January 13, 2015
Global Medicines Program Outreach to United Arab Emirates
The 7th Medication Safety Conference, held from November 7th – 9th 2014 in Abu Dhabi, UAE, featured a presentation and workshop presented by Global Medicines Program faculty. The Conference attracted some 1,000 delegates primarily from the Gulf region. Dr. Andy Stergachis spoke on improving medication safety in community pharmacy: evidence, challenges and opportunities. Additionally, he…
Global Medicines Program at the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene Annual Meeting
The annual meeting of the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (ASTMH) held from November 2-6, 2014 in New Orleans, provided opportunities for Global Medicines Program faculty and students to interact with leaders in the field of malaria prevention and treatment during pregnancy. During the ASTMH meeting, the Malaria in Pregnancy Consortium (MiPc) held…
Strengthening Health Systems and Capacity Building in Namibia
In September and October 2014, Global Medicines Program faculty and UW students – Andy Stergachis and Marita Mann, PhD student and Adrian Hughes, PharmD student – were in Namibia supporting their country’s medication safety initiatives, including their sentinel site-based active surveillance pharmacovigilance activity and participation in a training in northern Namibia. Active surveillance pharmacovigilance systems…
October 20, 2014
Professor Don Downing and UW health sciences students spend a month in India
For a month in August/September of 2014, 22 UW students participated in the UW Exploration Seminar – India developed and guided by UW School of Nursing professor, Dr. Ardith Doorenbos, with assistance by UW Graduate Nursing Student, Claire Richards, and UW School of Pharmacy, Clinical Professor, Don Downing. The program is designed to provide Interprofessional…
September 30, 2014
GMP faculty facilitate 3-day workshop on pharmacoeconomics in Namibia
Lou Garrison and Joseph Babigumira conducted a 3-day workshop titled, “Applying Pharmacoeconomics to Essential Medicines Selection: Strengthening Health Technology Assessment in Namibia” August 27-29, 2014 in Windhoek, Namibia. The workshop was offered in conjunction with Management Sciences for Health (MSH) through the USAID-funded Systems for Improved Access to Pharmaceuticals and Services (SIAPS) Program. The three-day…
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