
> invitation, a number of open registration slots will be available on a
> first-come, first-served basis. Individuals interested in attending
> should submit a registration request as early as possible. All
> registration requests will be placed, in the order received, on the
> Conference priority list. For further information about the
> registration process, please visit the SEAM Web site
> (<http://www.msh.org/seam>www.msh.org/seam) after January 10, 2003.
>
> Information on abstract submissions for poster presentations will also
> be available on the SEAM Web site after January 10. Individuals
> interested in submitting poster abstracts for consideration by the
> Program Committee should plan their submissions around one of the six
> topics listed above and be prepared to submit an abstract by February
> 28, 2003.
>
> For further information on the conference, please contact John Vivalo
> (<mailto: jvivalo at msh.org).
>
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