Introduction
This journal package grants pharmacy- and healthcare professionals access to the October 2024 issue of the Bulletin of the World Health Organization.
Featuring 12 peer-reviewed, open-access articles, this journal edition keeps you updated on the latest global health policies, trends, developments, and research, making it invaluable for staying current with important advancements in the field.
[Open Access]
Who Should Enrol
All registered pharmacy- and healthcare professionals in South Africa.
Course Content
The October 2024 issue of the Bulletin of the World Health Organization include the following 12 articles:
Editorials
- A continuous improvement agenda for WHO’s normative and standard-setting functions
- Challenges for impact evaluation of WHO’s normative output
- Measuring the value of the WHO Model list of essential medicines
News
- Public health round-up
- Adapting emergency care guidance for better outcomes
- Julie Makani: leveraging innovation to tackle sickle cell disease
Policy & Practice
- A WHO remit to improve global standards for medical products of human origin
- Lessons from the Field
- Increasing immunization coverage, Solomon Islands, 2022
- Building sustainable capacity to adopt, adapt or develop child health guidelines, Malawi, Nigeria and South Africa
Perspectives
- Implications of living evidence syntheses in health policy
- Community engagement in WHO guideline development
- The case for mandatory – not voluntary – front-of-package nutrition labels
Certification
The assessment (MCQ) must be successfully completed to receive your certificate - two (2) attempts to achieve 70%.
The Quiz is based on the following three (3) articles:
- The case for mandatory, not voluntary, front-of-package nutrition labels
- Building sustainable capacity to adopt, adapt or develop child health guidelines, Malawi, Nigeria and South Africa
- Implications of Living Evidence Syntheses in Health Policy