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		WHO/UNICEF Technical Briefing Seminar on Essential Medicines Policies
		Venue: WHO Headquarters, Geneva, M-505 Dates: 8-12 October 2007
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Monday 8 October 2007 Facilitation: Dr Richard Laing, PSM/PAR
Registration	08.30-09.00	M-505, M-Building, WHO/Headquarters
Introduction
	09.00-09.30	Welcome - Objectives of the Seminar Dr Hans Hogerzeil, Director PSM
	09.30-10.15	Introduction of participants: Gallery of experts Dr Richard Laing, PSM/PAR and Dr Shanthi Pal, QSM
	10.15-10.45	Coffee
	10.45-11.00	Seminar overview and administration Mrs Helen Tata Mrs Ann Wilberforce
	11.00-12.00	PSM and TCM roles and responsibilities in implementing the WHO Medicines Strategy
		Dr Hans Hogerzeil, Director PSM	PSM Strategic Direction 2006-2007
		Background documentation: WHO Medicines Strategy: 2004-2007 Countries at the core
	12.00-12.30	Information resources Mr Claude Da Re, Mrs Kath Hurst, Mrs Christine Encrenaz and Mrs Daniela Bagozzi, Mr Jörg Hetzke, Mr Thiago Miranda
	12.30-14.00	Lunch
National Drug Policies
	14.00-14.30	National Medicines Policies Dr Richard Laing, PSM/PAR Background documentation: How to develop and implement a national drug policy	National Medicines Policies
	14.30-15.30	Indicators on pharmaceutical situations Dr Daisy Carandang, TCM/MPM Background documentation: Fact book on WHO Level I & II Monitoring Indicators -- Households Survey document	Pharmaceutical monitoring and evaluation
	15.30-15.45	Tea
Selection of Essential Medicines
	15.45-17.15	Update 2006 WHO Model List of Essential Medicines Selection, and Paediatric Medicines Dr Suzanne Hill, PSM/PAR Background documentation: The Selection and Use of Essential Medicines	Selection of essential medicines
	17.30-19.00	Reception (Classic Cocktail) with PSM & TCM staff members (WHO Restaurant, Main Building)
Tuesday 9 October 2007 Facilitation: Dr Sabine Kopp, PSM/QSM				Top of page
What is quality?
	09.00-10.45	Medicines - Quality Control and Assurance WHO normative functions in the field of pharmaceuticals
		Dr Lembit Rago	Medicines - Quality Control and Quality Assurance
		Dr Sabine Kopp, PSM/QSM	Drug regulation and quality assurance
		Background documentation: Effective medicines regulations
	10.45-11-00	Coffee
	11-00-12.30	Medicines - Quality Control and Assurance (continued)
	12.30-14.00	Lunch
Prequalification
	14.00-15.45	Prequalification of essential medicines Dr Lembit Rago, Dr Raul Kiivet and Dr Andre Van Zyl, PSM/QSM Background documentation: Prequalifying Priority Medicines	Prequalification of Essential Medicines
	15.45-16.00	Tea
	16.00-17.00	Quality Control Assurance for Blood Products and Related Biologicals Dr Ana Padilla, PSM/QSD	WHO Norms and Standards: Blood Products & related Biologicals
	Evening	Dinner, Geneva (Optional: all have to pay for themselves: sorry!)
Wednesday 10 October 2007 Facilitation: Dr Clive Ondari, PSM/PAR				Top of page
What is access?
