TBS Oct-Nov 2011, at WHO HQ Geneva

[Guest guest]

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Having attended two such TBS at Geneva, I can emphatically vouch for the quality

of knowledge exchange at these seminars.

Vijay

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E-DRUG: English Technical Briefing Seminar October 30th to November 4th 2011

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May I draw the attention of E-Druggers to the next English Language Technical

Briefing Seminar that will be held in Geneva October 30th to November 4th. This

is about the 15th year the seminar has been held and we still have a few spaces

left. The closing date for applications is September 20th though we advise

earlier applications for anyone who will require visa assistance. The web site

for the seminar is at

http://www.who.int/medicines/technical_briefing/tbs/en/index.html

The application form is at

http://www.who.int/entity/medicines/technical_briefing/formulaire/en/index.html

The schedule for last year with links to all presentations and background

documents is at

http://www.who.int/entity/medicines/technical_briefing/tbs/tbs_e_programme_nov_2\

010/en/index.html . This years programme will be similar but not the same.

Many E-Druggers have attended the seminar but for those who have not, it

provides an opportunity for participants to hear an overview of all aspects of

essential medicines from policy, to quality and safety, financing and pricing

and selection and rational use. There are sessions on Human Rights, Traditional

Medicines, TRIPS and IP and many other interesting topics. The presenters come

from within WHO and other Geneva based organizations such as the Global Fund or

UNITAID and UNICEF. You can see what past participants have said about the

seminar at

http://www.who.int/medicines/technical_briefing/tbs/Eval/en/index.html

There is no fee for the course though we try to select a mixture of participants

from different countries, backgrounds and professional qualifications. Sometimes

we defer participants to the next year if we get too many applicants from a

single country. We usually include a few participants from the NGO community and

from pharmaceutical companies and from academic institutions. Unfortunately we

cannot fund any participants.

I look forward to seeing some E-Druggers at the next seminar.

Laing (Coordinator)

Medicine Information and Evidence for Policy,

Department of Essential Medicines and Pharmaceutical Policies

World Health Organization

CH-1211 Geneva 27, Switzerland

Tel 41 22 791 4533

Fax 41 22791 4167

E-mail laingr@...

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