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The EuroPharm Forum and the WHO Regional Office for Europe renewed the memorandum of understanding

At a signing ceremony in Copenhagen on 8 March 2012, Regional Director Zsuzsanna Jakab met with EuroPharm Forum President Dick Tromp to sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU). It is the second MoU between the two organisations as the first was signed in 2009. The Executive Committee of the EuroPharm Forum considers this an important milestone.

The important element of the 2012 MoU is the agreement to develop a common plan of action in the area of Non-Communicable Diseases as well as in the area of antimicrobial resistance. Based on Good Pharmacy Practice (GPP), the actions will be focused on implementation in order to improve patient outcomes.

At the signing, Regional Director Zsuzsanna Jakab praised the close relationship with the EuroPharm Forum and emphasised that the pharmaceutical area is among the most developing areas in health care. EuroPharm Forum President Dick Tromp highlighted the important documents the WHO develops, with a special emphasis on Health 2020 and the Tallinn document on Health systems. He communicated his satisfaction that the Forum had been consulted about these documents.

Present at the signing ceremony were (from left to right) Manager Nina Sautenkova, Pharmaceutical Policy, Director Hans Kluge, Division of Health Systems and Public Health, WHO Regional Director Zsuzsanna Jakab, EuroPharm Forum President Th(Dick)FJ Tromp, Professional Secretary Kirsten Holme, EuroPharm Forum, and Programme Assistant Lisbeth Linhardt, Pharmaceutical Policy.

To read the MoU, click here.


The new Executive Committee as per 15 October 2011 

From left to right: Back row: Balazs Hank๓ (Hungary), Kirsten Holme Christensen, Secretary (Denmark), Frans van de Vaart (The Netherlands), Dick Tromp (The Netherlands). Front row: Nina Sautenkova (WHO Europe), Arijana Mestrovic (Croatia), Lidija Petrusevska-Tozi (Macedonia FYROM), and Kaidi Sarv (Estonia). Carin Svensson (Sweden) was absent.


 
Report on the Joint conference for decision makers
Pharmacists' contribution to public health in noncommunicable diseases
29 June 2011
Budapest, Hungary
Medication can be safer and offer more value to public health if pharmacists take more responsibility in the area of noncommunicable diseases.

See the presentations here and the press release here.
The EuroPharm Forum General Assembly acknowledged the work of the participants in the conference and accepted the declaration on the Role of Pharmacists in Individual Patient Care.


 
 
 
Observatory on Pharmacy Practice
The EuroPharm Forum Observatory is a horizon-scanning tool and document library which is focused on pharmacy practice activities and development. We invites all pharmacy practice stakeholders to use and contribute to the Observatory.