Schedule for Dissemination workshop for “Tracing Pharma in South Asia”

Day One: Academic papers

  • 5th April 2009 | Summit Hotel, Kupondole, Lalitpur
    • 9:00am-9:30am: Introductory Remarks
      • Pratyoush Onta (Secretary, Martin Chautari)
        Roger Jeffery (University of Edinburgh, Scotland)
    • 9:30am-11:00am: Paper Presentation
      • 1. National (non-) regulation in a global pharmaceutical world
        Professor Roger Jeffery, Discussant: Prajwol J. Pandey (Corporate Executive, Lomus Pharmaceuticals)
      • 2. Trials and evidence in relation to health policy: The case of Tuberculosis in Nepal and India
        Ian Harper, Discussant: Sushil Baral (DfID)
    • 11:15am-1:00pm: Paper Presentation
      • 3. Labour Management: Oxytocin in the context of the Millennium Development Goals 
        Professor Patricia Jeffery and Petra Brhlikova, Discussant:  Dr. Rita Thapa
      • 4. Disputing Distribution: Ethics and Pharmaceutical Regulation in Nepal
        Nabin Rawal, Madhusudan Subedi and Ian Harper, Discussant:  Bhupendra B. Thapa (Chief Drug Administrator, MoH)
    • 2:00pm-3:30pm: Paper Presentation
      • 5. Prozac on the loose: Rethinking the "treatment gap" for depression in South Asia
        Stefan Ecks, Discussant: Mary Des Chene (Anthropologist)
      • 6. Global Burden of Disease measure for Depression – time for a rethink
        Professor Allyson Pollock and Petra Brhlikova, Rachel Manners
        Discussant: Dr. Pushpa Sharma (Associate Professor, Kathmandu University)

Day Two: Policy oriented presentations and media dissemination

  • 6th April 2009 | Summit Hotel, Kupondole, Lalitpur
    • 9:00 – 13:00: Presentations and discussion
      • Session Chair: Dr. Sharad Onta, Vice-Chair and Executive Chief, HIV/AIDS and STI Control Board
        General Discussion