IDA Solutions

Nicole Visser
Bionspoor 2003
3605 LV Maarssen
The Netherlands

Tel: +31 (0)346 581 783
Fax: +31 (0)346 581 789
Email: nvisser@idasolutions.org
Internet: http://www.idasolutions.org/


Courses on this page:    Managing Drug Supply in Developing Countries
Supply Chain Management of HIV/AIDS Medicines and Supplies
Monitoring and Evaluation of Antiretroviral Therapy Procurement and Supply Management System
Access to health care in Africa
La gestion optimale de l´approvisionnement des programmes de VIH/SIDA dans les pays en développement

Course Title Managing Drug Supply in Developing Countries/
La gestion optimale des médicaments pour les soins de santé primaires
Institution Maarssen: IDA Solutions
Country The Netherlands
Type Certificate / Short Course (up to 3 months)
Topics Management: Essential Drugs and Medicine
Language English, Français
Location Volendam, a historic village situated at less then 30 minutes from the center of Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Objectives/
Content
Major topics include drug policy and regulation, selection and quantification of drugs, procurement methods and strategies, quality assurance, kit distribution, financing drug supply, store management, inventory control, distribution strategies, drug supply management information systems.

  • To expose participants to modern management techniques of drug supply systems and to teach participants how to apply them to their own specific situation
  • To provide practical tools to decision makers in essential drugs programs to improve their level of performance
  • To encourage the exchange of views and experiences between senior officers and decision makers.
Next Beginning Annually
English version: October 6 - October 18, 2008
French version: Juin 23 - Juillet 5, 2008
Duration 2 weeks
Appl. Deadline English Version: September 6th 2008
French Version: Mai 2008
No. of
Participants
25
Participants'
Profile
Physicians, pharmacists, senior health system managers, and technical assistance professionals from Ministries of Health, non-governmental organizations, and donor agencies.
Methods Presentations, discussions, group activities, field visits
Cooperation The course is organized by IDA Solutions and partners.
Coordinator Nicole Visser
Tel: +31 (0)346 581 783
Fax : +31 (0)346 581 789
Email: info@idasolutions.org
Course fee 3600.-€
The fee includes transfer to and from the airport, hotel accommodation (single occupancy), three meals a day during the week and breakfast during the weekend, coffee and tea breaks, tuition, and course materials. Airfare, visas and health insurance are the responsibility of the sponsoring organization.
Scholarship Applicants are required to secure their own funding to cover course fee, per diem allowance, health insurance and travel expenses. Course providers do not provide funding for courses. To obtain funding, applicants should contact government or non-government agencies in their countries.
For further
information

Tel: +31 (0)348 489 630 or +31 348 489 643
Fax: +31 (0)348 489 659
Email: training@idasolutions.org
Internet English Version: http://www.idasolutions.org/index.php?p=training_detail&i=5
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Internet French Version: http://www.idasolutions.org/index.php?p=training_detail&i=2

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Course Title Supply Chain Management of HIV/AIDS Medicines and Supplies
Institution Maarssen: IDA Solutions
Country The Netherlands
Type Certificate / Short Course (up to 3 months)
Topics Management: Essential Drugs and Medicine
Healthcare areas: HIV/AIDS and Sexually Transmitted Infections
Language English
Location Pretoria, South Africa
Objectives/
Content
Course Objectives

  • To provide training in the areas of; planning, implementing, monitoring
    and evaluating the procurement and supply management of ARV delivery
    projects.

Specifics of the course are to:

  • Expose participants to issues specific to planning the procurement & distribution of ARVs
  • Provide program managers with skill in program planning and management,
    and to teach how to apply those skills in their own country
  • Provide practical tools to decision-makers in essential drugs programs to improve their level of performance
  • Exchange views and experiences amongst senior decision-makers
Next Beginning November 24 - December 6 , 2008
Duration 2 weeks
No. of
Participants
30
Participants'
Profile
The course is aimed at ARV program managers, physicians, pharmacists, health systems managers, procurement and distribution managers.
Cooperation WHO
Course fee Euro 2.600,-
For further
information

Tel: +27 (0)12 460 0914
Fax: +27 (0)12 460 0914
Cell phone : +27 (0)82 552 4227
Email: training@idasolutions.org
Internet: http://www.aa4a.co.za/

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Course Title Monitoring and Evaluation of Antiretroviral Therapy Procurement and
Supply Management Systems
Institution Maarssen: IDA Solutions
Country The Netherlands
Type Certificate / Short Course (up to 3 months)
Topics Management: Essential Drugs and Medicine
Healthcare areas: HIV/AIDS and Sexually Transmitted Infections
Language English
Location Volendam, a historic village situated at less then 30 minutes from the center of Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Objectives/
Content

Objectives:
• To discuss the major issues surrounding M&E of ART-PSM systems such as accountability, continuous improvement, sharing of “lessons learnt” and “best practices”, avoiding duplication through encouraging single M&E systems at country and regional levels;
• To provide practical tools to decision makers and staff working in HIV/AIDS programs to ensure accountability and to improve their level of performance;
• To encourage the exchange of views and experiences between senior officers and decision makers.
Aims:
The course aims to provide participants with an understanding of how indicators can be used as a tool for the purposes of M&E of ART-PSM. Using a participatory, hands-on approach, participants will acquire basic skills in developing and refining indicators that could be used in program design, monitoring, and re-design. The course participant should be prepared to play a leadership role in developing their own organisation’s M&E system after attending the course.

