PHM-Exch> Alexandria Conference for Improving use of Medicines

[Claudio Schuftan]

From: Garance UPHAM fannie.upham at gmail.com


*The only world conference on medicines without the pharmaceutical
industry.....(according to WHO Rational Drug Use Staff). An important
conference for PHM
*

REMINDER: Register on website and submit abstracts for ICIUM 2011

Informed Strategies, Effective Policies, Lasting Solutions April 10-14th
2011 Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Alexandria

Attendance at ICIUM 2011 will be limited to about 500 participants.
Preference for limited spaces will be given to those with accepted abstracts
and key policy makers.

The focus of ICIUM 2011 is on the evaluation of impact of interventions and
policies on use of medicines. All submissions should have use of medicines
as their central issue. The highest rated abstracts will:

-- Describe the effects of an intervention or a policy change on use of
medicines in a low- or middle-income country; or

-- Examine methods for studying patterns or determinants of drug use in low-
or middle-income countries.



Priority will be given to the following key focus and topic areas:



1. Access to Medicines: public and private sector, production, intellectual
property, generics, price negotiation,  access to new and high-cost
medicines, and civil society issues related to access to medicines.

2. Medicines Policy, regulation, governance: guidelines, essential medicines
lists, health reform, drug quality, promotion, and transparency.

3. Economics, financing, insurance systems: cost, affordability, incentives,
medicines coverage 4. Child health: IMCI and pediatric medicines.

5. Chronic care: diabetes, hypertension, mental health, and adherence.

6. HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis: global drug programs, adherence, retention,
supply chain management, pharmacovigilance, and adverse event monitoring, as
they relate to access and use of HIV/AIDS and tuberculosis therapies in
resource-limited settings 7. Malaria: chemotherapy and chemoprevention of
malaria 8. Drug resistance: surveillance, containment strategies, and drug
development.



Descriptive studies will only be considered if they present useful new
methodologies.  Research from high income countries may be submitted if the
methods or findings are particularly relevant.



The deadline for submission of abstracts is 7 December 2010. Greater topic
detail and guidelines for abstracts can be found at www.icium2011.org<
http://www.icium2011.org>.



For the ICIUM 2011 International Organizing Committee

Keith Johnson

Center for Pharmaceutical Management

Management Sciences for Health
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