January 22, 2014
Namibia Gets First-Ever Pharmacy Degree Program – with Help from UW
The Namibian Ministry of Health and Social Services recently took an important step toward reducing a critical shortage of pharmacists in a country where more than 13 percent of adults have HIV/AIDS and have high risks of contracting diseases, such as malaria and tuberculosis. Thanks in part to a collaboration with the University of Washington,…
Global Medicines Program in Global Washington Directory
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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…
