IPSF News Bulletin 36 May 2006

IPSFNews Bulletin

June 2006, Issue 36Print ISSN: 1024-0268 Onl ine ISSN: 1728-2926

IN TE R N ATI O N A L PH A R M A C E U T I C A L STU D E N TS’ FE D E R ATI O N

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Katja [email protected]

Georgina GálSecretary General and Vice [email protected]

Juha Mönkä[email protected]

Axel ThomasChairperson of Public [email protected]

Irena ŠubováChairperson of Student Exchange [email protected]

Mohanad Nader Abbas ForsChairperson of [email protected]

Ellen DiedrichsenChairperson of Pharmacy [email protected]

Yoko GochoChairperson of Public [email protected]

Yasmine Salah KoraiemChairperson of Professional [email protected]

IPSF Executives 2005-2006Contacts

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President’s Corner Publications’ Corner

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News and ViewsEnglish Arabic French Spanish

Congresses and Symposiums

Members’ Activities

Student Exchange Programme

FIP Corner

Regions and AlliedOrganisations

Dear IPSFers,

It is with great pleasure that Iwrite to you in this May Issueof the IPSF News Bulletin. Thefirst two thirds of the 2005-06year have been full of actionand exciting developmentswith professional partnerorganisations, other studentorganisations, and of courseIPSF members around theworld.

In November 2005, IPSF was proud to be one of the stu-dent organisations to host the 1st World Medical andPharmacy Students' Symposium, WorldMaPS, held inMediterranean Malta. Pharmacy, medical, and nursing stu-dents had a unique opportunity to share ideas and discussmulti-disciplinary health care. Following the success ofWorldMaPS, the 2nd World Health Care StudentsSymposium will be held in Portugal in November 2007,bringing together even a larger spectrum of healthcarestudents.

IPSF has been happy to increase collaboration with theI n te r na t i o na lFederation ofM e d i c a lS t u d e n t s 'A s s o c i a t i o n s(IFMSA). In orderto learn moreabout the IFMSATraining NewTrainers (TNT)programme, Iattended TNT atthe IFMSA March Meeting in Chile in February/March 2006.IPSF Training will be held for the first time at the 5th IPSFAsia Pacific Pharmaceutical Symposium in June 2006 inBandung, Indonesia. Furthermore, the IPSF Moving On IIresearch project on students' learning experiences will beconducted in IFMSA, IFMSA has invited IPSF to join anaward scheme with the Stop TB Partnership aimed atencouraging health care students to implement publichealth projects on tuberculosis control; many more collab-orative initiatives are being planned.

IPSF has continued working closely with professional part-ner organisations. The Indian TB Fact Card Project inMumbai, a joint project of IPSF, the CommonwealthPharmaceutical Association (CPA) and the IndianPharmaceutical Association (IPA), has been completed withgreat success. IPSF wants to increasingly inform studentsabout possibilities of staying active in international phar-macy after graduation. In this issue of the IPSF NewsBulletin you will find a new section of the InternationalPharmaceutical Federation (FIP), FIP Corner.

The executive has consulted a number of experts to fur-ther improve the administration and official documents ofthe federation. Slight changes into the official documents

and project management will be introduced in July inCairns to encourage continuity and maintain the profes-sionalism of IPSF with the increasing number of members,activities and partners.

I hope you will enjoy reading this Issue of the IPSF NewsBulletin. The IPSF executive, committee members,Student Exchange Officers and Contact Persons look for-ward to reporting more about the final results of the yearat the 52nd IPSF Congress in Cairns, Australia, starting on13th July 2006. The Organising Committee has workedextremely hard to guarantee that the first IPSF congressDown Under will be the most memorable experience forall. See you in Australia!

Yours in IPSF,

Katja HakkarainenIPSF President 2005-06

Dear pharmacy students around the world,

The past two years have passed very quickly, and I enjoyedthem very much. Now while writing my fourth publica-tions' corner I have mixed feelings of happiness and sad-ness; happiness to successfully have finished my last termand sadness to be leaving the IPSF executive board. Duringthe two years, I had a chance to work with two great exec-utives and Editorial Board members who helped me torelease the News Bulletin.

In each News Bulletin during the past two years, we triedto improve the layout and the content in regards to theinternational design and global issues. I hope we succeed-ed.

Currently we are updating our online system. It will nowinclude online payments and continuous website updates.It will improve communication amongst members aroundthe world.

At the end, I want to thank my executive and the membersof the Editorial Board. I hope you enjoy reading the NewsBulletin. I will be happy to receive your comments on [email protected].

See you all in Cairns! I will miss you for sure!

Best Regards,

Mohanad N. ForsIPSF Chairperson of Publications 2004-06

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This is the second year that the Moving On II research proj-ect has been running. In order to expand the number ofcountries able to complete the questionnaires and toincrease the accuracy of results from non-English speakingcountries, a formal translation protocol has been estab-lished. Using several independent translation teams and anEnglish-only validation team, the questionnaire has beentranslated into Spanish, Catalan, Czech, Serbian andVietnamese, with more to come. An online questionnaireis currently being test-driven by its developers in India aswe explore alternative ways of collecting data efficiently.Special thanks to all who have been involved in theseefforts! IPSF members this year have done a phenomenaljob and more organisations will be represented in thedata. One more year of data collection remains, so do con-tinue to collect information for the final year of analysis.The 2005-06 results will be presented at the IPSF Congressin Cairns and the FIP Congress in Salvador Bahia, Brazil.Any countries interested in running this project can con-tact Zhining Goh, the Moving On II Chair [email protected].

Ellen DiedrichsenIPSF Chairperson of Pharmacy Education 2005-06

Moving On III (MOIII) is now moving into the data collectionphase. The questionnaire aims to examine educational fac-tors and attitudes affecting the intention of final yearpharmacy students to migrate as well as the perception ofprofessional development opportunities available in theirown country and abroad. The project is receiving interestfrom a wide variety of global organisations with contribu-tions to the questionnaire from representatives of theUnited Nations Educational, Scientific and EducationalOrganization (UNESCO), the International Organization forMigration (IOM), the Organisation for Economic Co-opera-tion and Development (OECD), the InternationalPharmaceutical Federation (FIP) and the World HealthOrganization (WHO). Two rounds of data collection areplanned. The first is currently underway and the nextround will take place in September 2006. Twenty-twocountries have been enrolled into the study so far repre-senting all regions of the world. The same translation pro-tocol is available for MOIII to allow for expanded distribu-tion in regions most affected by migration. Translatedquestionnaires will be used in the next round of the study.Those interested to become involved in the second roundof the study can contact Tana Wuliji, the Moving On IIIChair at [email protected].

Ellen DiedrichsenIPSF Chairperson of Pharmacy Education 2005-06

The IPSF Executive Committee had its second meeting inThe Hague, The Netherlands from 5th to 9th March. Allexecutive members, except Mohanad Nader Abbas Fors,Chairperson of Publication, were present for the meeting.Additional IPSF members were present: Joe Whitehouse,the Chairperson of the 52nd IPSF Congress OrganisingCommittee; Karen McGill, the Chairperson of the PanAmerican Regional Office; and Anca Pop, the IPSF ContactPerson of the Federation of Pharmacy Students'Associations in Romania (FASFR). This made the meetingliterally global as attendees came from Japan, Australia,Egypt, The United States of America and many Europeancountries.

The activities of the executive in past five months werereported and action plans for the last four months of theexecutive term were finalised. One of the most importanttopics was the IPSF Congress programme and arrangementsfor the upcoming Congress in Cairns, Australia, in July2006. Also, IPSF regional events were discussed: the PanAmerican Regional Symposium (PARS) in Quito, Ecuador,and Asia Pacific Pharmaceutical Symposium (APPS) inBandung, Indonesia, which will take place in May and June2006. Ideas were shared about the revising of the IPSFDevelopment Fund White Book that will be concluded bythe Development Fund Coordinator and introduced in the52nd IPSF Congress. The Executive decided to developproject plans for current IPSF campaigns that will help torun campaigns more effectively in the future. Other issuesin the agenda were constitutional changes for the 52ndGeneral Assembly, membership promotion, financial mat-ters, and the collaboration with the World HealthOrganization (WHO), the United Nations Educational,Cultural and Scientific Organization (UNESCO) and theInternational Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP).

In the evenings, people enjoyed various social activitiessuch as a dinner of French pancakes and a party hosted bythe past IPSF executive members Tana Wuliji, Myriah Leskoand IPSF Honorary Life Member, Xuan Hao Chan.

The meeting was extremely productive and it consolidatedthe goals for the last months for the current executive.The third executive meeting will be held in July prior tothe 52nd IPSF Congress in Cairns.

Juha MönkäreIPSF Treasurer 2005-06

2nd Meeting of the 52nd IPSF Executive Committee

Update on Moving On II: Pharmacy Curricula and the Student

Learning Experience

Update on Moving On III: Emerging Pharmacists and their

Intention to Migrate

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Non Government Organisation (NGO) representatives fromaround the world met in New York City at the 58th AnnualDPI (Department of Public Information)/NGO Conferenceon 7th-9th September 2005 at the United Nations (UN)Headquarters. The theme was Our Challenge: Voices forPeace, Partnerships and Renewal, drawn from theSecretary-General Kofi Annan's report for the SeptemberWorld Summit. The World Summit was a meet-ing of world leaders at the UN immediatelyafter the DPI/NGO conference. At the Summit,leaders discussed and committed to imple-menting the Millennium Development Goals(MDGs). The main purpose of the DPI/NGOConference is to provide an opportunity forNGOs to address some of the most currentpressing challenges of society and help renewthe UN itself.

Another purpose of the DPI/NGO conference isfor NGOs to be informed on the UN's activitiesand network with each other. By networking,it is hoped that NGOs form partnerships inorder to serve better the public and meetsthe goals of their respective NGO and the UN.NGOs are essential in helping to reach theMDGs. In addition to networking receptions, a variety ofpanelled workshops and moderated discussions dealt withissues related to attaining the MDGs. It is important thatthose actually working for the common good have a strongvoice and impart their message to world leaders.

