GENDER AND DISARMAMENT

In the history of international relations, it has always been the plight of women to bear the brunt of pain and hardship caused by wars and conicts. Regardless of nation, community or class, the burden of deprivation and hardship often falls on women. While all civilians suffer when war breaks out, it is women and girls that face most risk and bore disproportionately large share of the burden of conict, but they had a marginal say in matters of peace. The author believes women's rights and empowerment fundamentally predicate on maintenance of peace and security. However, women do not have a hand at the ofcial political level of negotiations and in determining terms of agreements concerning peace and security. Women will have to claim their political space, will have to gain ofcial political power so that gender perspectives will be integrated into State and intra-State decisions on peace and security.

DIGITAL INDIA - AN OVERVIEW

Digital India is a scheme launched by Government of India. The main objective of this scheme is to make India digitally empowered in technology. It is also ensure that government services are accessible by the citizens electronically. By improving online infrastructure as well as internet connectivity. The vision of digital India is the development in the field of including electronic services, products, manufacturing and Job oriented schemes etc. Digital technologies including mobile application and cloud computing is causes an important role in rapid development for economic growth and digitally empowered Indian citizens across the world. This paper overview the concept of Digital India and its challenges and opportunities.

Building back better: resilient environmental and occupational health systems for the next global crisis

@#Even after two years, the COVID-19 pandemic still disrupts public activities and services as it exposes vulnerabilities among the population and negatively impacts environmental conditions. The crisis also impeded global progress toward achieving Sustainable Development Goals (SDG). The Fourth Environmental and Occupational Health (EOH) Forum held virtually on November 25 to 26, 2021 provided a venue for learning about local and international COVID-19 responses to help prepare for the next global crisis. Through the systems thinking approach, the discussions prioritized analyses of leadership and governance, financing, human resource, technologies, information management, and service delivery. These analyses focused on community and/or workplace programs and services linked to air quality, waste management, psychosocial wellness, and COVID-19 vaccination. The forum amplified calls for climate actions and public health improvement and emphasized the significance of a collaborative, evidence-based, integrated public health response to a crisis underscoring the apparent interdependence of the SDGs.

WOMEN EMPOWERMENT THROUGH EDUCATION AND GOVERNMENT'S INITIATIVES

If you educate a man you educate an individual, but if you educate a woman you educate a family (nation)” Dr. James Emmanuel Kwegyir-Aggrey (1875-1927, Ghana). Education is the most effective tool for empowering women and safeguarding their fundamental rights. Investing in the education of women may change and even save lives of women, as well as their families and communities. It is one of the most effective ways for everyone to bring about constructive, long-term change in the world

Chagas disease control-surveillance in the Americas: the multinational initiatives and the practical impossibility of interrupting vector-borne Trypanosoma cruzi transmission

Chagas disease (CD) still imposes a heavy burden on most Latin American countries. Vector-borne and mother-to-child transmission cause several thousand new infections per year, and at least 5 million people carry Trypanosoma cruzi. Access to diagnosis and medical care, however, is far from universal. Starting in the 1990s, CD-endemic countries and the Pan American Health Organization-World Health Organization (PAHO-WHO) launched a series of multinational initiatives for CD control-surveillance. An overview of the initiatives' aims, achievements, and challenges reveals some key common themes that we discuss here in the context of the WHO 2030 goals for CD. Transmission of T. cruzi via blood transfusion and organ transplantation is effectively under control. T. cruzi, however, is a zoonotic pathogen with 100+ vector species widely spread across the Americas; interrupting vector-borne transmission seems therefore unfeasible. Stronger surveillance systems are, and will continue to be, needed to monitor and control CD. Prevention of vertical transmission demands boosting current efforts to screen pregnant and childbearing-aged women. Finally, integral patient care is a critical unmet need in most countries. The decades-long experience of the initiatives, in sum, hints at the practical impossibility of interrupting vector-borne T. cruzi transmission in the Americas. The concept of disease control seems to provide a more realistic description of what can in effect be achieved by 2030.

