Management Sciences for Health (MSH) identified the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE) as one of the partners in the Systems for Improved Access to Pharmaceuticals and Services (SIAPS) program proposal funded by the US Agency for International Development (USAID). ACPE is the national accreditation agency for quality assurance of pharmacy education in the United … Read more
Irrational use of medicines has been a major public health problem, and antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a global public health and economic threat. AMR has been on the agenda of the annual World Health Assembly meetings. The Food, Medicine, and Health Care Administration and Control Authority (FMHACA) of Ethiopia with technical assistance from SIAPS and … Read more
SIAPS supported the University of Namibia School of Medicine (UNAM-SOM) to facilitate a continuing professional development (CPD) activity with health practitioners and regional management teams in Namibia’s Ohangwena region on strategies to combat antimicrobial resistance (AMR), including HIV drug resistance (HIV-DR), and the use of early warning indicators (EWI) for early detection and action. The … Read more
Goredema W, Ntengu M, Briggs J, Alemayehy W, Claassens L, et al. Strengthening infection prevention and control (IPC) systems in resource-limited settings using a self-assessment and continuous quality improvement (CQI) approach. Poster presentation at the 15th International Congress of the International Federation of Infection Control. New Delhi, India.
About one-third to one-half of all antibiotics used in hospitals is for surgical prophylaxis; however, 30 to 90 percent of this use is inappropriate. The Jordan Food and Drug Administration (JFDA) recently conducted a study in Jordanian hospitals that provided data on surgical antibiotic prophylaxis practices, including for cesarean section. The study findings indicated that these practices … Read more
Evaluación de la implementación del Instrumento de requerimiento y despacho de antimaláricos –Colombia Septiembre de 2014
Valimba R, Liana J, Joshi MP, Rutta E, Embrey M, Bundala M, Kibassa B. Engaging the Private Sector to Improve Antimicrobial Use in the Community: Experience from Accredited Drug Dispensing Outlets in Tanzania. Journal of Pharmaceutical Policy and Practice. 2014; 7(1):11. Read the full article
The World Health Organization and The International Conference on Rational Use of Medicines have recommended pre-service education of health professionals as a key intervention to improve the use of medicines and contain antimicrobial resistance (AMR). Pre-service training is a cost-effective, sustainable, and health system strengthening intervention. Curriculum reform efforts to enhance training on rational medicine … Read more
Pribluda VS, Evans L, Barillas E, Marmion J, Lukulay P, Chang J. Were medicine quality and pharmaceutical management contributing factors in diminishing artemisinin efficacy in Guyana and Suriname? Malaria Journal. 2014;13:77. Read the full article
Namibia has adopted the public health approach to scaling up antiretroviral therapy (ART) that involves the use of standardized and simplified treatment regimens. Drug resistance (DR) to antiretroviral (ARVs) medications is inevitable in populations on life-long ART. Namibia is one of the three countries in Africa (in addition to Botswana and Rwanda) that has reached … Read more
