Bulletin of the World Health Organization : 1986; Volume 64, Number 1, Year 1986 64 (1), Pages 127-131: Studies on Interventions to Prevent Eltor Cholera Transmission in Urban Slums

By B. C. Deb

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Title:	Bulletin of the World Health Organization : 1986; Volume 64, Number 1, Year 1986 64 (1), Pages 127-131: Studies on Interventions to Prevent Eltor Cholera Transmission in Urban Slums
Author:	B. C. Deb
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Language:	English
Subject:	Health., Public health, Wellness programs
Collections:	Medical Library Collection, World Health Collection
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Publisher:	World Health Organization


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Medical Reference Publication

Excerpt
The Eastern Mediterranean Drug Regulatory Agencies Conference was held from 10 to 13 June 1991 in Nicosia, Cyprus. This Conference was organized by the WHO Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean (EMRO), with technical and financial assistance from the WHO Action Programme on Essential Drugs (DAP). The objectives of the meeting were to:

Table of Contents
Contents 1 . INTRODUCTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 ' 2 . LEGISMTION AND REGULATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 2.1 Drug legislation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 , 2.2 Regulation of Herbal Remedies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 '3. DRUGREGISTRATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 &. FIELD VISIT TO THE PHARMACEUTICAL DEPARTMENT, NICOSIA . . . . 6 1.1 Drug Registration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 4.2 Drugprocurement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 4.3 Central Medical Stores . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 4.4 FormulationPlant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 5 . QUALITY ASSURANCE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 5.1 Basic Tests for Pharmaceutical Substances . . . . . . . . 7 5.2 Running a Drug Inspection Service . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 5.3 Country Experiences with the WHO Certification Scheme . . 9 6 . DRUG PROMOTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 6.1 Ethical Criteria for Medicinal Drug Promotion . . . . . . 10 6.2 IFPMA Code of Pharmaceutical Marketing Practices . . . . 10 7 .. TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 7.1 WHO Fellowships . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 7.2 IFPMA Training Scheme . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 8 . PRICING POLICIES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 9 . REGIONAL INITIATIVES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 9.1 Bulk Procurement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I& 9.2 GenericPolicy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 9 . 3 Regional Ne'cwork o f Drug Quality Control Laboratories . . 15 10 . SUMMING UP: THE ROLE OF REGUUTORY AUTHORITIES IN THE NATIONAL DRUG POLICY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 11 . RECOHMENDATIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Annexes 1 . Agenda . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 2 . Programme . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 3 . List of Participants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22