A REVIEW ON THE NOVEL CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC (COVID-19) IN BANGLADESH; CHALLENGES AND INITIATIVES

Since the first coronavirus patient was identified in Bangladesh on March 8, the most controversial issue is about the exact level of the infection in Bangladesh. Conformly with the population density the number of COVID-19 tests is inadequate. As the number of tests increases, so does the number of infections, making it difficult to predict the spread of COVID-19 in Bangladesh. In this case, the unplanned initiatives are particularly responsible in other for unplanned measures, lack of public awareness, and lack of proper knowledge. In this case, the Ministry of Health has made three major mistakes, three important features of the medical system in Bangladesh have been mentioned. It is more effective to prevent COVID-19 by isolating the infected person by further testing COVID-19 until effective treatment is available and to provide adequate and effective masks and personal protective equipment (PPE). In this case, the COVID-19 testing kit invention has received a good response in many countries of the world. This study focuses on the comprehensive data verification, selection, and evaluation of COVID-19 in Bangladesh and its implications for the future, what to do to address and prevent the COVID-19 challenge, and effective treatment against the coronavirus (COVID-19). It is hopeful that the discussion of the material mentioned in this research paper will help to strike a balance between the government, citizens, and experts which will be feasible in improving the current situation in COVID-19 Bangladesh and reducing its severity.

Research progress on clinical quality disparity and effects for quality improvement in patients with acute coronary syndromes / 上海预防医学

The United Nations Sustainable Development Goal proposes to achieve universal health coverage by 2030， and the key element is that everyone can enjoy high-quality healthcare services. Cardiovascular diseases， predominantly acute coronary syndromes， have become the largest disease burden on global health. However， the quality of healthcare services for acute coronary syndromes varies significantly across the populations and regions. This study aimed to investigate the difference in the quality of acute coronary syndrome services in multiple countries， regions， hospitals， and patient populations， and then determine the impact of quality improvement initiatives on quality disparity， which may facilitate further improving the equity of clinical service quality for acute coronary syndromes and promoting health equity and universal health coverage.

Future development of Good Agricultural Practice in China under globalization of traditional herbal medicine trade / 中草药·英文版

Traditional herbal medicine (THM) is an important part of the traditional Chinese medicine culture. Due to its high medicinal potential, it should not only serve for the Chinese people's medical use, but also contribute to the world medicine, THM for the international market must be standardized and large-scale, and produced according to the “Good Agriculture Practice” (GAP). The quality of THM directly affects the patient's treatment status and safety of use. Therefore, the quality assurance of THM runs through the entire process of research and development, production and clinical practice. The standardized production and cultivation of THM is the starting point of the THM industry chain and plays a decisive role in the economic development of the THM industry. This article summarizes the development history, limitations and future development of GAP, and clarifies the opportunities for THM in the rapid development of the international and domestic Chinese medicine industry. In addition, analyzing the deficiencies that were existing in the former GAP implementation process and by suggesting science-based quality measures, it is hoped to stipulate improved GAP guidelines in the future and to lay the foundation for a modern THM international trade.

The post-pandemic museum in the Philippine context

@#In response to the global crisis brought about by the coronavirus pandemic, the Philippine government declared a countrywide State of Calamity, apart from imposing quarantines of different stringency across regions. As workplaces have been mandated to implement alternative arrangements, these major changes in turn have caused disruptions in, and called for adjustments to, business operations, with museums being among the affected. As museums are venues that store physical collections that call for physical presence and even the tactile involvement of audiences and visitors, their operations will have to be inevitably transformed postpandemic, as are their visitors, whose mental health is likely to have been affected by the pandemic and resulting quarantine. Using the lens of crisis management, this paper analyzed the museum sector's response to the changes brought about by the spread of disease and the resulting imposition of quarantine. Through a review of the responses of several Manila-based museums to the crisis, the paper assessed the readiness of the museums in creating appropriate and effective measures to manage decreased foot traffic and economic impact, among others. The paper asserts that various tactics were used as reactions, instead of proactive steps, to mitigate the effects of the pandemic to museums. The analyses are juxtaposed with degrowth initiatives, which may potentially address the economic issues arising from the pandemic. These initiatives may be of help in resolving the issue of collections management and curatorship, with a focus on the quality, rather than the quantity, of the museum's collection and profits. Through postmodern and new museology theory, shifts from physical to virtual and other alternative modes of art experience are discussed as possible and effective solutions to this crisis. Overall, the paper aims to propose a revised model of operation that may be useful to museology in particular, and mental and planetary health in general.

