ISIUM conversations

Title: Measuring antimicrobial use to drive better decisions: Reflections from the Global Antimicrobial Surveillance System (GLASS)

This Conversation focused on the WHO Global Antimicrobial Resistance and Use Surveillance System (GLASS) platform and explain how countries use it to report national antimicrobial use data. 

Conversation leaders: 

Verica Ivanovska, WHO, Switzerland.
Nancy Seve, Medicines Control Authority,  Zimbabwe
Sabrina Yesmin, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Bangladesh.
Lilit Ghazaryan, Deputy Director of the Center of Drug and Medical Technology Expertise of the Ministry of Health of Armenia.

Moderator: Libby Roughead (Quality Use of Medicines and Pharmacy Research Centre, University of South Australia).

Title:In conversation with the Lancet Commission: Accelerating access to essential medicines

This Conversation focused on the challenges of improving the quality use of essential medicines, and will provide an opportunity for the ISIUM community to share its experiences, insights and views on the following questions:

• What new challenges have emerged in relation to the quality use of medicines over the past decade? 
• Why does the quality use of medicines appear to have received less attention in recent years? 
• What local insights or lessons can be shared from successful interventions to improve the quality use of medicines? 

Conversation leaders/presenters: 

Andy Gray, Hans Hogerzeil

Title: The Good, the Bad and the Resistant: Effective strategies for antimicrobial resistance

Presenters: 

Kristina Skender, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières, Sweden.

Rafael Gómez-Coronado, Health Action International (HAI).

Moderator: Libby Roughead (Quality Use of Medicines and Pharmacy Research Centre, University of South Australia).

Title: Rational use of medicines matters: Are we measuring what matters?

Conversation leaders: 

Kathleen Holloway, Institute of Development Studies, Sussex University, UK.

Supasit Pannarunothai, Head of the Monitoring and Evaluation Working Group for Rational Drug Use (RDU), Thailand.

Moderator: Libby Roughead (Quality Use of Medicines and Pharmacy Research Centre, University of South Australia).

Title: Prescription detox: The art of deprescribing 

Conversation leaders: 

Cara Tannenbaum, Co-founder, Canadian Deprescribing Network, Montreal, Canada 
Justin Turner, Australian Deprescribing Network, Monash University, Australia 

Moderator: Barbara Mintzes, Professor of Evidence-Based Pharmaceutical Policy, University of Sydney 

Title: Medicalisation of society: Scientific innovation or peddling disease? 

Conversation leaders: 

Luechai Sringernyuang, anthropologist (pharmaceutical), Director of Contemplative Education Center, Mahidol University, Thailand 
Supawadee Plengchai, primary care pharmacist, Thung Khao Luang Hospital Roi Et Province, Thailand 

Moderator: Libby Roughead, Director, Quality Use of Medicines and Pharmacy Research Centre, University of South Australia 

Title: Education programs for children: Children as agents for change 

Conversation leaders: 

Natalia Cebotarenco (Moldova): From science to practice: Can school children play a role in promoting rational medicine use in their community? 
Raikhan Tuleutaeva (Kazakhstan): How children in Kazakhstan perceive medicines 
Svetlana Shetinina (Moldova): How kindergarten children can provide knowledge to their parents 
Alisha Maratova (school student, Kazakhstan): Medicine use through the eyes of a Kazakh teenager 

Title: Patient groups and their role in medicines policy 

Conversation leaders: 

Lisa Parker, oncologist, Sydney, Australia 
Sharon Batt, researcher, interdisciplinary studies, Montreal, Canada 

Moderator: Joel Lexchin, Canada 

Title: Expanding the QUM community: Developing partnerships with other disciplines and society 

Conversation leaders: 

Puckwipa Suwannaprom, Chiang Mai University, Thailand 
Chanuttha Ploylearmsang, Mahasarakham University, Thailand 
Sirinart Tongsiri, Mahasarakham University, Thailand 
Katanyu Hawsutisima, Mahasarakham University, Thailand 
Angkana Promraksa, Mahasarakham University, Thailand 
Chaiyong Soemphol, Mahasarakham University, Thailand 

Moderators: Penkarn Kanjanarat, Mary Murray 

Title: In guidelines we trust: But why do recommendations vary? 

Conversation leaders: 

Lydia Green, RxBalance, USA 
Leigh-Anne Claase, Therapeutic Guidelines, Australia 
Alli Patterson, Therapeutic Guidelines, Australia 

Moderator: Leigh-Anne Claase 

Title: Antibiotic use in the era of COVID: Challenges and opportunities for global antimicrobial stewardship 

Conversation leader:
Libby Roughead, Director, Quality Use of Medicines and Pharmacy Research Centre, University of South Australia 

Moderators: Anna Kemp-Casey, Lisa Pont 

Title: ‘I can’t be bought for the price of a sandwich’: Myths and solutions to pharmaceutical industry funding of health professionals

Conversation leaders:
Barbara Mintzes, Professor of Evidence-Based Pharmaceutical Policy, University of Sydney
Alice Fabbri, Public health physician, Department for Health, University of Bath, UK

Moderators: Judith Mackson.