Please follow the links below to access published outputs from EPN and its partners.
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Contact magazine is a publication of the World Council of Churches (WCC). Since 2005 EPN has partnered with WCC to edit and publish the October - December edition of Contact each year.
The magazine seeks to report topical, innovative and courageous approaches initiated by churches or communities to promote health and healing within their respective communities.
To view different editions of Contact magazine, please click on the links below. All other editions of Contact magazine are available on the World Council of Churches website.
Contact magazine No. 185: Traitement du VIH/SIDA - Implication des OC
This edition focuses on Promoting Rational Use of Medicines (PRUM), a key area of work for the Network. [.PDF 787 Kb]
The 2005 edition of Contact magazine focuses on making access to essential medicines possible. [.PDF 352 Kb]
e-Pharmalink is a monthly newsletter that aims to alert pharmacists and other health professionals to information sources about international trends relevant to their work and opportunities that could support them in their efforts to provide effective and efficient services, particularly in poorer countries. It summarises information reported by a wide range of publications or organisations and includes web links to the original sources.
Everyone is welcome to receive this e-mail: To subscribe please send an email to info@epnetwork.org (or use our online contact form) or if you would like to recommend someone to receive e-Pharmalink, or if you have any information to contribute or comments on the content.
Netlink is the email newsletter for the members of the Ecumenical Pharmaceutical Network (EPN). Netlink aims to help members keep in touch with what is going on in the Network.
To subscribe to Netlink, please send an email to info@epnetwork.org (or use our online contact form) or if you have any information to contribute or comments on the content, or you would like to recommend someone to receive Netlink.
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.
Following the successful conclusion of the Promoting Rational Use of Medicines (PRUM), EPN has published the winning essays in a special edition of the Pharmalink newsletter: A call to save lives and save money [.PDF 230Kb]
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).
The older issues of the newsletter are currently being updated and will be re-issued soon. To receive Practical Pharmacy by email, send a request to:
To view recent editions of the newsletter, click on the links below:
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.
There are many types of drug donations. Some are a rapid response to an acute emergency or form a component of development aid. Others represent the philanthropic aims of large corporations. Yet others are small and targeted for use by individual health facilities. These WHO-published guidelines aim to improve the quality of these drug donations.
Guidelines for Drug Donations [.pdf 72 Kb]
These interagency guidelines, published by WHO, are designed to:
Guidelines for price discounts of single-source pharmaceuticals [226.3kb]
These WHO-published interagency guidelines provide advice on the safe disposal of unusable pharmaceuticals in emergencies, and in countries where official assistance and advice may not be available. They describe safe disposal methods involving minimal risks to public health and the environment.
Guidelines for safe disposal of unwanted pharmaceuticals in and after emergencies [560 Kb]
This booklet is published by WHO’s Department of Essential Drugs and Medicines Policy. It aims to improve pharmaceutical procurement by the introduction of four strategic objectives and twelve operational principles for good pharmaceutical procurement.
The principles are grouped into four categories:
Operational principles for good pharmaceutical procurement[.pdf 82.7 Kb]