The conference itself consisted of plenary sessions (meet-ings for all representatives) and smaller workshops on anumerous topics. The opening session, held in the UNGeneral Assembly hall, was a superb and motivating begin-ning to the conference itself. Keynote speakers were JanEgeland, Under-Secretary General for Humanitarian Affairsand Emergency Relief Coordinator, and Wahu Kaara,

Ecumenical Program Coordinator forthe Millennium Development Goalsand Nobel Peace Prize nominee. Theplenary sessions were The Challengeof Partnerships, Focus onImplementing the MDGs, CollectiveSecurity: The Priorities of CivilSociety, and The Future of the UnitedNations. Many workshops were heldduring the afternoon and it was diffi-

cult to choose whichone to attend. I thought that Living inPeace, Envisioning Abundance: YouthEffecting Global Change by StrengtheningCommunities, Our Challenge: Voices forPeace, Partnerships and Renewal and Howto Work with the UN were the best use ofthe time.

IPSF is truly a unique organisation. I amamazed at the amount of things IPSF iscapable of doing around the world. ManyNGOs have one or a couple of main focus-es. As you know, IPSF is involved in publichealth with AIDS, tobacco, diabetes, tuber-culosis, pharmacy awareness, studentexchange, research with Moving On, andour annuals conferences. Many NGOs are

based out of one country, while IPSF is represented world-wide and has hundreds of thousands of members. This is asignificant advantage for us and the patients we servethough would require collaborations with many organisa-tions to extend our reach because IPSF is already so largeand diverse. Another significant advantage for IPSF is theofficial relations with the World Health Organization(WHO). It is essential that countries also report their spe-cific activities back to IPSF in order for IPSF to communi-cate its activities to the WHO and UN.

Karen McGillIPSF Chairperson of Pan-American Regional Office 2005-06

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58th Annual DPI/NGO Conference Overview

The Millennium DevelopmentGoals:

1. Eradicate extreme povertyand hunger2. Achieve universal primaryeducation3. Promote gender equalityand empower women4. Reduce child mortality5. Improve maternal health6. Combat HIV/AIDS, malariaand other diseases7. Ensure environmental sus-tainability8. Develop a global partnershipfor development

Date: 7th - 16th August 2007Website: www.ipsf2007.orgLocation: Taipei, Taiwan, China

Technology (COMEST). A Youth Forum has been held in pre-vious Commission's meetings, in order to bring a freshpoint of view both to the debate and to demonstrate theimportance of involving young people and building long-term awareness in ethics of science. As ethics in pharma-cy has many aspects spanning basic research to policy mak-ing, IPSF has submitted a proposal to the UNESCO Sectionfor Youth to actively take part in the next Session ofCOMEST to be held in 2007. The last time IPSF presentedabout ethics in pharmacy was at the 3rd Session of COMESTin December 2003 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

The UNESCO Forum on Higher Education, Research andKnowledge held a workshop on improving research sys-tems on 6th-7th April 2006. Katja Hakkarainen was invitedas a youth representative among 20 other experts in thefield to discuss how a comparative analysis of nationalresearch systems could be conducted to improve researchsystems especially in the developing world. IPSF was proudto bring a student perspective and present about itsMoving On II and III research projects looking into pharma-cy education, migration and professional satisfaction,which influence academia and research. Following theworkshop, IPSF submitted an abstract "The 'brain drain'phenomenon and its impact on research capacity andcountry development" to report on Moving On III at the 2ndInternational Colloquium on Research and HigherEducation Policy that will be held in Paris in November2006.

From August 13-18th 2006, the city of Toronto, Canada,will host the 16th International AIDS Conference. A

Canadian pharmacy student, Nimish Patel, will representIPSF at the main conference. The Sector of Social andHuman Sciences and the Youth Coordinate Unit of theBureau for Strategic Planning of UNESCO invited IPSF tosuggest a pharmacy student presenter at a three-day Pre-Conference for Youth. The Pre-Conference of approxi-mately 250 young leaders aims to provided technical infor-mation and build capacity on the political, scientific, eco-nomic and social context of HIV/AIDS, and empower youngpeople to be advocates for youth at the main conference,in their home countries, and internationally. IPSF has sub-mitted a proposal to hold a workshop on Access to HIV/AIDSMedicines at the Pre-Conference; the result will beannounced soon.

In 2005-06 IPSF has strengthened collaboration withUNESCO. According to its aims, IPSF will continue promot-ing high quality education, research and youth participa-tion to improve education and health systems.

Katja HakkarainenIPSF President 2005-06

Throughout the year, IPSF has been represented at variousmeetings of the United Nations' Educational, Scientific andCultural Organization (UNESCO) in Paris, France, the site ofthe UNESCO Headquarters. Consequent to these meetings,much collaboration has resulted between IPSF and numer-ous sections of UNESCO.

The 2005 International Conference of Non-GovernmentalOrganisations (NGOs) in official relations with UNESCO tookplace on 14th-16th December 2005. IPSF was representedby Katja Hakkarainen, IPSF President, Axel Thomas, IPSFChairperson ofPublic Relations,Tana Wuliji,Immediate Past IPSFPresident, UteGabriel fromGermany, Anca Popand Ioana Stupariufrom Romania, andVaiva Deltuvaitefrom the EuropeanP h a r m a c e u t i c a lStudents' Association(EPSA). The confer-ence was attendedby more than 300 NGO representatives. A series of pre-sentations, speeches, discussions and workshops was heldaround the theme: Education for SustainableDevelopment. Tana Wuliji presented the IPSF Moving On IIIproject, which is an international questionnaire-basedstudy looking into final year pharmacy students' aspira-tions and intentions to migrate. The presentation generat-ed great interest and it was a wonderful opportunity forIPSF to introduce its work. The UNESCO Division of HigherEducation has given its support to Moving On III.

The 2005 International Conference of NGOs in official rela-tions with UNESCO adopted a resolution to form of a JointProgrammatic Commission on Youth. The purpose of theinitiative is to facilitate communication and exchange ofinformation between different sectors of UNESCO andyouth organisations. Ute Gabriel and Katja Hakkarainentook part in the first meeting of the Joint ProgrammaticCommission on Youth in February 2006 and SabrinaBouheraoua from France will take part in the followingmeeting in June 2006. Through the Commission IPSF canmore effectively share its educational and research activ-ities, promote youth participation, and partner with otherorganisations.

IPSF has continued collaborating with the UNESCO Divisionof Higher Education on adopting UNESCO's Guidelines onQuality Provision of Cross-Border Higher Education. Theguidelines encourage governments, higher education insti-tutions and student bodies to collaborate on quality assur-ance of education. This will ensure that students get qual-ity education when studying abroad and that studies con-ducted in another country will be recognised in students'home countries. IPSF has written a statement to be adopt-ed at the 52nd IPSF Congress in Cairns, Australia

Biannually, UNESCO coordinates a Session of the WorldCommission on the Ethics of Scientific Knowledge and


UNESCO and IPSF Promoting Education, Research and Youth Participation

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Congress of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences in Brazil.You can follow the project developments online atwww.pharmacistsfighttb.org. A full report will be availablesoon.

IPSF keeps collaborating closely with the World HealthOrganization (WHO). In January, three IPSF ExecutiveCommittee members, Yoko Gocho, Katja Hakkarainen andJuha Mönkäre, represented IPSF at the WHO Executive BoardMeeting in Geneva, Switzerland. They shared ideas aboutIPSF public health projects with their professional contacts atthe WHO.

Encouraged by the WHO Stop TB Partnership, IPSF celebratedWorld Tuberculosis (TB) Day on 24th March 2006. After suc-cessfully implementing TB campaigns in several countries,including India, Indonesia Latvia, Lithuania and Nepal, IPSFwas granted to be promoted at the Partners Highlight sectionof the Stop TB Partnership website in April 2006.

The World Health Day, with the theme Working together forhealth, promoted the role of health professionals in health-care on 7th April 2006. The theme was well adopted IPSF, andsupported the traditional IPSF Pharmacy ProfessionAwareness Campaign. The first results of IPSF's own work-force study, Moving On III, will later this year reveal informa-tion about final year pharmacy students' migratory inten-tions.

IPSF keeps implementing the Code of Practice on TobaccoControl for Health Professional Organisations. Campaigns onTobacco: Deadly in any form or disguise are will be imple-mented in different parts of the globe on the World NoTobacco Day on 31st May 2006. IPSF also continuously pro-motes a tobacco free environment amongst its members, sur-veys pharmacy students' tobacco habits, and uses and organ-ises educational workshops in IPSF events.

In 2006, up to six pharmacy students and young graduateswill get an opportunity to work as IPSF interns at WHO StopTB Partnership and the Department of Medicines Policy andStandards. Out of 32 applicants, the chosen interns will beannounces in the very near future.

The World Health Assembly (WHA) will be held in late May inGeneva. As a member of the WHO Ad Hoc Advisory Group onHealth Promotion, IPSF will take part in organising a briefingsession with the theme From Vision to Action where NonGovernmental Organisations' role in implementing healthpromotion programmes at a national level will be highlight-ed. IPSF will again meet its partners at WHA to report IPSFactivities and discuss future collaboration.

At the end of 2006, IPSF focuses its efforts towards the WorldDiabetes and World AIDS Days on 14th November and 1stDecember. Outlines for IPSF activities are already being pre-pared.

WHO provides great opportunities for pharmacy students andyoung graduates to learn about public health and implementpublic health programmes. IPSF will bring these opportunitiesto its members in the future.

The IPSF Development Fund was created with the aim ofhelping students who are not able to attend an IPSF eventbecause of financial reasons. The main goal of theDevelopment Fund is to give each and every pharmacy stu-dent an equal opportunity to fully participate in IPSF activi-ties.

