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This section contains links to publications from different sources which contain pertinent information related to EPN programme activities. Click on the links below to view these publications. External newslettersMulanje Mission Hospital AIDS Treatment Information Centre Uganda WHO Essential Medicines Monitor The WHO journal Essential Medicines Monitor, and its predecessor the Essential Drugs Monitor, is a key information and advocacy tool about essential medicines for health policy-makers, health personnel, donors, academics, NGOs and other health advocate. Electronic versions are available on the WHO website. SMC Supply lines SCMS works towards providing quality medicines for people living with and affected by HIV and AIDS. In each quartely issue, SCMS focuses on global trends in HIV/AIDS supply chains. Read the newsletters on their website. International Network for Rational Use of Drugs The International Network for Rational Use of Drugs (INRUD) designs, tests, and disseminates effective strategies to improve the way drugs are prescribed, dispensed, and used, with a particular emphasis on resource poor countries. Read their newsletters on their website. Publications on medicinesSaving lives...saving money A flyer on strengthening and supporting the World Health Assembly resolution on rational use of medicines. Produced by EPN and Health Action International (HAI) Africa.
WHO facts sheet on rational use of medicines The facts sheet talks about incorrect use of medicines, consequences, factors and possible improvement strategies. http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs338/en/ WHO medicines strategy Continuity and Change – Implementing the third WHO Medicines Strategy 2008-2013 provides practical guidance to WHO and stakeholders on how the essential medicines concept and WHO’s expertise will be used to promote universal access and patient-centred health care for all. The strategy also describes how WHO contributes towards the achievement of the health-related MDGs, the implementation of recent World Health Assembly (WHA) resolutions, the WHO Medium-Term Strategic Plan for 2008-2013 and the priorities of the Director-General.
Model list of Essential Medicines The WHO Model List of Essential Medicines has been updated every two years since 1977. The current version of the List of Essential Medicines for Adults, the 16th list, was published in March 2009, with an update in March 2010. A list of Essential Medicines for Children is also available. www.who.int/medicines/publications/essentialmedicines/en/ The interagency list of essential medicines for reproductive healthThis revised list presents the current international consensus on rational selection of essential reproductive health medicines. The list is intended to support decisions regarding the production, quality assurance, national procurement and reimbursement schemes of these medicines. Published by the World Health Organization, International planned parenthood federation and others, in 2006.
WHO Model Formulary The WHO Formulary is the authoritative guide on how to make effective use of the medicines on the WHO Model List of Essential Medicines. For each medicine the Model Formulary provides information on use, dosage, adverse effects, contraindications and warnings, supplemented by guidance on selecting the right medicine for a range of conditions. The aim is to improve patient safety, and limit unnecessary medical spending. Download the documents here or consult http://www.who.int/selection_medicines/list/en/index.html What essential medicines for children are on the shelf? Jane Robertson, Gilles Forte, Jean-Marie Trapsida and Suzanne Hill conducted a survey to document the inclusion of key medicines for children in national essential medicines lists (EMLs) and standard treatment guidelines, and to assess the availability and cost of these medicines in 14 countries in central Africa. They concluded that availability of key essential medicines for children was poor. Published in Bull World Health Organ 87, 2009.
This WHO guide is intended to provide researchers, administrators of health programmes and health workers with simple research methods to identify problems in the provision and use of drugs at the community level of health care. A rapid assessment methodology was developed for such a team.
How to investigate the use of medicines by consumers This manual by the WHO, the University of Amsterdam and the Royal Tropical Institute in the Netherlands, developed in 2004, provides a practical guide to the methods that can be used to investigate the use of medicines by consumers to identify problems, to design interventions and to measure change.
How to improve the use of medicines by consumers This publication by the WHO, the University of Amsterdam and the Royal Tropical Institute in the Netherlands, developed in 2007, addresses the problem of irrational use of medicines. It contains communication methods, strategies for developing an enabling environment and guidance for monitoring and evaluation.
Safety of medicines - A guide to detecting and reporting adverse drug reactions The objective of this 2002 guide by the WHO is to raise awareness of the magnitude of the drug safety problem and to convince health professionals that reporting of adverse reactions is their moral and professional obligation.
Promoting safety of medicines for children These WHO guidelines are intended to improve awareness of medicine safety issues and to provide guidance on effective systems for monitoring medicine safety in the paediatric populations.
Drug and Therapeutic Committees - A practical guide This comprehensive manual by the WHO and MSH covers a committee's functions and structure, the medicines formulary process and how to assess new medicines. It is relevant for all kinds of DTCs, whether in public or private hospitals, at district or tertiary referral level. DTC course participants present results from Drug Use Studies at Kenya Symposium Former Drug and Therapeutics Committee (DTC) and Training of Trainers (TOT) course participants Patrick Boruett and Sital Shah, presented their DTC-related work toward promoting rational drug use at a national symposium organized by Hospital Pharmacists' Associaton Kenya in Nairobi, March 2007.
Publications on pharmacy practice and the health systemIncreasing access to health workers in remote and rural areas through improved retention. Global policy recommendations These guidelines by the WHO are a practical tool that all countries can use. As such, they complement the WHO Global Code of Practice on the International Recruitment of Health Personnel, adopted by the Sixty-third World Health Assembly in May 2010. The Code offers a framework to manage international migration over the medium to longer term. The guidelines are a tool that can be used straight away to address one of the first triggers to internal and international migration - dissatisfaction with living and working conditions in rural areas.
http://www.who.int/hrh/migration/code/practice/en/index.html The 2009 FIP Global Pharmacy Workforce Survey sought data relating to pharmacy education, workforce and relevant regulations for both pharmacists and pharmacy technicians. 56 countries responded to the questionnaire, representing approximately half of the world's population.
