Dates: 24-30 June
Course
objective: Better understanding of
the fundamentals of health procurement and supply chain activities; gaining
hands-on experience in writing & evaluating procurement and supply chain
plans; able to assess and address supply chain bottlenecks and to evaluate the
effectiveness of supply chain interventions
Target Group: Health professionals in public
health programs (government, NGOs, civil society, academia); supply chain /
logistics professionals; physicians and healthcare professionals working in
HIV, TB, malaria, hepatitis, substitution treatment; community-based
organisations and treatment activists at national and local level; civil society
representatives in national procurement structures
Delivery of course: Lectures, case
studies, discussions and peer to peer interaction
Language: The course will
be conducted in English
Faculty: International
faculty with background in pharmacy, medicine, management, supply chain,
disease specialists, essential medicines, and more. Faculty have worked
closely with leading UN agencies, Global Fund, various donor organizations
(USAID, DFID, etc), and foundations (Gates Foundation, CHAI, Open Society
Institute, and more), and various Ministries of Health.
Where: Addis Ababa,
Ethiopia
When: 24 June to 30
June 2013
Cost: Tuition fee: 1,950 € / Accommodation charges: to be determined
Tuition fee includes:
• Training,
reading course material, CDROMs, certificate and photos,
graduation ceremony and gala dinner
• Technical
support for each participant for 12 months after completion of course
Academic
Partners:
Empower
School of Health: Works
in 30 countries across Latin America, Africa, Asia and Europe strengthening
institutional capacity of global health programs and conducts
programs in procurement and supply chain management, clinical research
management, pharmacovigilance and health & hospital management. Empower has
trained more than 6,000 people in supply chain across the world—from senior
experts to warehouse stock pickers.
WHO
Collaborating Centre for Advocacy and Training in Pharmacovigilance: The
WHO-CC is headed by Professor Alex Dodoo. The center provides training in
pharmacovigilance in African countries for building and strengthening of
spontaneous adverse drug reaction reporting systems and works in close
association with National Regulatory Authorities (NRA) and MoH across the
world.