Assistência Farmacêutica em Moçambique: a ajuda externa na provisão pública de medicamentos / Pharmaceutical Services in Mozambique: foreign aid in public provision of medicines

Resumo Este artigo analisa a ação de atores nacionais e internacionais na Assistência Farmacêutica (AF) em Moçambique, no período de 2007 a 2012, com foco na provisão pública de medicamentos para HIV/Aids, malária e tuberculose. Descreve-se o funcionamento da AF no país; os atores que atuam nesse âmbito e as relações entre eles; discutem-se questões relevantes sobre o modus operandi dos parceiros de cooperação. A metodologia combinou: revisão bibliográfica, levantamento e análise documental e entrevistas. O marco teórico e analítico utilizou a análise de políticas públicas com foco no papel do Estado e suas inter-relações como os demais atores na ajuda externa na área farmacêutica e a abordagem de redes. Conclui-se que a interação entre os atores envolvidos é complexa, caraterizada pela fragmentação operacional e sobreposição de atividades entre diversos entes; centralização da aquisição de medicamentos na mão de poucos agentes; by pass das estruturas nacionais e desconsideração do necessário fortalecimento do sistema nacional de saúde para a construção de sua autonomia. A despeito de alguns avanços na provisão e disponibilidade de medicamentos para essas doenças, existe forte dependência externa nesse âmbito, o que obstaculiza a sustentabilidade da AF em Moçambique.

Abstract This article examines the activities of national and international actors in Pharmaceutical Services (PS) in Mozambique from 2007 to 2012, focusing on the public provision of HIV/Aids, malaria and tuberculosis medicines. It describes how PS functions in the country, what actors are involved in this area and the relations among them, pursuing salient issues in the modus operandi of partners in cooperation. The methodology combines literature review, document survey and analysis and interviews. The theoretical and analytical framework was given by the policy analysis approach, focusing on the role of the State and its interrelations with other actors in foreign aid in PS, and also by the networks approach. It was concluded that the interactions among the actors involved is complex and characterised by operational fragmentation and overlapping of activities between entities, centralised medicine procurement in the hands of few agents, bypassing of national structures and disregard for the strengthening needed to bolster national health system autonomy. Despite some advances in the provision and availability of medicines for these diseases, external dependence is strong, which undermines the sustainability of PS in Mozambique.

Based on economic models of hospitals high-level researcher ways to stimulate the enthusiasm of scientific research / 中华医学科研管理杂志

Hospital research mainly by high-level researcher to promote,and researcher of the research initiative will determine the contribution of their research.This initiative from the start of economic regulation researcher to explain the economics-based perspective that affect high-level researcher positive factors research and put forward relevant mathematical relationship between the influencing factors and mathematical models,and scientific researcher positive regulator of a number of ways.

Ecoepidemiology, short history and control of Chagas disease in the endemic countries and the new challenge for non-endemic countries

Chagas disease is maintained in nature through the interchange of three cycles: the wild, peridomestic and domestic cycles. The wild cycle, which is enzootic, has existed for millions of years maintained between triatomines and wild mammals. Human infection was only detected in mummies from 4,000-9,000 years ago, before the discovery of the disease by Carlos Chagas in 1909. With the beginning of deforestation in the Americas, two-three centuries ago for the expansion of agriculture and livestock rearing, wild mammals, which had been the food source for triatomines, were removed and new food sources started to appear in peridomestic areas: chicken coops, corrals and pigsties. Some accidental human cases could also have occurred prior to the triatomines in peridomestic areas. Thus, triatomines progressively penetrated households and formed the domestic cycle of Chagas disease. A new epidemiological, economic and social problem has been created through the globalisation of Chagas disease, due to legal and illegal migration of individuals infected by Trypanosoma cruzi or presenting Chagas disease in its varied clinical forms, from endemic countries in Latin America to non-endemic countries in North America, Europe, Asia and Oceania, particularly to the United States of America and Spain. The main objective of the present paper was to present a general view of the interchanges between the wild, peridomestic and domestic cycles of the disease, the development of T. cruzi among triatomine, their domiciliation and control initiatives, the characteristics of the disease in countries in the Americas and the problem of migration to non-endemic countries.

