Boost Your QA Skills: WHO GSDP Course Now FIP-Approved

We are delighted to announce that our “Implementing the WHO GSDP and MQAS Guidelines” course has been awarded the FIP Seal. You can read about our courses on the International Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP) microsite here. The course is accessible on the QUAMED Learning Platform (learning.quamed.org). The course will expand your expertise on pharmaceutical quality assurance. ...

Jason Bower Attends Oxford Meeting on Medicine Quality Research and Advocacy

On Thursday 24th October, Jason Bower from Quamed participated in the Informal Medicine Quality Meeting at the University of Oxford (UK). The meeting included presentations and breakout discussions on quality of medicines research, advocacy, and practical implementation. Thanks to the team from the Medicine Quality Research Group of the Centre for Tropical Medicine and Global Health at Oxford ...

QUAMED Learning Course 2 Inspections

Do you want to become a GSDP Auditor and help importers, wholesalers, and national supply agencies ensure product quality?  QUAMED Learning presents the first-ever eLearning course for pharmaceutical professionals that focuses on developing skills needed by a GSDP auditor. The course is funded by the Bureau of Humanitarian Affairs of USAID and is ‘FREE’ for ...

Know Quamed Learning

QUAMED Learning is the premier learning platform on pharmaceutical quality assurance. The platform is developed with support from the USAID – Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance and hosts self-paced eLearning courses, a helpdesk with resources and a global community of professionals. Join this webinar on 22nd August organized by QUAMED to provide information on how you can improve your ...

Assessing Essential Medicine Quality in Enugu and Anambra, Nigeria

This study examined 260 samples of 13 essential medicines in Enugu and Anambra, Nigeria, revealing that 25.4% did not meet USP 42 standards. Dexamethasone tablets had a 95% failure rate, and noncommunicable disease drugs showed higher non-compliance (21.2%) than anti-infectives (17.6%). OOS rates were similar between licensed vendors (25.2%) and market vendors (25.5%), with only ...

Alarming Findings on Essential Medicine Quality in Nepal’s Public Health Facilities

This an interesting study for those organizations that are supporting health facilities in Nepal. Assessment of Essential Medicine Quality in Nepal’s Public Health Facilities: Alarming Findings! A nationwide study reveals concerning results regarding the quality of essential medicines in Nepal’s public health care facilities. Only 13% of facilities followed storage guidelines, and 37 batches out ...

QUAMED Online Learning Platform

As previously announced, Quamed is working on an online learning platform with the aim to increase the knowledge and capability around the quality assurance of pharmaceuticals for staff working with public & private pharmaceutical suppliers and the national regulatory authorities. The development of this platform is supported by the Bureau of Humanitarian Affairs of USAID. ...

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QUAMED joins the Global Health Supplies discussion on Nov 28th 2022

The QUAMED director Ed Vreeke participates in the Joint UNICEF, UNFPA and WHO meeting with manufacturers and suppliers in Copenhagen ( 28 November-01 December 2022). The title of the meeting is Global Health Supplies: Paradigm Shifts in Market Authorization, Procurement and Supply Chains Approach. We are represented to learn more about the quality assurance systems of suppliers and the QA needs of procurers ...

PAHO GSDP & MQAS Training Program

QUAMED has signed a contract with PAHO to develop a GSDP (Good Storage and Distribution Practices) and MQAS (Model Quality Assurance Systems for Procurement Agencies) training program. To develop this training we are partnering with the Institute of Tropical Medicine and with the University of Western Cape as well as with individual technical specialists. The GSDP/MQAS training ...

ECOWAS Epidemiology Network

The ECOWAS has launched its 2018-2019 West Africa Epidemiology Network on Drug Use (WENDU) Report with an aim at effectively fighting illicit drug use and trafficking in the sub-region. This report contains statistics and trends of illicit drug supply and drug use in the region and will help the ECOWAS member states in developing programmes, ...

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