Course: Pharmaceuticals Management for Underserved Populations
Readings
Textbook
Managing Drug Supply: The Selection, Procurement, Distribution, and Use of Pharmaceuticals. 2nd edition. Management Sciences for Health in collaboration with the World Health Organization. Kumarian Press. 1997. ISBN 1-56449-047-9.
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Session 1: The Global Context of Pharmaceutical Products and Under-served Populations | |
Required |
MSH Managing Drug Supply: Part 1 Introduction
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Recommended |
WHO Essential Medicines Library (EMLib). Available at: http://mednet3.who.int/eml/ - contains a Model Formulary, Model list of Essential Drugs Lofland JH and Lyles A. Pharmacy Practice and Health Policy within the United States: An Introduction and Overview [Chapter 20] in Managing Pharmacy Practice: Principles, Strategies, and Systems, Andrew Peterson, Editor. CRC Press LLC. Boca Raton, Fl. 2004. Health, United States, 2004. With Chart book on Trends in the Health of Americans with Special Feature on Drugs. Available at: http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/hus.htm |
Session 2: International Policy and Legal Framework | |
Required |
MSH Managing Drug Supply Part II: Policy and Legal Framework
Explore and familiarize yourself with this resource for future use: WHO Essential Drugs and Medicines Policy. Available at: http://www.who.int/medicines/ |
Recommended |
National Institute for Clinical Excellence (NICE). Available at: http://www.nice.org.uk Canadian Agency for Drugs and Technology in Health. Available at: http://www.cadth.ca/index.php/en/home |
Session 3: Drug Manufacture, Industrial Pharmacy Considerations, Quality Assurance, and Regulation | |
Required |
MSH Managing Drug Supply: Part 1 Introduction
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Recommended | U.S. Food and Drug Administration: Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) / Quality System (QS) Regulation. Available at: http://www.fda.gov/cdrh/devadvice/32.html |
Session 4: The Drug Management Cycle: Selection | |
Required |
MSH Managing Drug Supply Part III: Section A. Selection
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Recommended |
Lyles A. Formulary Decision-Maker Perspectives: Responding to Changing Environments [Chapter 7] in Economic Evaluation in U.S. Health Care. Jones and Bartlett Publishers, Boston. 2006. ISBN 0-7637-2746-6 The AMCP Format for Formulary Submissions,Version 2. 1 April 2005. A Format for Submission of Clinical and Economic Data in Support of Formulary Consideration by Health Care Systems in the United States. Available at: http://www.fmcpnet.org/data/resource/Format~Version_2_1~Final_Final.pdf |
Session 5: Forecasting and Quantification | |
Required |
MSH Managing Drug Supply Part III: Section B. Procurement
Action Programme on Essential Drugs and Vaccines. Essential Drugs Monitor: Managing Drug Supply. 1998, No.s 25 & 26. |
Recommended | Management Sciences for Health. International Drug Price Indicator Guide, 2004 edition. Available at: http://www.msh.org/resources/publications/IDPIG_2004.html |
Session 6: The Drug Management Cycle: Procurement | |
Required |
MSH Managing Drug Supply Part III: Section B. Procurement
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Session 7: Drug Donations | |
Required |
MSH Managing Drug Supply Part III: Section B. Procurement
WHO Guidelines for Drug Donations, revised 1999. Available at: http://whqlibdoc.who.int/hq/1999/WHO_EDM_PAR_99.4.pdf |
Session 8: The Drug Management Cycle: Distribution | |
Required |
MSH Managing Drug Supply Part III: Section C. Distribution
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Recommended |
MSH Managing Drug Supply
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Session 9: Drug Management Cycle: Use | |
Required |
MSH Managing Drug Supply Part III: Section D. Use
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Recommended |
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Session 10: Budgeting and Cost Control | |
Required |
MSH Managing Drug Supply Part IV: Section B. Financing and Sustainability
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Session 11: Management Support Systems: Planning Cycle | |
Required |
MSH Managing Drug Supply Part IV: Section A. Organization and Management
Tutorial: Gantt Chart and Timeline: Available at: http://www.smartdraw.com/specials/projectchart.asp?id=3FGPhwtl%22t and |
Recommended |
MSH Managing Drug Supply Force Field Analysis (pp. 527-528, 533, 544) Sample Gantt Chart (Excel). Available at: http://www.hyperion.ie/SampleGanttChart.xls |
Session 12: Access to Essential Drugs | |
Required |
MSH Managing Drug Supply Part IV: Section A. Organization and Management
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Recommended | MSH. Strategies for Enhancing Access to Medicines. Available at: http://www.msh.org/programs/seam.html |
Session 13: Pharmaceutical Care and Drug Utilization in an HIV/AIDS Clinic | |
Recommended |
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Session 14: Financing and Sustainability | |
Required |
MSH Managing Drug Supply Part IV: Section B. Financing and Sustainability
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Recommended | Emmanuel Healthcare. Medicines for Overseas Programme. Available at: http://www.emms.org/support/subindex.php?type=Medicines |