Earlier in the year, the Development Fund awarded two appli-cants grants to attend the 52nd IPSF Annual Congress inCairns, Australia. The successful applicants are JurisZakrevskis from Latvia and Ganesh Subedi from Nepal.Congratulations to you both! More recently, UttamBudhathoki from Nepal was awarded the cost of the registra-tion fee for him to attend 5th IPSF Asia PacificPharmaceutical Symposium in Bandung, Indonesia.Congratulations Uttam!

The Development Fund sub-committee hope to be introduc-ing new opportunities through the Development Fund verysoon. Watch this space.

The IPSF Student Exchange Programme (SEP) has alreadystarted its second half in the SEP year 2005-06. Students whohave applied for SEP are getting more and more excited sincemost of the exchanges take part in this period. This year 570students have applied for SEP from and to 42 countries tak-ing part in the programme. By mid April 420 students havealready been placed to work in community pharmacy, hospi-tal pharmacy, pharmaceutical industry or research in anoth-er country. IPSF aims to find a host site to at least 80% of allapplicants.

At the beginning of April the Student Exchange Committeewas happy to announce five successful applicants for SEPGrant. The purpose of the SEP Grant is to help to pharmacystudents with limited financial resources cover travel costs tothe country of the training. The granted students areTomislav Aleksic and Slavisa Stojkovic from Serbia andMontenegro, Katarzyna Anna Kosicka from Poland, AnaJovanovicova from Czech Republic and Letricia BarbosaPereira from Portugal.

IPSF wishes all exchange students, Student Exchange Officersat a local and national level, and hosting pharmacies andinstitutes unforgettable times within the IPSF StudentExchange Programme.

The Indian Tuberculosis Fact Card project has recently con-cluded in Mumbai, India. The model studied has alreadyreceived international recognition as a potential new mecha-nism through which to fight tuberculosis. Over 220 patientswith confirmed tuberculosis were recruited to participate inthe project. The project involved community pharmacistsdispensing TB medications to patients in regular instalmentsover the six month period. The pharmacists also monitoredpatients' weights and provided nutritional advice. The phar-macy students' involvement in the project was led by YashJalundhwala, a student at the Bombay College of Pharmacy.Yash will be presenting about the project at the upcoming52nd IPSF World Congress in Australia, and at the 66th World

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Development Fund Grants for IPSF Congress

Tuberculosis Fact Card Project Concludes inMumbai

Students, Exchanges and Perspectives

IPSF Collaborating with World Health Organization

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L'IPSF continue son étroite collaboration avec l'Organisation Mondialede la Santé (OMS). En janvier dernier, trois membres du bureau exé-cutif de l'IPSF, Yoko Gocho, Katja Hakkarainen et Juha Mönkäre, ontreprésenté l'IPSF à la réunion "Executive Board Meeting" de l'OMS àGenève, en Suisse, et ont échangé à propos des projets de santépublique de l'IPSF avec leurs contacts professionnels de l'OMS.

Encouragée par le partenariat "Stop TB" avec l'OMS, l'IPSF a célébréla Journée Mondiale de la Tuberculose (TB) le 24 mars dernier. Aprèsla mise en oeuvre fructueuse de campagnes de TB dans de nombreuxpays, incluant l'Inde, l'Indonésie, la Lettonie, la Lituanie et le Népal,l'IPSF a eu l'honneur d'être mise en vedette dans la section "PartnersHighlight" du site web de Stop TB en avril 2006.

La Journée Mondiale de la Santé, le 7 avril dernier, avait commethème: "Travailler ensemble pour la santé" (Working together forhealth). Cette journée vise à faire la promotion du rôle des profes-sionnels de la santé dans les systèmes de santé. Ce thème a été bienintégré par l'IPSF et appuie la campagne traditionnelle de laPromotion de la profession pharmaceutique (Pharmacy ProfessionAwarness Campaign) de l'IPSF. Les premiers résultats de l'équipe d'étude de l'IPSF au sein de l'OMS,Moving On III, révéleront, un peu plus tard cette année, des donnéessur les intentions de mobilité et de migration des étudiants endernière année de pharmacie.

L'IPSF continue l'application du "Code of Practice on Tobacco Controlfor Health Professional Organisations". Une campagne sur le thème:Le tabac: Mortel sous toutes ses formes ou déguisements sera lancéeun peu partout dans le monde lors de la Journée Mondiale SansTabac, le 31 mai 2006. L'IPSF fait la promotion continue d'un envi-ronnement sans tabac auprès de ses membres, observe les habitudesliées au tabac à l'aide de sondages distribués au sein de la commu-nauté étudiante en pharmacie et organise des ateliers éducatifs lorsd'évènements IPSF.

En 2006, jusqu'à six étudiants en pharmacie ou jeunes diplômésauront l'opportunité de travailler en tant qu'interne IPSF dans lecadre du Partenariat WHO Stop TB et au Service Politique et NormesPharmaceutiques de l'OMS. Des 32 candidats ayant postulé, lesinternes sélectionnés seront annoncés très bientôt.

L'Assemblée de la Santé Mondiale (WHA) aura lieu fin mai à Genève.En tant que membre du Groupe Consultatif Ad Hoc de l'OMS sur laPromotion de la Santé (WHO Ad Hoc Advisory Group on HealthPromotion), l'IPSF prendra part à l'organisation d'une session de brief-ing sur le thème "From Vision to Action", De la Vision à l'Action, oùl'on mettra l'emphase sur le rôle des organisations non-gouverne-mentales (ONG) dans l'implantation de programmes de promotion dela santé au niveau national. L'IPSF rencontrera de nouveau ses parte-naires lors de la WHA afin de faire le compte-rendu des activités del'IPSF et discuter des collaborations à venir.

Vers la fin de l'année 2006, l'IPSF concentrera ses efforts sur laJournée Mondiale du Diabète et la Journée Mondiale du VIH/SIDA,respectivement le 14 novembre et le 1er décembre 2006. Le pland'ensemble des activités de l'IPSF à ce sujet est déjà en cours de pré-paration.

L'OMS offre aux étudiants et jeunes diplômés en pharmacie de bellesopportunités de connaître la santé publique et les moyens de mettreen oeuvre les programmes de santé publique. L'IPSF compte égale-ment apporter ces opportunités à ses membres à l'avenir.

Le Fond de Développement de l'IPSF a été créé dans le but d'aider lesétudiants ne pouvant participer aux évènements IPSF pour desraisons financières. Le principal but du Fond de développement estde donner à tous les étudiants la même chance de participer active-ment aux activités de l'IPSF.

Un peu plus tôt cette année, le Fond de Développement a octroyéune bourse à deux candidats pour le DF afin de leur permettre departiciper au 52e Congrès Annuel de l'IPSF à Cairns, en Australie. Les2 candidats ayant reçu cette bourse sont Juris Zakrevskis de laLettonie et Ganesh Subedi du Népal. Bravo à tous les deux! Récemment, Uttam Budhathoki du Népal a reçu une bourse de valeurégale aux frais d'inscription afin de lui permettre de participer au 5eSymposium Pharmaceutique de l'IPSF, section Asie Pacifique àBandung, en Indonésie. Félicitations Uttam!Le sous-comité du Fond de Développement espère pouvoir vousprésenter prochainement de nouvelles opportunités à saisir par l'en-tremise du Fond de Développement. Restez branchés...

Le Programme d'échanges étudiants de l'IPSF (SEP) a déjà commencéla 2e moitié de l'année SEP 2005-06. Les étudiants s'étant inscrits auSEP sont de plus en plus excités puisque la plupart des échanges ontlieu dans les mois à venir.

Cette année, de 570 étudiants se sont inscrits pour participer au SEPen provenance et pour aller dans les 42 pays participants au pro-gramme. De 420 étudiants ont reçu la confirmation de leur place-ment afin de travailler en officine (pharmacie communautaire), enpharmacie hospitalière, en industrie pharmaceutique ou enrecherche dans un pays étranger. L'IPSF espère réussir à trouver dessites hôtes pour au moins 80% des étudiants inscrits au programme.

Au début du mois d'avril, le Comité du SEP a annoncé avec plaisir laremise de la bourse SEP à cinq étudiants. L'objectif de cette bourseest d'aider les étudiants ayant des ressources financières limitées àcouvrir les frais de transport pour se rendre dans le pays où l'échangea lieu. Les récipiendaires sont: Tomislav Aleksic et Slavisa Stojkovicde la Serbie-Montenegro, Katarzyna Anna Kosicka de la Pologne, AnaJovanovicova de la République Tchèque et Letricia Barbosa Pereiradu Portugal.

L'IPSF souhaite à tous les étudiants en échange, à tous les Officierslocaux et nationaux du SEP (SEO) et à tous les hôtes, en pharmacieet en établissement public ou privé, des moments inoubliables dansle cadre du Programme d'Echanges Etudiants de l'IPSF.

Le projet indien de la TB Fact Card s'est terminé dernièrement àMumbai, en Inde. Le modèle de projet étudié a déjà reçu la recon-naissance internationale comme nouveau mécanisme potentielle-ment applicable dans le combat contre la tuberculose. Plus de 220patients avec un diagnostic confirmé de tuberculose ont été recrutéspour participer au projet.

Ce projet impliquait la distribution des médicaments antituberculeuxpar des pharmaciens communautaires dans des installationsrégulières sur une période de six mois: Les pharmaciens ont égale-ment fait un monitorage du poids des patients tout en leurprodiguant des conseils nutritionnels. La participation des étudiantsen pharmacie au projet était dirigée par Yash Jalundhwala, un étu-diant du Bombay College of Pharmacy. Yash présentera un exposé surle projet lors du 52e Congrès Mondial IPSF en Australie, et lors du66e Congrès Annuel de Pharmacie et de Sciences Pharmaceutiques auBrésil. Vous pouvez suivre les développements du projet en ligne àl'adresse suivante: www.pharmacistsfighttb.org. Un compte-renducomplet sera bientôt disponible.