Next Beginning March 9 - March 15, 2008 - English version
May 18 – May 24, 2008 - French version
Appl. Deadline English version: 9th of February 2008
French version: April 2008
Duration 7 days
Coordinator Nicole Visser
Tel: +31 (0)346 581 783
Fax: +31 (0)8346 581 789
Email: info@idasolutions.org
Course fee Course fee is Euro 2600,- and includes tuition fee and materials, transfers from/to Amsterdam International airport, hotel accommodation, three meals a day during the week, Coffee and tea during course breaks.
Scholarship Applicants are required to secure their own funding to cover course fee, per diem allowance, health insurance and travel expenses. Course providers do not provide funding for courses. To obtain funding, applicants should contact government or non-government agencies in their countries.
For further
information

Tel: +31 (0)348 489630
Direct line: +31 (0)348 489643
Fax: +31 (0)348 489659
E-mail: training@idasolutions.org
Internet: http://www.idasolutions.org/index.php?p=training_detail&i=1
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Course Title Access to health care in Africa
Institution Maarssen: IDA Solutions
Country The Netherlands
Type Conference
Topics Management: Essential Drugs and Medicine
Healthcare areas: HIV/AIDS and Sexually Transmitted Infections
Language English
Location Cape Town, South Africa.
Objectives/
Content

ARV Access for Africa, a subsidiary of IDA Solutions in the Netherlands is proud to announce a symposium/ aimed at examining and solving some of the current challenges to the reliable supply, quality of care and effective use of HIV/AIDS and related medicines and diagnostics, and capacity development. The main challenges include quality assurance of medicines, the supply chain itself, including selection, procurement, pricing, licensing, medicines for children, the actual care which patients receive and the lack of human and other resource capacity.

Objectives:
The symposium will explore these challenges at a high level, contribute to the debate about them, challenge conventional wisdom about how best to deal with them and explore new directions in solving them. It will function as a forum for the dissemination of information about these challenges. It will provide a unique opportunity to take forward and achieve progress in their resolution.

Next Beginning 16 – 18 April 2008
Duration 3 days
Participants'
Profile
In addition to the participation of major role-players as discussed above, the target audience for the symposium is at country level, including directors and managers who report to national, provincial and state government political structures, as well as other high level representatives of organisations involved in these activities.
For further
information

Tel: +27 (0)12 460 0914
Fax: +27 (0)12 460 0914
Cell phone : +27 (0)82 552 4227
E-mail: training@idasolutions.org or info@aa4a.co.za
Internet: http://www.aa4a.co.za/
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Course Title La gestion optimale de l´approvisionnement des programmes de VIH/SIDA dans les pays en développement
Institution Maarssen: IDA Solutions
Country The Netherlands
Type Certificate / Short Course (up to 3 months)
Topics Management: Essential Drugs and Medicine
Healthcare areas: HIV/AIDS and Sexually Transmitted Infections
Language French
Location La formation se déroulera aux Pays-Bas, dans un confortable hôtel situé à moins de 30 minutes du centre-ville (Amsterdam)
Objectives/
Content

Les objectifs de la formation
• Exposer les sujets relatifs à la planification de l’approvisionnement & la distribution des ARV
• Acquérir des techniques de gestion des médicaments pour les mettre en oeuvre sur le terrain.
• Doter les gestionnaires d’outils pratiques de gestion pour renforcer/améliorer leur capacité d’intervention.
• Echanger les expériences individuelles des participants.

Principaux thèmes abordés:

  • Mécanismes de financement international des ARV
  • Guide de base pharmacie, VIH et antirétroviraux
  • Sélection des produits
  • Quantification
  • Planification des achats
  • Questions légales nationales et internationales
  • Budgéter les Traitements antirétroviraux
  • Assurance qualité des antirétroviraux
  • Qualification des fournisseurs et des produits
  • Stockage & gestion des stocks
  • Planification de la distribution
  • Usage Rationnel des Médicaments
Next Beginning Novembre 19 - Decembre 1, 2007
Appl. Deadline 19 Octobre 2007
Duration 2 semaine
Participants'
Profile
Cette formation professionnelle s’adresse à tous les professionnels multidisciplinaires ayant des responsabilités dans le domaine de la gestion des médicaments ARV ainsi que les conseillers techniques en la matière auprès des organisations gouvernementales et non gouvernementales.
Coordinator Nicole Visser
Tel: +31 (0)346 581 783
Fax: +31 (0)8346 581 789
Email: info@idasolutions.org
Course fee Le coût de la formation est de € 3500 ; sont compris dans ce prix :
La formation, Le matériel, Le transfert hôtel/aéroport, arrivée et retour (seulement valable le 19 Novembre et 1 Decembre), Chambre d’hôtel individuelle, La pension complète, Des excursions professionnelles et touristiques.
Scholarship Il est du ressort du candidat de trouver un financement, soit au sein de l’organisation qui l’emploie soit auprès d’agences gouvernementales et non-gouvernementales dans leurs pays, couvrant: la formation, le visa, l’assurance médicale, le voyage et les dépenses personnelles. En tant qu’organisateur, IDA Solutions ne peut pas procurer de financement aux participants.
For further
information

Tel: +31 (0)346 581 783
Fax: +31 (0)346 581 789
E-mail: info@idasolutions.org
Internet: http://www.idasolutions.org/index.php?p=training_detail&i=3

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