Creation of a pharmaceutical curriculum at the University of Antananarivo<\/h1>\n\u2014 Madagascar \u2014<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>BACKGROUND<\/span><\/h1>\nIn the early 2000s, with only 250 pharmacies to serve nearly 17 million inhabitants, Madagascar was facing an alarming pharmaceutical shortfall. A situation born of the absence of dedicated training since the country achieved independence in 1960, and which considerably slows access to, and proper use of, medicines. Authorities became concerned and, in 2005, decided to create a Pharmacy Department at the University of Antananarivo\u2019s Faculty of Medicine<\/strong>.<\/p>\nFondation Pierre Fabre was asked for help, as was Fondation M\u00e9rieux. With support from the University of Grenoble, the Foundation helped develop an educational curriculum over a six-year period. The first two years focus on basic science (chemistry and biology); the following three years on specialisation in pharmaceutical sciences; and the final year covers the broader pharmacy networks and hospital pharmacy work. The Foundation also funds the scientific and educational materials, as well as the assignments from the French visiting academics.<\/p>\n
The Pharmacy Department\u2019s main objective is to train drug professionals, primarily for the public sector. And, in 2010, the government opened several hospital pharmacist positions, which was a superb reason to welcome the young graduates of the first class in 2011. Of the 20 members of that class, two continued on to a doctorate level with the Foundation\u2019s financial support.<\/p>\n
Fondation Pierre Fabre is continuing its involvement to promote quality training with a view to helping improve the Madagascan public health indicators<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>KEY FACTS<\/span><\/strong><\/span>
\n_____<\/span><\/p>\nPriority<\/strong><\/span>
\nTraining of drugs specialists<\/span><\/p>\nProgramme<\/strong><\/span>
\nSince 2005<\/span><\/p>\nType of involvement<\/strong><\/span>
\nDistributor and operator<\/span><\/p>\nActions<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n\n- Instructional design<\/span><\/li>\n
- Funding for scientific and educational equipment<\/span><\/li>\n
- Funding and organisation of teaching assignments<\/span><\/li>\n
- Scholarship funding<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
Universit\u00e9 d’Antananarivo<\/strong><\/span>
\nFacult\u00e9 de M\u00e9decine
\nBP 375
\nANTANANARIVO 101
\nMADAGASCAR
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<\/span><\/p>\nGiven the shortage of pharmacists, Fondation Pierre Fabre has made tremendous investments in pharmaceutical education in Madagascar. This is the first time a dedicated department has been established at the Faculty of Medicine. Two classes have already graduated and two-thirds of those graduates have become pharmacists in public hospitals on the island. They have leading roles to play.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\nLuc Samisson <\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\nVice-Dean in charge of pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine, University of Antananarivo<\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>ACHIEVEMENTS AND FUTURE INITIATIVES<\/h2>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>Achievements<\/span><\/h4>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>2<\/span>
\n<\/span>French visiting professors\u2019 missions carried out in 2014
\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>1<\/span>
\n<\/span>scholarship to pursue a clinical pharmacology PhD in France in 2014 funded by the Foundation
\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>1<\/span>
\n<\/span>post-doctoral training in chemistry in France in 2014 supported by the Foundation
\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>![\"\"](\"https:\/\/dev.fondationpierrefabre.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/tp_faculte.25.jpg\")
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97<\/span>
\n<\/span>students enrolled in pharmacy PACES (Premi\u00e8re Ann\u00e9e Commune aux \u00c9tudes de Sant\u00e9) in 2014-2015
\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>6<\/span>
\n<\/span>years later, the 20 young graduates of the first class were offered hospital pharmacist positions
\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>Future initiatives<\/span><\/h3>\n<\/div>In 2015, Fondation Pierre Fabre has continued to support the University of Antananarivo so as to reinforce the pharmacy department\u2019s skills, making it autonomous by 2018.<\/p>\n<\/div>
<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>PARTNERS<\/h2>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n- Coop\u00e9ration fran\u00e7aise<\/a> (policy support, scholarship funding)<\/li>\n
- Fondation M\u00e9rieux<\/a>\u00a0(funding, instructional design)<\/li>\n
