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Training: Rational Management of Medicines - a focus on HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, 1-13 November 2009, Ifakara, Tanzania
Dates: 01 November 2009 - 13 November 2009
This two week course, run by the Swiss Tropical Institute, aims to enable health professionals to understand and apply the concepts and principles of essential medicines and rational medicine management with a focus on the diseases of poverty HIV/AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis. This is in order to recognise the need for a national and international medicine policy environment, to improve knowledge and skills and to gain practical field experience for rational medicine management within different health system contexts.
The course is most suited to health professionals and managers with at least two years experience in international health and the pharmaceutical sector. It will be conducted in a rural area of Tanzania and will be complemented with field visits experience to address the know-do gap and the system approach to diseases of poverty. The course is unique in combining theoretical knowledge with the reality of a rural district and the questions and skills related to medicine access.
The total course fee is CHF 2300.- (Swiss Francs) including tuition, accommodation/full board and transport in Tanzania.
The application deadline is 31 August 2009.
For more information on the course and to download an application form, please use the full details link.
