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Frontier Vol 44 No 37 March 25 31 2012 NOTE M K writes A D ECADE AGO AN INDIAN c ompany called Cipla produced HIV AIDS generic drugs that could treat a patie nt for 300 a year far c. Use of counterfeit medicines can result in treatment failure or even death Public confidence in healthdelivery syst ems may be eroded following use andor detection of counterfeit medicines Both branded and generic products are subj ect to counterfei Concept and Process. IPC Meeting. June 6, 2014 – WHO Geneva. Nicola Magrini – WHO, EMP. Essential Medicines. Guiding principle:. . A limited range of carefully selected essential medicines leads to better health care, better medicines management, and lower costs. Programme. General overview and . update. Dr Milan . Smid. WHO Prequalification of Medicines Programme. Amman, June 2013. UN Prequalification . Programme. . for Priority Essential Medicines. Action plan of UN from 2001 for expanding access to selected priority medicines . Azusa Sato. London School of Economics, UK. Introduction. Traditional medicines (TM)/healers: WHO. ‘the knowledge, skills and practices based on the theories, beliefs and experiences indigenous to different cultures, used in the maintenance of health and in the prevention, diagnosis, improvement or treatment of physical and mental illness’. for asthma. WHO . Technical. Briefing . Seminar. on Essential . Medicines. & Health . Products. , Nov. 2013. Christophe Perrin, . Pharmacist. , MPH – IUATLD (The Union). Asthma. . - Global . People use medicine to restore their body to optimal health.. Medicines are drugs that are used to treat or prevent disease or other conditions. . Drugs are substances other than food that change the structure or function of the body or mind. . Cochin University of Science & Technology . Sakthivel. . Selvaraj. Public Health Foundation of India . New . Delhi . (shakti@phfi.org). Access to Medicines in India . Key Barriers to . Access to Medicines . Presented by . Deirdre Dimancesco. Department of Essential Medicines and . H. ealth Products, WHO. at the . Technical Briefing Seminar. 15 April, 2013 . MeTA. aim. MeTA aims at improving access to quality medicines by increasing transparency of the pharmaceutical sector through collection of reliable data, valid analysis, and then disclosure for advocacy and policy dialogue among stakeholders.. Stops AIDS National Gathering . 1st November 2014. Aliénor Devali. ère. Health. Action International (HAI) Europe. This document arises from HAI Europe’s Operating Grant 2014, which has received funding from the . . Leyla Hannbeck . MRPharmS, MBA, MSc, MA. NPA Chief Pharmacist and Director of Pharmacy. Falsified medicines: the facts. Falsified medicines may:. Be fraudulently mislabelled. Contain low quality ingredients. Definition: substances that, when taken internally or applied to the body, help prevent or cure a disease or other medical problem. Classifications. Prevent disease. Fight pathogens . (microorganisms that enter the body and attack its cells and tissues). Herbal preparations . could . be regarded as the original biologic approach to medicine.. Herbal medicines can be applied to the treatment of a variety of ailments, . including both . acute and chronic . for asthma. WHO . Technical. Briefing . Seminar. on Essential . Medicines. & Health . Products. , Nov. 2013. Christophe Perrin, . Pharmacist. , MPH – IUATLD (The Union). Asthma. . - Global . Basic enquiry answering. September . 2016. Session aims. Increase awareness of the Medicines Information (MI) services. UK. Wales. Increase awareness of the questions to ask an enquirer. Have practical experience using some resources which will be...