- Minist\u00e8re de l\u2019Enseignement Sup\u00e9rieur et de la Recherche Scientifique malgache<\/a> (direction, funding)<\/li>\n
- R\u00e9gion Rh\u00f4ne-Alpes<\/a> (funding)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
\n- Universit\u00e9 Joseph Fourier Grenoble I<\/a>\u00a0(consulting and teaching)<\/li>\n
- UFR des Sciences Pharmaceutiques – Universit\u00e9 Bordeaux Segalen<\/a> (teaching)<\/li>\n
- Facult\u00e9 des Sciences Pharmaceutiques – Universit\u00e9 Paul Sabatier Toulouse III<\/a>\u00a0(teaching)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
See also<\/span><\/h4>\n<\/div>
<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>BACKGROUND<\/span><\/h1>\n
BACKGROUND<\/span><\/h1>\nIn the early 2000s, with only 250 pharmacies to serve nearly 17 million inhabitants, Madagascar was facing an alarming pharmaceutical shortfall. A situation born of the absence of dedicated training since the country achieved independence in 1960, and which considerably slows access to, and proper use of, medicines. Authorities became concerned and, in 2005, decided to create a Pharmacy Department at the University of Antananarivo\u2019s Faculty of Medicine<\/strong>.<\/p>\nFondation Pierre Fabre was asked for help, as was Fondation M\u00e9rieux. With support from the University of Grenoble, the Foundation helped develop an educational curriculum over a six-year period. The first two years focus on basic science (chemistry and biology); the following three years on specialisation in pharmaceutical sciences; and the final year covers the broader pharmacy networks and hospital pharmacy work. The Foundation also funds the scientific and educational materials, as well as the assignments from the French visiting academics.<\/p>\n
The Pharmacy Department\u2019s main objective is to train drug professionals, primarily for the public sector. And, in 2010, the government opened several hospital pharmacist positions, which was a superb reason to welcome the young graduates of the first class in 2011. Of the 20 members of that class, two continued on to a doctorate level with the Foundation\u2019s financial support.<\/p>\n
Fondation Pierre Fabre is continuing its involvement to promote quality training with a view to helping improve the Madagascan public health indicators<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>KEY FACTS<\/span><\/strong><\/span>
\n_____<\/span><\/p>\nPriority<\/strong><\/span>
\nTraining of drugs specialists<\/span><\/p>\nProgramme<\/strong><\/span>
\nSince 2005<\/span><\/p>\nType of involvement<\/strong><\/span>
\nDistributor and operator<\/span><\/p>\nActions<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n\n- Instructional design<\/span><\/li>\n
- Funding for scientific and educational equipment<\/span><\/li>\n
- Funding and organisation of teaching assignments<\/span><\/li>\n
- Scholarship funding<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
Universit\u00e9 d’Antananarivo<\/strong><\/span>
\nFacult\u00e9 de M\u00e9decine
\nBP 375
\nANTANANARIVO 101
\nMADAGASCAR
\nwww.univ-antananarivo.mg<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/span><\/p>\nGiven the shortage of pharmacists, Fondation Pierre Fabre has made tremendous investments in pharmaceutical education in Madagascar. This is the first time a dedicated department has been established at the Faculty of Medicine. Two classes have already graduated and two-thirds of those graduates have become pharmacists in public hospitals on the island. They have leading roles to play.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\nLuc Samisson <\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\nVice-Dean in charge of pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine, University of Antananarivo<\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>ACHIEVEMENTS AND FUTURE INITIATIVES<\/h2>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>Achievements<\/span><\/h4>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>2<\/span>
\n<\/span>French visiting professors\u2019 missions carried out in 2014
\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>1<\/span>
\n<\/span>scholarship to pursue a clinical pharmacology PhD in France in 2014 funded by the Foundation
\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>1<\/span>
\n<\/span>post-doctoral training in chemistry in France in 2014 supported by the Foundation
\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/p>\n
97<\/span>
\n<\/span>students enrolled in pharmacy PACES (Premi\u00e8re Ann\u00e9e Commune aux \u00c9tudes de Sant\u00e9) in 2014-2015
\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>6<\/span>
\n<\/span>years later, the 20 young graduates of the first class were offered hospital pharmacist positions
\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>Future initiatives<\/span><\/h3>\n<\/div>In 2015, Fondation Pierre Fabre has continued to support the University of Antananarivo so as to reinforce the pharmacy department\u2019s skills, making it autonomous by 2018.<\/p>\n<\/div>
