2014 WPPF Annual Report

To download a full report: WPPF Annual Report 2014 --- 2014 Annual Report Content The WPPF Executive Working with WHO Workshop on Good Pharmacy Practice 2013 FIP World Congress of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Science FIP…

Australian Prescriber – New Issue

4 Aug, 2014       The August issue is online now   From the Editor     The quality use of medicines requires that drugs are used safely and judiciously. Ahamed Zawab and John Carmody discuss how…

Oral management of scabies | Single-dose rapid IV iron replacement | New opioid for chronic pain

What's new in NPS RADAR August 2014?   Having trouble viewing this email? View as web page       RADAR AUGUST 2014 …

Pharmacists asked to “think again” about roles in hepatitis

25 Jul, 2014 reference:http://www.fip.org/www/index.php?page=news_publications&news=newsitem&newsitem=175 Hepatitis: Think Again, is the theme for this year’s World Hepatitis Day on 28 July. The International Pharmaceutical Federation…

FIP renews commitment to healthcare for women and children

14 Jul, 2014 reference:http://www.fip.org/www/index.php?page=news_publications&news=newsitem&newsitem=174 Pharmacy policy and practice should reflect the United Nations’ Global Strategy for Women’s and Children’s Health and the…

Latest information on Bangkok

1 Jul, 2014 reference: http://www.fip.org/www/index.php?page=news_publications&news=newsitem&newsitem=167 The Hague, 16 July 2014 – After talks between the two political parties in Thailand ended with The National Council for…

Fighting the Ebola outbreak in Sierra Leone

21 Jul, 2014 reference:http://www.who.int/features/2014/ebola-sierra-leone/en/ National health authorities, WHO and partners are working around the clock to contain the Ebola outbreak affecting Sierra Leone’s eastern districts of Kailahun…

WHO opens regional Ebola response centre

25 Jul, 2014 reference:http://www.who.int/features/2014/ebola-response-centre/en/ Conakry, Guinea - 25 July, 2014 – In response to continuing reports of new cases and deaths attributable to Ebola virus disease (EVD) in Guinea, Liberia, and…

World Hepatitis Day 2014: Think again

25 Jul, 2014 reference:http://www.who.int/campaigns/hepatitis-day/2014/event/en/ Every year on 28 July, WHO and partners mark World Hepatitis Day to increase the awareness and understanding of viral hepatitis and the diseases that it causes.…

Common medications move to over-the-counter use

24 Jul, 2014 reference:http://www.pharm.org.tw/pstplatform/en/?p=5566 Dozens of commonly used medicines will be made available over the counter for the first time following a decision by the drugs regulator to remove their prescription-only…