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Bourses du Fond de Développement (DF) pour le congrès IPSF

Etudiants, échanges et perspectives

Fin du Projet de la Carte des Faits sur laTuberculose (TB Fact Card) à Mumbai

Collaboration entre l'IPSF et l'OrganisationMondiale de la Santé

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El Fondo de Desarrollo (FD) de IPSF fue creado con el objetivo deayudar a aquellos estudiantes que no están en posibilidades de asis-tir a algún evento de IPSF por razones financieras. El principal obje-tivo del Fondo de Desarrollo es brindar a cada estudiante de farma-cia una oportunidad equitativa para participar plenamente en lasactividades de IPSF.

En Este año el FD previo a dos estudiantes que solicitaron la ayudapara asistir al 52° Congreso anual de IPSF en Cairos, Australia. Losbeneficiados son Juris Zakrevskis de Latvia y Ganesh Subedi deNepal. ¡Felicidades a ambos! Más recientemente, Uttam Budhathokide Nepal fue premiado con el costo de inscripción para el 5°Simposio Regional Asia - Pacífico en Bandung, Indonesia. ¡FelicidadesUttam!

El comité del FD espera otorgar nuevas oportunidades muy pronto.Mantente alerta

El programa de intercambio estudiantil (SEP) de IPSF ha comenzadosu segunda mitad correspondiente al periodo 2005- 2006. Los estu-diantes que solicitaron participar del SEP están más emocionadosdebido a que la mayor parte de los intercambios se lleva a cabo eneste periodo. Este año, 570 estudiantes enviaron sus solicitudes alSEP, siendo 42 países los que se encuentran involucrados en el pro-grama. Para mediados de abril, 420 estudiantes han sido colocadospara desarrollar sus actividades en farmacias comunitarias, hospita-larias, industria farmacéutica o investigación en varios países. IPSFbusca la manera de encontrar lugar para al menos el 80% de las solic-itudes que se envían.

A inicios de abril el Comité del SEP anunció felizmente a los 5ganadores de la beca SEP. El objetivo de esta beca es ayudar a losestudiantes de farmacia con recursos económicos limitados a cubrirlos costos para trasladarse al país en donde realizarán su estancia.Los estudiantes favorecidos este año son: Tomislav Aleksic y SlavisaStojkovic de Serbia y Montenegro; Katarzyna Anna Kosicka dePolonia, Ana Jovanovicova de la Républica Checa, y Letricia BarbosaPereira de Portugal.

IPSF les desea a todos los estudiantes de intercambio, a los encarga-dos de intercambio estudiantil a nivel local y nacional, a las farma-cias e instituciones que recibirán a los estudiantes, grandes momen-tos inolvidables en el marco de este grandioso programa de inter-cambio.

El proyecto de la 'tarjeta de hechos sobre la tuberculosis' ha conclu-ido recientemente en Mumbai, India. El modelo estudiado harecibido reconocimiento internacional como un nuevo mecanismocon potencial para luchar contra la tuberculosis (TB). Más de 220pacientes con tuberculosis confirmada fueron reclutados para partic-ipar en el proyecto. El proyecto involucró a farmacéuticos comuni-tarios para la dispensación de medicamentos contra TB en instala-ciones regulares por más de seis meses

Los farmacéuticos también monitorearon el peso de los pacientes yprevieron consejo nutricional. La participación de los estudiantesde farmacia en el proyecto estuvo conducido por Yash Jalundhwala,estudiante del Colegio de Farmacia de Bombay. Yash estará presen-tando más detalles sobre el proyecto en el próximo congreso inter-nacional de IPSF en Australia, y durante el congreso de farmacia yciencias farmacéuticas en Brasil. Puedes seguir los avances delproyecto en línea en www.pharmacistsfighttb.org. Muy pronto estarádisponible un reporte completo.

IPSF sigue colaborando de cerca con la Organización Mundial de laSalud (OMS). En enero, tres miembros de Comité Ejecutivo de ISPF,Yoko Gocho, Katja Hakkarainen y Juha Mönkäre, representaron a IPSFen la reunión del Comité Ejecutivo de la OMS en Ginebra, Suiza.Ellos compartieron ideas sobre los proyectos de salud pública de IPSF,con contactos en la OMS.

Motivada por la Alianza OMS para frenar la tuberculosis (TB), IPSFcelebró el día mundial de la TB el 24 de Marzo. Después de la imple-mentación de varias compañas sobre TB en varios países, incluyendoIndia, Indonesia, Latvia, Lituania y Nepal, IPSF fue promovido a lasección de alianzas deslumbrantes en el sitio web del 'STOP TBPartnership' en abril de este año.

El día mundial de la salud con el tema 'Trabajando juntos para lasalud' promovió el papel de los profesionales de la salud en los cuida-dos de la salud el 7 de abril de este año. El tema fue bien adoptadopor IPSF y fue respaldado por la campaña de información sobre laprofesión farmacéutica de lPSF. Los primeros resultados de IPSF fueel estudio 'en movimiento III', el cual a finales de este año propor-cionará información sobre las intenciones de migración de los estu-diantes de farmacia en su último año.

IPSF sigue implementando el 'Código de práctica en el control detabaco para organizaciones de profesionales de la salud'. Campañascomo 'Tabaco: mortal encualquier forma o disfraz'han sido bien desarrol-ladas en diferentespartes del mundo duranteel día mundial del notabaco (31 de mayo de2006). IPSF también con-tinuamente promueve losespacios libres del humode tabaco entre susmiembros, buenoshábitos en los estudiantes de farmacia, y coordina la organización detalleres educativos durante los eventos de IPSF.

En el 2006, hasta 6 estudiantes de farmacia y jóvenes graduados ten-drán la oportunidad de trabajar como pasantes en la Alianza OMSpara frenar la TB y en el Departamento de Políticas de Medicamentosy Estándares. Se recibieron 32 solicitudes, los elegidos serán anun-ciados muy pronto.

La Asamblea Mundial de la Salud (AMS) tendrá lugar en mayo enGinebra. Como miembro de grupo consejero ad-hoc de la OMS en laPromoción de la Salud, IPSF tomará parte en la organización de unapequeña sesión con el tema 'De la visión, hasta la actuación', dondeel papel de las organizaciones no gubernamentales en la imple-mentación de programas de promoción a la salud a nivel nacionalserá reconocidas. IPSF se reunirá nuevamente con sus contactos enla OMS para reportar las actividades realizadas y discutir futurascolaboraciones.

Para el final del 2006, IPSF centrará sus esfuerzos en el día mundialde la diabetes y sida (14 de noviembre y 1° de diciembre respecti-vamente). Guías para las actividades de IPSF se encuentran enpreparación.

La OMS brinda grandes oportunidades para estudiantes de farmacia yjóvenes graduados, para aprender sobre salud pública e implementarprogramas de salud. IPSF se encargará de acercar estas oportu-nidades cada vez más.

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Estudiantes, Intercambios y Perspectivas

Colaboración de IPSF con la Organización Mundialde la Salud

Proyecto de 'Tarjeta sobre hechos de laTuberculosis' concluye en Mumbai


The past few months have included intensive planning of future events taking place in May, June,July and August this year, and later in 2007. IPSF was proud to co-host the 1st World Medical andPharmacy Students’ Symposium, to be followed by the 2nd World Healthcare Students’Symposium in 2007.

1st World Medical and Pharmacy Students'Symposium, World MaPS

An event. Five days. Two years of preparation. 250 partic-ipants from all over the globe. During 7th-12th November2005, the 1st World Medical and Pharmacy Students'Symposium (WorldMaPS) was held. Malta proudly hostedthis event with tremendous help from the Joint WorkingGroup (JWG) consisting of IPSF, the InternationalFederation of Medical Students' Associations (IFMSA), theEuropean Pharmaceutical Students' Association (EPSA),and the European Medical Students Association (EMSA).

The Organising Committee had prepared quite a few sur-prises. It all started with the opening ceremony where theaudience was presented with a movie about Malta.Speeches from the JWG, Organising Committee, Universitydignitaries and President Emeritus followed. The partici-pants were then transported to dine at the VallettaWaterfront for the start of a fabulous saga of WorldMaPScelebrations.

The next day began the educational programme.Presentations included topics such as "Working inPartnership" by Caroline Kelham, and a role play activityby Professor Ian Bates. These were followed by the pres-entation "Models of Practice in Healthcare Partnerships,"by Professor Catherine Duggan, and a final session whereparticipants played the game "Who am I?". The day endedwith a great party at our most famous salsa club where thedisk jockey kept us up and the party alive until three in themorning.

The following morning started with a presentation by EMSAabout important areas of awareness and prevention, aswell as the workshops "Medical Errors" and "InformaticsModels". The afternoon was free for the participants tostay and relax at the hotel or visit Mdina. In the evening,attendees arrived at the local club Amazonia, with mostwearing bed sheet togas for the theme, 'The lost city ofAtlantis'.

The next day was packed with educational sessions, start-ing with a presentation "Inter-professional Education", byProfessor McCrorie. Quality in education was the theme ofthe afternoon sessions where projects from various coun-tries were presented. The evening was "International Foodand Drinks" night where we could have a taste of each oth-ers' culture, food, drinks and games.

The last day was Public Health Day, organised by IPSF.Topics included HIV and tuberculosis, presented by WHO.Students discussed a multidisciplinary teamwork pro-gramme previously held in Slovenia, tobacco awarenesscampaigns held in Serbia, and a Teddy Bear Hospital. Theevening started with the closing ceremony and an extralong photo session. The participants met in the restaurantfor the Gala Dinner and later we had our 70's party at theBeach Heaven club.

All good things come to an end, and the most awaitedevent of 2005 was over. Participants enjoyed themselvesand theO r g a n i s i n gCommittee wasglad to havehosted such agreat crowd andorganised such ap r e s t i g i o u se v e n t .Congratulationsand good luck to Portugal who have won the bid for thenext World Healthcare Students Symposium in 2007.www.worldmaps2005.com

Francesca ButtigiegVice-President WorldMaPS 2005 Organising Committee




The highly educational and professionally rewarding eventwill challenge young pharmacists and students to developtheir clinical knowledge and communication skills, thefinal presentations held after the forum on July 22.

