2012 WPPF/FIP Travel Scholarship Winners are Announced!

                  2012 WPPF/FIP Travel Scholarship Winners are Announced!                                                    The President, John Ware, and members of the Executive of the Western Pacific…

Quick Take (03/25/12)

Main News: 1.2012 WPPF/FIP Travel Scholarship Winners are Announced! 2.WHO-More evidence and better diagnostics needed before redefining severe forms of drug-resistant TB  3.WHO-Childhood Tuberculosis Neglected, Despite Available Remedie…

Childhood Tuberculosis Neglected, Despite Available Remedie

Childhood TB is a hidden epidemic 21 MARCH 2012 | GENEVA - Tuberculosis (TB) often goes undiagnosed in children from birth to 15 years old because they lack access to health services - or because the health workers who care for them are unprepared…

More Evidence and Better Diagnostics Needed Before Redefining Severe Forms of Drug-Resistant TB

23 MARCH 2012 | GENEVA - Reports of tuberculosis (TB) cases with severe patterns of drug resistance are increasing, said experts who attended a WHO meeting in Geneva on 21-22 March. Participants stressed that the emergence of drug resistance…

ReAct Participating in WHO Launch of Book on Successful Strategies

The book, "The evolving threat of antimicrobial resistance - Options for action", launched by WHO on March 8, is the result of a collaboration between WHO and more than 50 international experts in the field of antimicrobial resistance where…

A small talk about PTSD

A small talk about PTSD Article/ Lu Lingyu (Pharmacist of Taoyuan mental Hospital, Department of Health) Source:http://www.taiwan-pharma.org.tw/weekly/1760/1760-3-5.htm Article/ Lu Lingyu (Pharmacist from Taoyuan mental Hospital,Department…

Centers for Disease Control strict controls on the payment for HAART

Centers for Disease Control strict controls on the payment for HAART                                -Pharmacists shall assist to check Reporter/Taitung County Wang Chung-jen Source:http://www.taiwan-pharma.org.tw/weekly/1760/1760-3-2.htm…

PSS-106th Annual General Meeting

The 106th Annual General Meeting was held in York Hotel on 17-Mar-2012 in conjunction with the Pre-reg Graduation ceremony and with a side event showcasing the  talents of our fellow pharmacists in a fun-filled event coined Pharmacist Got…

Advanced Pharmacy Practice A Consultation Paper for the Pharmacy Profession

March 2012 Background and purpose It is important that this initiative directed at defining and recognising advanced pharmacy practice has input  from and the support of the profession.  This Consultation Paper has been prepared through the…

Consultation on Advanced Pharmacy Practice

19th Mar.,2012 The Advanced Pharmacy Practice Framework Steering Committee (APPFSC) is a profession-wide collaborative forum, working on initiatives which are linked to the national competency standards for pharmacists. The APPFSC, chaired…