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WHO has designated the Digital Ethics Centre at Delft University of Technology as a Collaborating Centre on AI for health governance, reinforcing efforts to ensure ethical and responsible AI use in healthcare. The center will support WHO’s research, policy-making, and training initiatives, fostering trust, transparency, and innovation in digital health. Read more: https://www.who.int/news/item/06-03-2025-who-announces-new-collaborating-centre-on-ai-for-health-governance

Early in 2024, we participated in The Global Fund request for proposal TGF-24-47. We are happy to announce that our proposal was successful. This month we have signed an indefinite quantity contract with the Global Fund. The IQC covers Knowledge Management, Auditing and Inspection and Other Added Value Services. We look forward to conducting audits ...

Mise à jour de la littérature par Raffaella The following message is courtesy of Dr Raffaella Ravinetto, Public Health Department, Institute of Tropical Medicine Antwerp, Belgium. Dear Friends,  It seems that in 2023 I missed this document, “Global burden of preventable medication-related harm in health care“, which was a deliverable  from the Global Patient Safety Challenge: Medication ...

As part of our ongoing efforts to enhance coordination and response related to pharmaceutical assessments, we bring you this message. In Venezuela, Acción Contra el Hambre (ACH) and Médecins du Monde (MdM) Spain are working with Quamed to organise assessments of local pharmaceutical distributors. They will begin field-level coordination to identify organizations and suppliers interested ...

We are pleased to announce that Deltafarma Ecza Deposu has received a QCP GSDP certificate. Their operations are fully compliant with the WHO GSDP standards. Deltafarma is located at Yeşiloba Mahallesi 2. Cadde Adana Gida Sanayi Is Merkezi B Blok No. 11/2E, Seyhan in Adana, Turkiye. Their website is https://www.deltafarma.com.tr/. The certificate they received is ...

The following message is courtesy of our friends from the Be-cause health Dear Because Health Friends, We are delighted to invite you to the dissemination event of the PharmaChron project, titled “Access to Essential Medicines at the Primary Health Care Level in Conflict-Affected Regions of Northern Syria.” It is scheduled on 19/02, at 9.30-12.30 Belgian ...

Most people in the world access medicines through the private retail sector. This sector is essential for the distribution of medicines in many countries. This article examines their role in pandemic preparedness. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39881951

The following message is courtesy of Dr. Raffaella Ravinetto, Public Health Department, Institute of Tropical Medicine Antwerp, Belgium Dear Friends,  This is an important mailing for those who do research, education and policy support in the field of quality of medicines!  The WHO has issued at the end of 2024 a new report of the Global ...

The African Union Development Agency-NEPAD has officially become a PIC/S Associated Partner, marking a significant step in global cooperation on Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) standards. This partnership will enhance regulatory capacity, support African Medicines Agency (AMA) members in PIC/S accession, and train inspectors in GMP. Together, they aim to strengthen public health and harmonize quality ...