NAPSA is thrilled to have this first class international stu-dent event right on our doorstep. However, none of itwould be possible if it weren't for our sponsors, domesticorganisations donating time, advice, direction and finan-cial support. The event is organised by NAPSA and IPSF,working with the Pharmacy Guild of Australia as thePlatinum Sponsor, the Pharmaceutical Society of Australiaand James Cook University School of Pharmacy as GoldSponsors and Pharmaceutical Defence Limited as SilverSponsor. Programme sponsors include Alphapharm,Symbion, the Society of Hospital Pharmacists of Australia,and Therapeutic Guidelines.

Joseph WhitehouseChairperson of 52nd IPSF Congress Organising Committee

After the fantastic feedback from the introduction to theconcept of Training the Trainers (TtT), IPSF is working tobring capacity building to our organisation. TheInternational Federation of Medical Students' Association(IFMSA) has been running the TtT programme for severalyears and presented the concept to IPSF members at the51st IPSF Congress in Bonn, Germany, in 2005. TtT picks upwhere academia leaves off, providing opportunities forstudents' professional development. Many academic pro-grams focus on providing a strong understanding of sciencebut neglect many of the practical components of pharma-cy.

The concept of TtT stems from the need to provide mem-bers with the skills they need to work within an organisa-tion. Members who attend training sessions participateinteractive sessions to experience and discuss issuesaround team building, communication skills, goal setting,presentation skills and time management, to name a few.Discussions on topics such as chairing meetings, develop-ing project plans and SWOT (Strengths, Weaknesses,Opportunities, Threats) analysis add to the experience ofIPSF members. Members are provided with the tools toexpand the work of their member organisations and ulti-mately IPSF. Members who are trained at IPSF congresswill then be trainers within their region. Trained trainerswill have the skills required to facilitate training sessionsand broaden the number of IPSF members engaged in

organisational development.

In order to continue to expand theprofession and organisations, proj-ects such as TtT pioneer the way tonew opportunities and horizons forIPSF and the profession of pharma-cy.

Ellen DiedrichsenIPSF Chairperson of PharmacyEducation 2005-06

Preparations are building for the 52nd IPSF Congress, to behosted by the National Association of Pharmacy Students ofAustralia (NAPSA) in Cairns this year. From the 12th to23rd of July, the Far North Queensland capital will becrawling with young pharmacy professionals from dozensof countries.

The congress has captured the attention of pharmacy stu-dents from all over the world, with over 250 people regis-tered for the event. The congress is to be held primarily atthe Cairns campus of James Cook University, with the cen-trally located Gilligan's Backpackers providing the accom-modation and nightlife. The 10 day programme includesample opportunity to tour the plethora of attractions sur-rounding the city, interspersed amongst seminars, work-shops, the IPSF General Assembly and other educationaland official sessions.

The final two days of the congress programme is com-pletely educational, with the Pharmacy Symposium on July21 and 22. Two separate themes are addressed, incorpo-rating expert speakers from Australia and overseas. Thefirst day focuses on "Clinical Practice Skills and PharmacyEducation", with plenary sessions from Professor Ian Batesand Professor Catherine Duggan (both from the Universityof London) as well as Professor Jennifer Marriot (VictorianCollege of Pharmacy) and Adam Phillips (University ofSouth Australia and Pharmaceutical Society of AustraliaNational Councillor). The afternoon provides delegateswith the opportunity to choose from a selection of work-shops, focussing on Wound Management in Diabetes (GeoffSussman), Advances in Diabetes Management (NationalPrescribing Service), Professional Development, PracticalHome Medicines Reviews (Simon Bell, University ofSydney) and IPSF-lead session on pharmacy education.

The focus for the second day of the Pharmacy Symposiumis "Provision of Health Care in Rural and Remote Settings",looking at this very challenging topic from both anAustralian and an international perspective. With the dayto be moderated by Emeritus Professor Lloyd Sansom,attendees will hear from an array of experienced profes-sionals, including Bhavini Patel (Royal Darwin Hospital),Lance Emerson (Pharmacy Guild of Australia) and ProfessorGreg Duncan (Victorian College of Pharmacy). The plenarysessions culminate in a forum for the discussion on themany issues surrounding health care and medication sup-ply to communities in less-developed areas, aimed at stim-ulating involvement and awareness amongst young profes-sionals.

The Pharmacy Symposium is theplatform for the IPSF PatientCounselling Event, sponsored bythe Pharmaceutical Society ofAustralia and Alphapharm in2006. They have extended theirsupport for the Australian ver-sion of this event,with John Bellassisting with coordination andpresentation.

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and Tanzania, the programme has been implemented full-scale. At this conference, results of the SEAM programmewere presented with the public and private sector initia-tives of each country to enhance access to quality medi-cines and services. The final reports of the countries willbe published and each country will continue to developthe strategies that they had started with the SEAM pro-gramme.

In Ghana, the health care system is characterised by highprices, inadequate availability of drugs, and poor quality ofservice. The majority of pharmacies are in urban areas. Inrural areas the providers of medicines are the licensedchemical sellers. To improve the quality of the service,Care-shops (franchised chemical sellers shops) werethesellers have been trained to deliver medicines and coun-selling.

I prepared a poster presenting the campaign "Open youreyes, open your heart", implemented by FASFR Romania.The poster was displayed at the SEAM Conference Avenue,together with 40 other posters. The participants to theconference saw the posters during the coffee breaks.

Among the people I presented the poster to, I have to men-tion Emmanuel Alphonce, from the Ministry of Health -Tanzania Food and Drug Authority, who collaborated withIPSF for the Neema Project. I gave him an IPSF AnnualReport and we discussed about the Neema Project. He wasgrateful to the federation for this project which helped alot of people.

What can IPSF and pharmacy students do to improveaccess?I asked Keith Johnson, the director of the SEAM pro-gramme, what IPSF and pharmacy students could do toimprove access to medicines. His suggestions included:- Work to sensitise fellow students and faculty members aswell as others in your respective communities, to theproblem of lack of access to essential medicines in under-served populations - both in developed and developingcountries.

In December 2004, IPSF in conjunction with ManagementScience for Health (MSH) announced the HIV/AIDSAwareness Award to be given to an IPSF member for a suc-cessful and unique HIV/AIDS Awareness Campaign. Therecipient of the award was the Romanian PharmaceuticalStudents' Federation (FASFR) for the programme "Openyour eyes, open your heart". I was the national coordina-tor of the campaign, so I was entitled to represent FASFRand also IPSF at the "Strategies for Enhancing Access toMedicines" (SEAM) Conference, that took place in Accra,between 20th and 22nd of June, 2005.

Before the conference began, I had met Nana Mainoo,Contact Person of the Ghana Pharmaceutical Student'sAssociation (GPSA), and other two pharmacy students,David and George, who were excellent hosts in Accra. Theyshowed me their capital and gave me "fufu" (a specialAfrican food) to eat. We also had time to discuss about theway they study pharmacy, about the HIV/AIDS problem inGhana and their student organisations' programmes.

The SEAM Conference was about the health care system inAfrica, which is deficient in access, especially in the ruralareas. As a consequence, Management Science for Healthinitiated five years ago the Strategies for Enhancing Accessto Medicines (SEAM) programme, supported by a grantfrom the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. The overall goalof the programme was to identify and pilot innovative pri-vate-public sector initiatives to improve access to essentialmedicines. First, however, a definition of access includinghow to measure access had to be developed. This was donein late 2000 in collaboration with WHO and 40 experts. Theresulting model identified four dimensions of access tomedicines including geographic accessibility, availability,affordability and acceptability, with cross-cutting require-ments relating to quality of both drug products and phar-maceutical services. Using this model, the SEAM pro-gramme completed pharmaceutical sector assessments inBrazil (Minas Gerais), Cambodia, El Salvador, Ghana, India(Rajasthan) and Tanzania, and identified access gaps alongwith potential approaches to address those gaps. In Ghana

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National and local member associations of IPSF conduct activities in public health, professionaldevelopment and pharmacy education around the world. This Issue of the IPSF News Bulletinincludes articles of an IPSF Pharmacy Profession Campaign in Australia, an IPSF Clinical SkillsEvent in Serbia & Montenegro, IPSF Moving On III research in Zimbabwe and any more initiatives.



- Develop outreach and educational initiatives relating toaccess to essential medicines.- Organise and promote institutional and individual "twin-ning" initiatives that support enhanced access.- Encourage the addition of coursework and educationalprogrammes that focus on pharmaceutical managementand enhanced access to medicines.- Create internship and externship experiences that focuson improving access to essential medicines.- Consider pursuing a career path that would help improveaccess to medicines in underserved populations.- Work to decrease the "brain drain" from less developed todeveloped countries and to minimise its impact.- Support the sharing of experiences and resources, notonly between developed and developing country pro-grammes (north to south) but between developing countryprogrammes (south to south).- Develop new initiatives like the Neema project.- Continue and expand initiatives like the HIV/AIDS aware-ness programme.

I am grateful to IPSF for giving me the opportunity to moti-vate my team to begin the "Open your eyes, open yourheart" Campaign! I also have to thank MSH and the Bill &Melinda Gates Foundation for sponsoring the award, andespecially John Vivalo and Keith Johnson who had the ideafor the award.

Georgiana CorneaRomanian Pharmaceutical Students' Federation (FASFR)Romania

On 24th March 2006, while the world was in a full spirit tofight tuberculosis, Himpunan Mahasiswa Farmasi Unpad(Himafar Unpad) held a big campaign in Unpad, Indonesia,to fight and raise awareness of tuberculosis, both the dis-ease and the pandemic. The campaign was a great success.