<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>PARTNERS<\/h2>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n- Coop\u00e9ration fran\u00e7aise<\/a> (policy support, scholarship funding)<\/li>\n
- Fondation M\u00e9rieux<\/a>\u00a0(funding, instructional design)<\/li>\n
- Minist\u00e8re de l\u2019Enseignement Sup\u00e9rieur et de la Recherche Scientifique malgache<\/a> (direction, funding)<\/li>\n
- R\u00e9gion Rh\u00f4ne-Alpes<\/a> (funding)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
\n- Universit\u00e9 Joseph Fourier Grenoble I<\/a>\u00a0(consulting and teaching)<\/li>\n
- UFR des Sciences Pharmaceutiques – Universit\u00e9 Bordeaux Segalen<\/a> (teaching)<\/li>\n
- Facult\u00e9 des Sciences Pharmaceutiques – Universit\u00e9 Paul Sabatier Toulouse III<\/a>\u00a0(teaching)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
See also<\/span><\/h4>\n<\/div>
Fondation Pierre Fabre was asked for help, as was Fondation M\u00e9rieux. With support from the University of Grenoble, the Foundation helped develop an educational curriculum over a six-year period. The first two years focus on basic science (chemistry and biology); the following three years on specialisation in pharmaceutical sciences; and the final year covers the broader pharmacy networks and hospital pharmacy work. The Foundation also funds the scientific and educational materials, as well as the assignments from the French visiting academics.<\/p>\n
The Pharmacy Department\u2019s main objective is to train drug professionals, primarily for the public sector. And, in 2010, the government opened several hospital pharmacist positions, which was a superb reason to welcome the young graduates of the first class in 2011. Of the 20 members of that class, two continued on to a doctorate level with the Foundation\u2019s financial support.<\/p>\n
Fondation Pierre Fabre is continuing its involvement to promote quality training with a view to helping improve the Madagascan public health indicators<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<\/div> KEY FACTS<\/span><\/strong><\/span> Priority<\/strong><\/span> Programme<\/strong><\/span> Type of involvement<\/strong><\/span> Actions<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n Universit\u00e9 d’Antananarivo<\/strong><\/span> Given the shortage of pharmacists, Fondation Pierre Fabre has made tremendous investments in pharmaceutical education in Madagascar. This is the first time a dedicated department has been established at the Faculty of Medicine. Two classes have already graduated and two-thirds of those graduates have become pharmacists in public hospitals on the island. They have leading roles to play.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n Luc Samisson <\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n Vice-Dean in charge of pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine, University of Antananarivo<\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div> 2<\/span> 1<\/span> 1<\/span> 97<\/span> 6<\/span> In 2015, Fondation Pierre Fabre has continued to support the University of Antananarivo so as to reinforce the pharmacy department\u2019s skills, making it autonomous by 2018.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
\n_____<\/span><\/p>\n
\nTraining of drugs specialists<\/span><\/p>\n
\nSince 2005<\/span><\/p>\n
\nDistributor and operator<\/span><\/p>\n\n
<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
\nFacult\u00e9 de M\u00e9decine
\nBP 375
\nANTANANARIVO 101
\nMADAGASCAR
\nwww.univ-antananarivo.mg<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>ACHIEVEMENTS AND FUTURE INITIATIVES<\/h2>\n<\/div>
<\/div><\/div><\/div>Achievements<\/span><\/h4>\n<\/div>
<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\n<\/span>French visiting professors\u2019 missions carried out in 2014
\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
\n<\/span>scholarship to pursue a clinical pharmacology PhD in France in 2014 funded by the Foundation
\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
\n<\/span>post-doctoral training in chemistry in France in 2014 supported by the Foundation
\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/p>\n
\n<\/span>students enrolled in pharmacy PACES (Premi\u00e8re Ann\u00e9e Commune aux \u00c9tudes de Sant\u00e9) in 2014-2015
\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
\n<\/span>years later, the 20 young graduates of the first class were offered hospital pharmacist positions
\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>Future initiatives<\/span><\/h3>\n<\/div>
<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>PARTNERS<\/h2>\n<\/div>
<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n
<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n
<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>See also<\/span><\/h4>\n<\/div>
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