EPN - Ecumenical Pharmaceutical Network

This issue of Contact has been published to give practical examples of how HIV and AIDS treatment can be made more accessible by FBOs and FBO health care institutions particularly in resource-limited settings.To view the magazine click on the link below:

Contact - No .185 - HIV and AIDS treatment: FBOs getting involved [PDF Kb 810] 

The 2005 edition of Contact magazine focuses on making access to essential medicines possible. [.PDF 352 Kb]

This edition focuses on Promoting Rational Use of Medicines (PRUM), a key area of work for the Network. [.PDF 787 Kb]

The March 2007 edition of the Practical newsletter focuses on Treatment Literacy for people living with HIV/AIDS [.PDF 230 Kb].

October 2006 edition focuses on malaria.

Pharmalink newsletter is the hardcopy newsletter of the Ecumenical Pharmaceutical Network (EPN). Pharmalink is published two – three times a year.  Each edition focuses on a pharmaceutical or medical issue; or on the EPN forum theme.

Ecumenical Pharmaceutical Network in collaboration with Mission for Essential Drugs and Supplies (MEDS), Sustainable Healthcare Foundation (SHEF), and Health Action International (HAI) Africa re-launched the Practical Pharmacy newsletter in October 2006. The newsletter which was first published in 1996 was created to provide appropriate and practical information on drug supply and management for health workers, particularly those with no specific training in pharmacy. Its production however ceased in 2000 after fifteen issues.

The first editions of Practical Pharmacy laid a solid foundation, beginning from basic essential skills for medicine management in a health centre setting (storing medicines, stock control, etc) and moving on to patient-centred topics (rational prescribing, medicines in pregnancy and the elderly, etc).

News

Computer-based medical record system in rural setting
HIV/AIDS
Tuberculosis (TB)
Malaria

Focus on Resources