On campaign day, Himafar members who are the studentsof department pharmacy Padjajaran University in Unpad,were separated into several groups. One group was incharge of a stand where people could learn more abouttuberculosis, how it spreads, how to avoid it, and how tobe cured from tuberculosis. People who visited the standadded their signatures to prove that they agree on theimportance of avoiding and gaining knowledge about thecare of tuberculosis. Another group carried a banner and aposter raising awareness of tuberculosis. The rest of the

students were in charge of distributing pamphlets contain-ing lots of information on tuberculosis. Our Himafar presi-dent, Rahmat Riyadi, used a microphone to address every-one present about tuberculosis.

"We collected more than 570 signatures of people who vis-ited thestand andgave them allthe pam-phlets con-taining theinformationon tubercu-losis. Itproves thatpeople herehave a stronginterest to fight against tuberculosis", said the chairpersonof the campaign, Christiyanti Dewi, at the end of the day.With this campaign, we now know that we as pharmacistshave to be more active in fighting tuberculosis, becauselots of people suffer from tuberculosis and others are indanger of being infected.

Rifki RadianHimpunan Mahasiswa Farmasi Unpad (Himafar Unpad)Indonesia

The World Tuberculosis Day (WTBD) and World Health Day(WHD) were celebrated in Nepal by the pharmacy studentassociation Forum for Pharmacy (FoP). The aim of theWTBD Campaign was to raise awareness of tuberculosis.Pamphlets related to epidemiology, transmission and treat-ment were posted in the different bulletin boards on TheUniversity premises. FoP also organised a small talk pro-gram addressing the "State of TB treatment in Nepal."

In April, WHD was celebrated in Nepal with the theme,"Working together for health." It was a day to make peopleaware of the pharmacy profession and the importance ofpharmacists in healthcare. Pamphlets requested from TheWorld Health Organization (WHO)-Nepal were distributedat The University. FoP also organised an IPSF PharmacyProfession Awareness Campaign (PPAC) targeting studentsin grades eight and nine in three schools.

The aim of the campaigns by FoP was to strengthen thepresence of the pharmacy profession and raise awarenessof the importance of pharmacists in health care. Withoutthe motivation of IPSF, FoP would not have been able toorganise such programmes successfully. FoP would like tothank IPSF and WHO-Nepal for their guidance and supportregarding the materials. We hope to continue receivingsuch support in the future.

Badri K.C.Forum for Pharmacy (FoP)Nepal

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pharmacy, particularly in rural areas within schools (TheSchools Campaign) and to promote future career optionsand further education for current pharmacy students (TheStudent Campaign).

Pharmacy Week 2006 will be conducted all aroundAustralia by all branches of NAPSA to reach out to the pub-lic. The Public Campaign includes focussing upon promot-ing disease states and wellness, including anti-tobacco,anxiety, diabetes, heart disease, asthma and weight man-agement. Pharmacy Students and volunteer pharmacistsstand side by side providing opportunity for the public togain free health testing and advice. The pharmacist willalways be present to ensure that they can be consultedabout any health or medication related queries. This pub-

lic face to the campaign makesan appearance in local news-papers and in pharmacymedia, not only promoting thecampaign itself but also thework and services of pharma-cists as part of the overallhealthcare team.

The Schools Campaign will involve pharmacy students vis-iting local high schools and undergraduate students pro-moting the careers within pharmacy.

The Student Campaign is a creative way to highlight anycurrent issues current to pharmacy such as "Our FutureSustainability" or "Careers in Pharmacy".

Pharmacy Week is a campaign we can involve our pharma-cy community - pharmacy students, pharmacists and phar-macy organisations. Many international friends have con-tacted me in regards to pharmacy awareness. The easiestapproach is to find out what you want to achieve from thecampaigns and creatively promote your value to your com-munity with very keen volunteers. Through five years oftrial and error we hope you can have as much fun as we'vehad!

Perlon LeungNational Association of Pharmacy Students of Australia(NAPSA)Australia

I am very proud to share this big initiative of the PharmacyStudents' Association of Taiwan (PSA-Taiwan) with all ofyou. PSA-Taiwan is translating the booklet Counselling,Concordance, andCommunication -Innovative Educationfor Pharmacists intoChinese. In 2005, thebooklet was launchedat the 51st IPSFCongress in Bonn,Germany, and the 65thCongress of theI n t e r n a t i o n a lP h a r m a c e u t i c a lFederation (FIP) inCairo, Egypt. Creatingthe booklet was a jointinitiative between IPSFand the FIP PharmacyInformation Section,who and currently collaborating with PSA-Taiwan to trans-late the booklet. Many specially recruited qualified phar-macy students are working on the translation while pro-fessional pharmacy organisations in Taiwan play an impor-tant role in quality control and advising. Printed copies ofthe translated booklet will be launched at the nationalPSA-Taiwan congress in 2006.

The translation of the booklet is our first step. In Taiwan,there has been no patient counselling training for eitherundergraduate pharmacy students or graduated pharma-cist. Inspired by the IPSF-FIP booklet on patient coun-selling, the Taiwan Young Pharmacist Group and PSA-Taiwan have created a continuing education curriculumwhere patient counselling training would be part of com-pulsory continuing education for young practitioners. Ourlong-term goal is to add IPSF Patient Counselling Eventsinto our undergraduate pharmacy education. In addition,in the future we plan to create our own booklet on patientcounselling, based on the IPSF-FIP booklet, which would betailored towards local trends and pharmacy practice.

I am very pleased to have a long-term plan for improvingpatient counselling. It will be great to put the plan intopractice. I am honoured to be the chair of the translationworking group in PSA-Taiwan. I will keep working hard tomake this wonderful dream come true.

Liu, Wei-Chih (Michael)Pharmacy Students' Association of Taiwan (PSA-Taiwan)Taiwan, China

The Pharmacy Week of the National Association ofPharmacy Students of Australia (NAPSA) is a pharmacyawareness campaign all pharmacy students can run.Pharmacy Week expands upon the original PharmacyProfession Awareness Campaign (PPAC) within shoppingcentres (The Public Campaign) to also promote careers in

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This year, for the first time in Serbia & Montenegro, theClinical Skills Event was organised by the NationalAssociation of Pharmacy Students - Serbia & Montenegro(NAPSer) in collaboration with a national medical students'association. The idea was that along with the practical useof knowledge gained throughout the curricula, we can alsopromote cooperation between medical and pharmacy stu-dents as future health professionals. The benefits of sucha symbiosis would be shown, as well as the conflicts thatmay arise when this cooperation is absent.

On the first Saturday, we organised a symposium wheremedicine and pharmacy professionals from different fieldsemphasised the inevitable progression towards a deepercooperation between these two professions in the future."The aim of both professions is to bring better health forpatients. With each other, we can provide significantlybetter health care then separately. It is our responsibilityto develop ways and fields on which we will cooperate,"concluded our mentor in the project and the Chief ofStudies, Branislava Miljkovic.



On the first Saturday, we organised a symposium wheremedicine and pharmacy professionals from different fieldsemphasised the inevitable progression towards a deepercooperation between these two professions in the future."The aim of both professions is to bring better health forpatients. With each other, we can provide significantlybetter health care then separately. It is our responsibilityto develop ways and fields on which we will cooperate,"concluded our mentor in the project and the Chief ofStudies, Branislava Miljkovic.

On the second Saturday, workshops attracted 20 partici-pants. Workshops were divided into five groups. Eachgroup consisted of two pharmacy and two medicine stu-dents. Two mentors were responsible for each group tohelp them solve the case. To each group a separate casewas presented and it was left up to the students alone todiagnose and select correct medication therapy. At theend, each group presented their case, diagnosis and med-ication therapy while other participants and moderatorsasked questions and judged which group solved their casesuperiorly.

For the symposium, around 140 students from both facul-ties participated. Thanks to our sponsors for not only pro-viding folders, pencils and a coffee break for all partici-pants, but also t-shirts for those who participated in theworkshops. The successful event was beyond our expecta-tions. All participants found their experiences to be quitevaluable and asked when the next Clinical Skills Eventwould be held.

Evidently, there is big demand for continuing education,practical use of gained knowledge, working in smallgroups, and getting up to pace with global standards amongstudents in our country. As a result of these needs, NAPSerwill continue towards implementing more events and proj-ects like this in the future.

Marko NiketicNational Association of Pharmacy Students - Serbia &Montenegro (NAPSer)Serbia & Montenegro

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I first heard about the Moving On II Project when I attend-ed the 51st IPSF Congress in Bonn. From the beginning Ithought it would be great to run the project in my Faculty,the University of Barcelona, Spain. After talking with sev-eral partners in the pharmacy association, Associacion d'Estudiants de Ciencies de la Salut (AECS), we decided toparticipate in the research this year.

During the distribution procedure we faced some prob-lems, as we had no contact with students from all thecourses. We decided to talk to the Head of PharmacyStudies in our University to ask for some assistance. Wethought this was the best way to get a good representativeresponse from students of the different years of study. Herinterest and support in this IPSF project has been great.

As English is not our first language, we decided that itwould be useful to translate the students' questionnairesinto Spanish and Catalan, our two official languages. Aftera long, hard, team-based procedure, we were finally readyto start data collection from our students. These transla-tions have been useful for the distribution in the wholecountry, and may be useful in the future for use in someCentral and South American countries. At this stage, morethan 250 questionnaires have been answered in our facul-ty. This project has generated a huge interest amongst theprofessors, the Faculty Direction and the students. Thereare great expectations about the results.

For me it has been great to be part of this internationalresearch team. It has also given me the chance to get toknow many people, from my faculty, other parts of Spainand overseas. I am really grateful for the good moments wehave shared.

Sara Saelices PrellezoAssociacion d' Estudiants de Ciencies de la Salut (AECS)Spain

As the national coordinator of the IPSF Moving On IIIresearch project in Zimbabwe and I am excited to be partof the project, which is very valuable in our current situa-

tion. Currently, Zimbabwe faces a critical shortage ofhealth professionals, including pharmacists. This has beenworsened in the past few years by a massive unilateralflow of the health workers from Zimbabwe, the main des-tinations being the United Kingdom, Australia and Canada.Recent migration trends now shift pharmacists to neigh-bouring countries such as Botswana, Namibia and SouthAfrica in the Sub Saharan Africa which some do not have atraining institute for pharmacists.

