ISIUM invites you to share your work at our third International Conference, Improving Use of Medicines in a Changing World, to be held in Kathmandu in November 2026. Submit an abstract for an oral or poster presentation and contribute to global dialogue on the quality use of medicines.
Submissions open 1 November 2025 | Deadline 16 March 2026
We are an independent nonprofit working to achieve the best use of medicines throughout the world.
We aim to inspire, encourage and empower people to work towards a better world in which we achieve the best use of medicines, giving medicines their rightful place in medical care.
ISIUM news
New ISIUM conversation available: Voices of experience on rational use of medicine
A new ISIUM Conversation recording is now available — Voices of experience on rational use of medicines … looking back, thinking forward. Hear reflections from leading figures in the Rational Use of Medicines movement.
September newsletter now available!
The latest ISIUM newsletter is now available to download here.
ISIUM conversations
ISIUM hosts a series of conversations – three or four each year – on topics of general interest to ISIUM members and the wider ISIUM community.
The general format for the conversations is for a short presentation to be given to ‘set the scene’, followed by a free flowing, but moderated, Q&A session.
ISIUM newsletters
ISIUM publishes two newsletters each year. These include articles on interesting and innovative projects and initiatives being undertaken around the world, profiles of individual members and their work, as well as any other important activities, meetings/webinars and papers being planned.
ISIUM conferences and other events
ISIUM hosts meetings and conferences. Read reports from previous meetings and conferences, including the last ISIUM Conference, which was held in Chiang Mai, Thailand on 28-30 October 2023.
What we do
The aim of the International Society to Improve the Use of Medicines (ISIUM) is to raise awareness and promote the best use of medicines throughout the world to improve health and the management of disease in human beings, including all situations that involve or affect health and the use of medicines in the wider environment.
We will champion change for best use of medicines in society at all levels by:
- Connecting – Establishing a platform to connect people of different backgrounds to share information
- Thinking – Analyse issues, develop and publish articles, identify and stimulate discussion
- Innovating – Invite enquiry into aspects of medicine to support the needs of people looking for previously unconsidered perspectives