Strengthening Health Systems for Education and Training

The session aims at highlighting the contribution of a cross-sector cooperation of different stakeholders in education and training in several areas of the healthcare sector with the aim of strengthening the health sector. The organizers are representatives of faith-based organizations and the research-based pharmaceutical industry.

There is a focus on the education of skilled non-academic pharmaceutical staff in pharmaceutical distribution in Tanzania (pharmaceutical dispensers, assistants and technicians). - Dr. Kipele is an example of a young Tanzanian physician who is a candidate to work everywhere in the world. What are the challenges in her education and work, what are her perspectives? - The specific challenges of fighting counterfeit drugs in resource-poor settings is the third area that this session highlights.

In all the addressed issues the cross-sectoral cooperation of multi-stakeholder partnerships (government, civil society and private sector) is the underlying principle. The needs, opportunities and challenges of such cooperations for development policy may be part of the discussion in this session.