Latest research on child health in developing countries Each year the International Child Health Review Collaboration (ICHRC) compiles a small booklet summarizing some of the latest research on child health in developing countries: evidence derived from all the randomized trials published over the last year. The aim is to make this information widely available to paediatricians, child health nurses, midwives, researchers, students and administrators in places where up-to-date health information is hard to find. It is hoped that such information will be helpful in reviewing treatment guidelines, clinical practice and public health approaches, and in teaching about paediatrics and evidence-based medicine. WHO pocket book of hospital care for children This pocket book is for use by doctors, senior nurses and other senior health workers who are responsible for the care of young children at the first referral level in developing countries. It presents up-to-date clinical guidelines which are based on a review of the available published evidence by subject experts, for both inpatient and outpatient care in small hospitals where basic laboratory facilities and essential drugs and inexpensive medicines are available. In some settings, these guidelines can be used in the larger health centres where a small number of sick children can be admitted for inpatient care. Download the book from the website. The code of ethics and standards for pharmacy practice in Kenya A guide for pharmacists in their relationship with patients, fellow pharmacists, other healthcare professionals and society in general. This code of Ethics and Standards recognizes legal provisions and provides a bridge to moral obligations and values. Published by the Pharmaceutical Society of Kenya (PSK), July 2004.
Pharmacists should move away from behind the counter and start serving the public by providing care instead of pills only. This introductory handbook aims to guide pharmacy educators in pharmacy practice, to educate pharmacy students and to guide pharmacists in practice to update their skills. The handbook, 2006 edition, which brings together practical tools and knowledge, has been written in response to a need to define, develop and generate global understanding of pharmaceutical care at all levels. Published by the World health Organization (Switzerland), in collaboration with the International Pharmaceutical Federation (The Netherlands).
The intergovernmental Working Group on Public Health, Innovation and Intellectual Property of the African Civil Society Coalition provides a brief background, progress to date and next steps.
Global Health Actors claim to support health system strengthening - Is this reality or rhetoric? A critical publication on the new buzzword Health System Strengthening (HSS) by Bruno Marchal, Anna Cavalli and Guy Kegels of the Institute of Tropical Medicine in Belgium. Published in PLoS Medicine, volume 6, issue 4, April 2009.
In-kind drug donations to the Global Fund to fight AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria (GFATM) could greatly distort market incentives for entry of generic drugs, and thus delay the development of a more competitive market for priority drugs. A publication by Brook K. Baker and Eva Ombaka, published on www.thelancet.com on October 9th 2008.
HIV and AIDSUniversal access to HIV Prevention, Treatment, Care and Support The UNAIDS Road map and next steps for 2010 and beyond
How AIDS funding strengthens Health Systems: progress in pharmaceutical management A publication by Martha Embrey, David Hoos and Jonathan Quick, appeared in the Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes, volume 52, November 2009.
Partnerships between Churches and PLWHA Organizations - Guidelines These guidelines by the WCC are intended to assist churches in a transformation process that in some cases has already begun, and to steer that process. They are targeted at all levels of the church and anyone within a church working on HIV should be able to benefit through partnering with PLWHA.
Working with people living with HIV/AIDS organizations This background document of the Partnership between Churches and People Living with HIV/AIDs Organizations Guidelines (2005) has a focus on how churches may work with PLWHA organizations and networks.
What is AIDS? Manual for health workers This simple, small manual was written by the WCC to help health workers learn about AIDS. Originally published in 1987 after a WCC consultation to study how the churches could become involved in the AIDS crisis. 3rd revision in 2003.
Updated US Public Health Service Guidelines for the management of occupational exposures to HIV and recommendations for postexposure prophylaxis Published in the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, September 2005. This report emphasizes adherence to HIV PEP when it is indicated for an exposure, expert consultation in management of exposures, follow-up of exposed workers to improve adherence to PEP, and monitoring for adverse events, including seroconversion. WHO publications on HIV and AIDS On the dedicated WHO website, you can find more publications, such as the national guide to monitoring and evaluating programmes for the prevention of HIV in infants and young children. http://www.who.int/hiv/pub/en/ Called to care toolkit The Called to Care toolkit consists of practical, action-oriented booklets and mini-manuals on issues related to HIV/AIDS, designed for use by church leaders, especially in sub-Saharan Africa. Currently 7 booklets are available:
Consult the Strategies for Hope website to download the booklets (free registration is required): http://www.stratshope.org/b-books.htm CORE Initiative: Communities Responding to the HIV/AIDS Epidemic The CORE Initiative partnered with community and faith-based groups to advance multi-sectoral responses to the HIV/AIDS epidemic. Visit the website for interesting publications such as reports, manuals and tools. http://www.coreinitiative.org/Resources/publications.php UNAIDS Religion and AIDS UNAIDS works at the global level with networks of FBOs, religious leaders and networks of religious leaders living with HIV (called ANERELA+ and INERELA+), which have a wide reach and capacity to respond to AIDS. Visit the website to find publications such as a report on a theological workshop and a teaching resource on advocacy and AIDS. http://www.unaids.org/en/Partnerships/Civil+society/religionAndAids.asp The role of Faith in the global response to HIV and AIDS In this speech, Rev. Robert J. Vitillo of Caritas Internationalis talks about how the faith and religion enter into the global response to HIV and AIDS and how the role of faith and faith-based organizations is often ignored.
Missing the message? 20 years of learning from HIV and AIDS This report by the UK Panos Insitute (2003) focuses on the way in which the response to the pandemic has been shaped, with a particular emphasis on how communications has been used. It also suggests how the problems of HIV communication can begin to be addressed through work with policymakers, civil society and the media.
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