January 22, 2014
Recent Global Medicines Program Events
Elise Fields Presents Poster at ASHP Midyear Clinical Meeting Elise Fields, a PharmD student at the University of Washington School of Pharmacy, presented a poster entitled “Impact of an intervention on medication management practices withing the Albert Schweitzer Hospital in Lambarene, Gabon” at the The American Society of Health-System Pharmacists Midyear Clinical Meeting, which was held December…
Global Medicines Program Participates in First Global Symposium for Health Systems Research
Catherine Corbell of the Global Medicines Program presented a poster entitled “Feasibility of linking records in automated databases for conducting pharmacoepidemiologic studies in resource-poor countries: the case of Namibia” at the First Global Symposium for Health Systems Research. You can view the poster here. Participants left energized and looking forward to how they can strengthen the field and expand its reach….
January 21, 2014
TIPC concludes study on the risk of Anemia from Zidovudine (AZT)-Based HAART in Namibia
“This retrospective cohort study used existing electronic databases and was the first of its kind in Namibia” In 2007, the Ministry of Health and Social Services (MoHSS), Namibia, changed the first line ARV regimen backbone from Stavudine to Zidovudine (AZT) –based Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy (HAART). Spontaneous reports of adverse drug reactions submitted by health…
Global Medicines Program participates in American Public Health Association Annual Meeting Nov. 6-10, 2010
Becky Bartlein presented at the 138th annual meeting of the American Public Health Association (APHA) that was held in Denver, CO November 6-10, 2010. Her presentation was entitled “Promoting War Prevention in Public Health Education: A look at useful skills and frameworks” and was part of a panel about the role of public health workers…
Global Medicines Program participates in key conference in Accra, Ghana, November 4-5, 2010
Andy Stergachis presented at a podium session at the International Society of Pharmacovigilance (ISoP) 10th Annual Meeting, in Accra, Ghana on November 5, 2010. His topic was “Application of Pharmacovigilance Methods to Assessing the Safety of Antimalarials and Antiretroviral Medicines.” This is the first time that the ISoP Annual Meeting was held in a western…
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