With only the University of Zimbabwe producing around 40graduates per year, and the mass exodus of experiencedpharmacists from Zimbabwe, there is a critical pharmacistshortage. The shortage has affected both public and pri-vate sectors where services of pharmacists are required,with the public sector most affected. Most health institu-tions, including referral hospitals, operate without theessential services of pharmacists, compromising patientsafety and quality of health care. In both public and pri-vate institutions, the critical shortage of pharmacists hassevere repercussions on the quality of pharmaceuticalservices, the development of the profession and healthservices in general as well as pharmacist job satisfaction.

Several factors influence on the decision to migrate, withremuneration disparities especially in Zimbabwe and otherAfrican nations being a key factor for migration. Accordingto the World Health Organization (WHO), the most impor-tant and first step in managing migration of workers is datacollection as it aids in good and effective policy develop-ment and implementation based on accurate and reliableinformation. Studying the reasons behind migration trendsthrough the IPSF Moving On III research project will help toprovide data on pharmacist migration, which is central inpolicy development and management of migration. Moststudies focus on migration of doctors and nurses but littleor no data is available regarding pharmacists and motiva-tional factors behind the trend. The information gatheredfrom the Moving On III project will be useful, not only forinternational comparison, but also at national level and forthe pharmacy profession in Zimbabwe.

Luther GwazaZimbabwe Pharmacy Students' Association (ZPSA)Zimbabwe


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Student Exchange ProgrammeThe majority of more than 500 IPSF Student Exchanges will take place between May andSeptember. IPSF Student Exchange Officers of France and Portugal describe their experiences inorganising exchanges. An IPSF intern at Stop TB Partnership tells about his work at the WorldHealth Organization (WHO).

Let us speak a little about the Student ExchangeProgramme (SEP) in France. We collect the files of theFrench students until the end of November, and inDecember we send them out to the foreign correspon-dents. The remainder of the year is occupied by promotionof SEP to students studying in 24 faculties of pharmacy inFrance. The promotion is done through articles in newspa-pers, conferences, flyers, and by the searching for trainingcourses and residences for the foreign students. We organ-ise training courses in dispensary, research laboratoriesand hospital. For housing we try to have free or low-costrooms. Last year the expense was approximately 70 eurosfor one month. The amount may vary each year accordingto availabilities.

It is necessary to be present and available for the recep-tion of the students. Therefore, foreigners are placed inthe city of the IPSF Student Exchange Officer (SEO). Lastsummer, they were in my city, Nantes, on the coast of theAtlantic. We also try to set up "local delegates" in othercities to increase our surface and our capacity of recep-tion. We received students in July and August, although itis possible also to come on other dates. Each student wasaccommodated straight after arrival to the city. After dis-covering their room and environment, I accompanied themto their place by training course or we contacted the per-son in charge for the training course. The schedules werewell arranged to also facilitate visits to downtown and thebeach! I organised meetings and dinners with French stu-dents as well as I could.

For me, with all dimensions of organisation, it was veryenriching to be in contact with so many countries, lan-guages and different cultures in such a short period oftime! It was very satisfying to see all the students leavingwith beautiful memories, many photographs and a smile ontheir face, thinking of the good moments they had justlived. I received very good feedback when they leftFrance. They were very well accommodated and sentpostcards to me as well as gifts, all very passionate!

Now we are ready to tackle a new year full of exchangesand discovery!

Ludivine Perrierl' Association Nationale des Etudiants en Pharmacie deFrance (ANEPF)France

I become very emotional when I look at photos of IPSFexchange students I have housed over the last three years.Here, I take another look at these flashing memories pass-ing me by, reminders of all the good moments I hadthroughout the years.

In my second year of pharmacy school, I accepted a posi-tion of the Local Exchange Officer (LEO) of our studentassociation. Since the beginning, I felt immensely motivat-ed with the IPSF Student Exchange Programme (SEP), as Ialways had an urge to meet new people of other national-ities and different cultures. I also felt that it was veryencouraging to have someone beyond the borders of ourown country that would support us during our stay abroad.

Due to great efforts of Associacão Portuguesa deEstudantes de Farmácia (APEF) and its five local associa-tions, Portugal was proud to be able to offer a very pro-fessional and cultural training for 53 foreign students lastyear. During the past three years all IPSF-SEP students whochoose Portugal have been provided with training and wel-comed with our warm Portuguese hospitality and our deep-rooted culture.

Hosting Exchange Students in FranceHosting Exchange Students in France

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During the past three years, I have seen my friends andSEP trainees happy with their experiences. I travel andaccompany them whenever possible. They quickly inte-grate into the everyday lives of our institutions and ourfriends, which always makes me cheerful. There weremany unique meals different from their own countries',cinema nights, and trips filled with conversations aboutdifferent methods and techniques of pharmacy educationthat vary from country to country. These talks were veryconstructive and satisfying. I was also heartbroken whenexchange students missed their loved ones. At the end ofeach exchange, it was always difficult to say goodbyebecause the exchange students had become a part of ourlives, our friends.

Today in my fifth grade and at the end of my studies, I amthe IPSF Student Exchange Officer (SEO) for Portugal. I amproud to continue embracing this honour and the wonder-ful academic spirit of SEP that has taught me so much. Imust thank IPSF, APEF, and the five local associations ofAPEF for all the hard work and support to make SEP possi-ble in Portugal.

This year, we await the arrival of our exchange studentswith open arms offering fabulous training. IPSF-SEP ismade for all students to gain amazing experiences livingand working in a foreign country. Take your chance whileyou still can!

Cátia GonçalvesAssociacão Portuguesa de Estudantes de Farmácia (APEF)Portugal

The advent of industry produced drugs is one of the mile-stones in the pharmacy profession: it was the beginning ofthe mass production of formulations that could suit to themajority of the patients in need. However, there is aminority of patients for whom these formulations are notsuitable. Fortunately, pharmacists have the skills and theexpertise to make drugs available to everyone who needsthem.

After participating in anIPSF essay competition Iwas enabled to undertakean internship at the GlobalDrug Facility (GDF) / WorldHealth Organization (WHO)for 3 months. WHO is thespecialised agency forhealth of the UnitedNations (UN) and has as itsmain objective the attain-ment of the highest level ofhealth by all people. GDF ispart of the Stop TB(Tuberculosis) Partnershipand aims to increase theaccess to tuberculosisdrugs. WHO is a member ofthe Stop TB Partnershipand hosts the organisation.

GDF has a list of drugs that are available to countries thatcan't afford buying them. This mechanism of supplyenables an effective treatment of tuberculosis and pre-vents further contaminations in developing countries. Theinternship addressed the deficiency of paediatric formula-tions on the list.

The topic embraces many problems. First, there is a lackof data on the incidence of TB in children worldwide, sofuture formulation demands are difficult to predict.Secondly, there is a lack of clinical research on TB drugs'usage in children, which makes dose recommendations dif-ficult to establish. In addition, industries are not keen toproduce paediatric drugs because they may not be prof-itable.

During the first part of the three-month internship, anextensive literature review on the topic took place, whichwas the cornerstone of the project. Afterwards, data wascompiled (children's metabolism, recommendations forpaediatric TB treatment) calculations were made (liquid touse with sachets, epidemiology on TB amongst children),and recommendations were presented (how encouragecompanies to produce TB paediatric formulations, how toeliminate crushed tablets as a formulation). The role of thepharmacist was emphasised, both as a compounding pro-fessional and as a valuable resource to assess the effect ofdrugs in children.

This project highlighted the role of the pharmacist inworldwide issues related drug usage and accessibility. Inaddition, it proved that the profession is a valuable part-ner in the health care team: while industry increases itsfocus on the majority, we should also keep an eye on theminority.

Luís Miguel LourençoWorld Health Organization InternPortugal


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It has been a while since I wrote for the IPSF News Bulletin and I feel the honour and pleas-ure to contribute again, as the Project Coordinator for the International PharmaceuticalFederation (FIP). In this article, I aim to introduce FIP to you. This will be the first of a seriesof articles to showcase key projects in FIP. Not surprising, you may find a similar IPSF feel tothem. Perhaps this is life after IPSF?

FIP is the global federation of national organisations of pharmacists and pharmaceutical sci-entists dedicated to improving the access to and value of appropriate medicine use world-wide, and contributing to changes in science, practice and health policies worldwide. Throughits member organisations, FIP connects, represents and serves more than one million phar-macists around the world. FIP works in partnership with the World Health Organization(WHO), national pharmacy representative bodies and other health related organisations to advocate and initiate actionacross a wide spectrum of public health issues. FIP initiatives have been developed to provide tools and direction for nation-al member organisations to implement strategies to better enable pharmacists to prevent disease, manage chronic diseases,and ensure the appropriate and safe use of medicines.

FIP Project: Technical assistance for the implementation of WHO/FIP Guidelines on Good Pharmacy Practice (GPP) in devel-oping countries

The overall goal of this project was to contribute to the health and well being of the populations in Thailand and Uruguaythrough improved standards and practice in pharmacy services, drug distribution and drug use.

For Thailand, one of the key challenges was to increase the number of government-accredited pharmacies. The project alsolooked into developing community pharmacy-based services.

For Uruguay, a proposal to create a Training Pharmacy within the University, open to the public had been developed.Pharmacy students would be trained in communication skills, drug dispensing and GPP in general. It was envisioned todevelop this pharmacy as a model for other pharmacies in the country.

Good Pharmacy Practice has its role in health promotion as we can see the potential of how developing and implementingprofessional pharmacy-based services can be beneficial to the patients and public. Community pharmacists are points ofaccess for health information and may serve to be crucial in the dissemination of public health services.

For more information, do visit www.fip.org.