	09.00-10.30	Panel presentation and discussion
		Access framework, HIV/AIDS, TB and Malaria
		Dr Richard Laing	Access to Essential Medicines
		Dr Vincent Habiyambere (HTM/HIV)	AMDS Contribution to the Technical Briefing Seminar
		Ms Silvia Schwarte (GMP/SCM)	Access to Medicines: Antimalarials
		Mr Robert Matiru (GDF-TB)
		Ms Atieno Ojoo (UNICEF)	WHO/UNICEF Technical Briefing Seminar on Essential Medicines Policies
		Ms Sophie Logez (GFATM)
		Mrs Helen Tata, TCM.	Tool to Assess Procurement and Supply Management systems of Essential Medicines
		Short presentations + Panel discussion Background documentation: Equitable access to essential medicines
	10.30-10.45	Coffee
	10.45-11.30	Discussion
	11.30-12.30	Essential Medicines as a Human Right Dr Hans Hogerzeil, Director PSM Background documentation: Is access to essential medicines as part of the fulfilment of the right to health enforceable through the courts? Essential medicines and human rights: what can they learn from each other? Essential Drugs Monitor: Access to essential medicines as a human right	Access to essential medicines as part of the fulfilment of the Right to Health
	12.30-14.00	Lunch During lunch Dr Jorge Bermudez, Executive Secretary of UNITAID will present a lecture on UNITAID. This will be held in the Kofi A. Annan Conference Room, UNAIDS/WHO Building, and will be open to all WHO and Geneva based staff: "A new innovative mechanism for scaling up access to medicines for HIV/TB and malaria"	Together to heal (20 MB) (PDF file)
Medicine prices and financing
	14.00-15.15	Medicine prices, WHO/NGO Price Survey Methodology Dr Richard Laing, PSM/PAR, Ms Alexandra Cameron, PSM/PAR, Dr Gilles Forte, TCM/DAP Background documentation: Medicine Prices - a new approach to Measurement & BMJ Editorial Prices & availability of common medicines at six sites in India using a standard methodology HAI Medicine Prices website	Medicines prices: measurement and findings in countries
	15.15-15.30	Tea
	15.30-17.00	Hot topic ideas:
		Medicines promotion - Dr Richard Laing, PAR	Codes and regulations (37 MB) Ethical Criteria for Promotion of Medicines
		Corruption & Good Governance for Medicines - Dr Guitelle Baghdadi-Sabeti, PAR	Good Governance for Medicines
		Medicines Transparency Alliance (MeTA) - Dr Richard Laing and Alexandra Cameron, PAR	Towards a Medicines Transparency Alliance (MeTA)
Thursday 11 October 2007 Facilitation: Dr Gilles Forte and Mrs Helen Tata, TCM				Top of page
Technical collaboration with regions and countries
	09.00-09.20	WHO TCM strategy for working with and in countries Harmonization and regional initiatives Mrs M. Matsoso, Director, TCM Background documentation: WHO Medicines Strategy 2004-2007	Working with Countries, Harmonisation and Regional Initiatives
	09.20-09.40	Strategy for working with countries Regional and Subregional perspective and experiences Dr K. Weerasuriya, RA/SEARO	Strategies for Working with Countries – Regional and Sub-Regional Perspective and Experiences
	09.40-10.45	Medicines Procurement and Supply Management Issues in the African Region Mrs Helen Tata, Mrs Magali Babaley (TCM), Mr Joël Adagadzu, Director, Food and Drugs, FMOH, Nigeria	Mapping and In-depth Assessment of Medicines Procurement and Supply Systems Medicines Procurement and Supply Management Issues in Nigeria
	10.45-11.00	Coffee
	11.00-11.40	Discussion on regional and country activities.
	11.40-12.30	International Regulatory Cooperation for Herbal Medicines (IRCH) Dr Ziaorui Zhang, TCM/TRM	Global review of the challenges in use of traditional medicine and WHO perspective (20 MB) (PDF)
	12.30-14.00	Lunch
Global issues
	14.00-15.30	Intellectual property rights, trade agreements and access to medicines: WHO's mandate and strategy in the implementation of the TRIPS Agreement and the Doha Declaration Dr German Velasquez, TCM Background documentation: Globalization, TRIPS and access to pharmaceuticals
	15.30-16.00	Tea
	16.00-17.00	Medicines Regulation and Counterfeit Issues Dr Valerio Reggi (TCM) Background documentation: Essential Drugs Monitor No. 21 pages 2 and 3, Combating Counterfeit Drugs: Declaration of Rome www.who.int/medicines	Impact: a WHO initiative to combat counterfeit medical products Strengthening national drug regulatory capacity
Friday 12 October 2007 Facilitation: Dr Richard Laing, PSM/PAR				Top of page
Safety
	09.00-10.00	Pharmacovigilance: New challenges for WHO WHO Collaborating Centre, Uppsala PSM/QSM Dr Ronald Meyboom, WHO Collaborating Centre, Uppsala, PSM/QSM Background documentation: Pharmacovigilance: ensuring the safe use of medicines. Safety of Medicines in Public Health Programmes: pharmacovigilance an essential tool	Pharmacovigilance and the WHO Collaborating Centre for International Drug Monitoring in Uppsala
What is rational medicine use?
	10.00-12.30	Promoting rational use of medicines Dr Richard Laing, PSM/PAR Background documentation: Promoting rational use of medicines: core components and containing antimicrobial resistance	Rational use of drugs: an overview
	10.45-11.00	Coffee
	12.30	Closure Dr Hans V. Hogerzeil and Dr Kris Weerasuriya
	14.00	Additional time for sessions, individual appointments with TCM and PSM staff