Xuanhao ChanProject CoordinatorInternational Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP)


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The 5th PARS held inQuito, Ecuador in May wasa great success! Manygood memories andfriendships were createdby all the students whoparticipated. Thanks toJavier Logrono,Chairperson of PARS, andthe organising committee for all their hard work!

Karen McGillIPSF Chairperson of Pan-American Regional Office [email protected]://paro.ipsf.org

The regional offices of IPSF, the Asia Pacific Regional Office (APRO) and the Pan AmericanRegional Office (PARO), keep strengthening. New strategies will take place to further consolidateAPRO and PARO. Collaboration between IPSF and the European Pharmaceutical Students'Association (EPSA) maintains excellent, with a new Memorandum of Understanding to be signedsoon.

Membership promotion and participation has been thetheme for 2005-2006 of the IPSF Pan American RegionalOffice (PARO). The RegionalWorking Group (RWG) isworking hard to find andmaintain contacts within theregion. This year's RWGmembers are Karen McGill(Chairperson), Rocio Mendez(Relations Officer) andElizabeth Sarles (Secretary).An introductory letter aboutIPSF went out to many uni-versities within the regionand communication startedbetween the RWG and newcontacts in several coun-tries. Currently, the RWG ishelping countries pursuing membership within IPSF.

The next step in membership participation is the annualPan-American Regional Symposium (PARS). The new RWGgroup for is looking for a host country for PARS 2007. Withthe PARS host country, the RWG would like to create guide-lines for future conferences. These guidelines will makeorganising a regional event much easier. Incorporatingtraining into the PARS programme is being considered aswell.

Also for membership participation, a PARO newsletter willbe created. Student members will have a chance to tellabout their activities and success stories. The regionalnewsletters are meant to supplement, not replace, theIPSF News Bulletin.

Due to the language differences, many IPSF documents andother information have beentranslated into Spanish. Hugethanks to everyone whohelped to translate, especial-ly Nuria Blanch and the phar-macy students in Catalonia,Spain. In the future, an inter-national translation teamcould be in place to continuethis needed assistance.

The RWG is currently devel-oping a three-year strategicplan. This plan will have cer-

tain goals which future RWG members will be working toachieve. An action plan will provide direction and continu-ity for upcoming RWG officers. The top goals involve com-munication and membership promotion.

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Many exciting things are hap-pening in the IPSF Asia PacificRegional Office (APRO)!

Members of IPSF-APRORegional Working Group (RWG)attended the Asian regionalmeeting of the InternationalFederation of Medical Students'Associations (IFMSA) in Jakarta,Indonesia, from 24th to 28thMarch 2006. Taking part in themeeting was a great learningexperience, especially theIFMSA training session. IPSF is

creating a training program to develop skills of IPSFers,future leaders in health care. The first ever IPSF trainingwill be held over two days prior to the 5th IPSF Asia PacificPharmaceutical Symposium (APPS) in Bandung, Indonesia,in June 2006. The Chairperson of IPSF-APRO and theIFMSA-Asia Pacific regional coordinator singed aMemorandum of Understanding to take a step forward instrengthening collaboration between IPSF and IFMSA with-in the Asia Pacific region.

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Regions and Allied Organisations


Overall the meetingwas very successful.Thanks to JohnNguyen- my dearestAPRO Secretary whodoes everything forme, to AudreyClarissa- the mostactive and cheerfulAPPS Chairperson, toKeiko Sakurai andNancy Kerdrit to come along and helped me.

During my trip to Indonesia, I had a great opportunity to bepresent in a meeting of the Indonesian NationalOrganisation of Pharmacy Students. They are very inter-ested in becoming a full member of IPSF, just like they didback in 1979!

I also went to Bandung to personally meet the PharmacyDepartment Dean of Bandung Institute of Technology, DrTutus. He was very kind and looking forward to hostingAPPS in June. We discussed many points with the recep-tion committee and I felt that they are working very hardon every single detail.

APRO has been able to improve regional relations. We havestrengthened communication with our Indian members,the Indian Pharmaceutical Association (IPA). Ganesh Subedifrom Nepal, active Indian students and NenePatcharawadee as the IPSF-APRO Regional RelationsOfficer deserve big applause. We surely keep in touch withnew potential members, including China, Malaysia,Philippines and Vietnam. I am excited to meet Minh Le Thi,an IPSF Individual Member, and many other pharmacy stu-dents during my upcoming visit to Hanoi University,Vietnam.

I hope to see many of you in the 5th APPS in Bandung!Please read more about APRO in the upcoming issue of theIPSF-APRO e-Newsletter.

Jang Doungporn LeenanupanIPSF Chairperson of Asia Pacific Regional Office [email protected]://apro.ipsf.org

Regions and Allied Organisations

European Pharmaceutical Students' Association (EPSA) iscurrently preparing forthe biggest annual EPSAevent - 29th EPSACongress, which willtake place in Vilnius,Lithuania between 17thand 23rd April. Thisyear's theme is," P h a r m a c e u t i c a lLeadership - TeamManagement."

This year, Executive andOfficials have tried to enlarge the number of the EPSAprojects. Together with the European Association ofHospital Pharmacists (EAHP), we are starting the "StudentAward project," to encourage involvement in pharmaceu-tical science and hospital pharmacy. Students will have anopportunity to publish their research and projects in theEAHP journal and win a trip to the EAHP congress to expe-rience the development of hospital pharmacy. The last edi-

tion of the EPSA Newsletterfeatured the ScientificSection, which is written incollaboration with EuropeanMedical Students' Association(EMSA). We hope it willencourage students to sub-mit their research papers. Ifyou want to gain moreknowledge from the humani-tarian field, then theTraining Camps ofPharmaciens Sans FrontièresComité International (PSF-CI)might be interesting for you.EPSA took a challenge in

developing Training Camps, where students may receiveadditional knowledge about pharmacy to which they arenot exposed during their studies. This can help increasepractical education towards open-minded pharmacistsEurope may need.

Lastly, I would like thank to the IPSF Executive 2005-2006,especially Axel Thomas, Katja Hakkarainen and Gina Gál.They put a lot of energy from IPSF's side to improve thecommunication and collaboration between the associa-tions. I hope that next Executives will continue our workand even strengthen the bonds between EPSA and IPSF.

Jaka BrumenEPSA President 2005-2006

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How to Get Involved in IPSF?IPSF offers its members various opportunities to getinvolved in the federation, which span everything fromorganising activities at a local level to working abroad in aninternational health organisation. Member associations ofIPSF coordinate these activities at local and national levelsand inform their student members about internationalopportunities. If you are interested in getting involved,please contact the member association of IPSF in yourcountry or directly IPSF at [email protected].

Student Exchange ProgrammeThe IPSF Student Exchange Programme (SEP) is global pro-gramme criss-crossing students from all corners of theworld in the name of an international pharmacy experi-ence. Approximately 50 different countries participate inSEP, with upwards of 500 students placed in exchangesannually. SEP runs throughout the year, with the majorityexchanges taking place between May and September. Thelength of placements is usually from one to three months,and possible hosts include retail pharmacies, hospitalpharmacies, wholesale companies, pharmaceutical indus-try, schools of pharmacy, government, private health agen-cies, and even the World Health Organization (WHO). Theapplication process is simple and convenient - you canapply right online!

Professional DevelopmentIPSF is dedicated to developing the profession and increas-ing public awareness and appreciation of the pharmacist asa vital member of the healthcare team. The PharmacyProfession Awareness Campaign (PPAC) aims to increasegeneral awareness of the pharmacy profession amongstother healthcare professionals and the public. The PatientCounselling Event (PCE) and the Clinical Skills Event (CSE)provide opportunities for pharmacy students worldwide todevelop their skills and pharmacy education. IPSF providesmaterial and resources to its members to organise theseactivities in their countries. These activities are also com-monly organised at IPSF events.

Promoting Public HealthIPSF members are eligible to participate in all public healthinitiatives of IPSF, and receive support, advice, informa-tion and encouragement regarding their own public healthinterests, whilst increasing awareness of the pharmacist asa key player in public health. There are several main cam-paigns that IPSF encourages throughout the year. These

include HIV/AIDS Awareness, Healthy Living and Diabetes,Tobacco Awareness, World Health Day, and World TB(tuberculosis) Day. IPSF holds Official Relations with theWorld Health Organization (WHO) and through this part-nership, is able to develop campaigns, publicise efforts,and receive valuable resources and opportunities for mem-bers.

Research Projects: Moving On II and Moving On III IPSF is committed to original research in the area of phar-macy education and professional satisfaction. The MovingOn II research project is a global questionnaire-based studylooking into pharmacy students' academic experiences andpharmacy education. The Moving On III research projectstudies the "Brain Drain" phenomenon by surveying finalyear pharmacy students' intentions and aspirations tomigrate. Thousands of questionnaires for more than 20countries have already been analysed to be publishedsoon. New countries are welcome to join!

IPSF EventsOne of the simplest ways to participate is to attend one ofthe many events organised by IPSF. IPSF events offer edu-cational forums, scientific symposia, poster exhibitions,workshops about IPSF activities, and of course the oppor-tunity to socialise with peers from all over the world whilebecoming familiar with local culture. The IPSFDevelopment Fund grants students from less developedcountries opportunities to take part in these events byoffering travel support. Please check the events at theback cover of this IPSF News Bulletin for more informationon these.

IPSF PositionsEach year an Executive Committee of nine IPSFers is elect-ed at the IPSF Congress. Members of various Sub-Committees, working on developing the federation andsupporting its activities, are appointed. The RegionalOffices of IPSF have Regional Working Groups promotingIPSF at a regional level. Each Member Country elects orappoints an IPSF Contact Person and an IPSF StudentExchange Officer who represent their national or localorganisation in IPSF. These dedicated individuals work allyear so that their peers may have the opportunity toexpand their professional horizons. IPSF is always lookingfor hard working, dedicated students who would like toenthusiastically fulfill these roles.


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