Study of Correlation of Pulmonary Function Test with the Markers of Oxidative Stress and Non-enzymatic Antioxidants in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Patients.

Aims: Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) represents a major health problem. Its prevalence is increasing worldwide. The aim of our study was to assess the relationship between markers of oxidative stress (malondialdehyde (MDA) and protein carbonyl) and the non-enzymatic antioxidants (vitamin E, vitamin C and reduced glutathione (GSH) with the marker of airflow obstruction (FEV1% predicted) in COPD patients. Study Design: Case-control study. Place and Duration of Study: Department of Biochemistry, B.J. Govt. Medical College and Sassoon General Hospital, Pune. [Maharashtra]. The study period was in between Feb 2012 to Aug 2013. Methodology: Study comprised of 120 stable COPD patients of different stages were selected as per (GOLD) guidelines, each group consisting 30 patients, of age 40-75 yrs and 30 healthy controls. Pulmonary function test was done by using spirometer. Serum levels of MDA, protein carbonyl, vitamin E, vitamin C and GSH were estimated by spectrophotometric method. Statistical analysis was performed by using SPSS 17 software. Results: Lung function tests namely FEV1/FVC% ratio and FEV1 % predicted showed significant reduction in stage I: (65.28±2.78; 90.23±11.36), stage II: (59.76±6.56; 63.13±7.85), stage III: (49.16±6.17; 39.76±6.34) and stage IV: (37.44±4.78; 22.43±5.55) COPD patients as compared to healthy controls (100.33±7.471;105.03±13.08 P<0.001) respectively. The level of serum MDA and protein carbonyl was increased significantly in [stage I: (6.23±0.81nmol/ml, 5.64±2.94nmol/mg) stage II: (7.94±1.26nmol/ml, 8.1±2.33 nmol/mg), stage III: (9.42±1.51nmol/ml, 9.66±3.12nmol/mgs) and stage IV: (11.53±1.23nmol/ml, 11.13±2.17nmol/mg] COPD patients as compared to controls (4.19±1.79nmol/ml, 3.50±1.87nmol /mg) respectively. Where as a significant concomitant decreased was observed in vitamin E, vitamin C and reduced glutathione in [stage I: (1.09±0.37mg/dl; 0.98±0.34mg/dl; 28.24±6.12mg/dl), stage II: (0.806±0.27mg/dl, 0.69±0.28mg/dl, 22.42±4.50mg/dl), stage III: (0.608±0.15mg/dl, 0.53±0.09mg/dl, 17.67±4.45mg/dl) and stage IV: (0.48±0.11mg/dl, 0.43± 0.10mg/dl, 13.73±2.76mg/dl) COPD patients as compared to controls (1.51±0.40mg/dl, 1.41±0.59 mg/dl, 34.26±4.96mg/dl) respectively. We found a significant negative correlation between the MDA and protein carbonyl with the FEV1% predicted and positive correlation between the vitamin C, vitamin E and GSH with the marker of airflow obstruction (FEV1% predicted) in COPD patients. Conclusion: From this study we conclude that as the severity of disease increases FEV1% predicted decreases. These changes are associated with an increase in oxidative stress and a concomitant decrease in non-enzymatic antioxidants studied.

Prácticas y experiencias colectivas ante la guerra y para la construcción de paz: iniciativas sociales de paz en Colombia / Practices and collective experiences in view of war and for the construction of peace: social initiatives of peace in Colombia

El presente texto propone un recorrido histórico de las llamadas iniciativas sociales que contribuyen a la construcción de paz en Colombia, desde las personas y colectivos afectados por las diversas modalidades de violencia, en el marco del conflicto socio-político y armado que vive Colombia. Se plantea una mirada de los actores que estudian la construcción de paz y la labor de los observatorios de paz en el país, se incluye una lectura a la Psicología académica (política) que acompaña las iniciativas, es decir, un acercamiento inicial entre las iniciativas sociales y la disciplina de la Psicología, como ámbito de estudio que interesa a la investigación en Psicología e iniciativas sociales de paz en Colombia.

The current text proposes a historical tour of the so-called social initiatives, which contribute to the construction of peace in Colombia, from people and groups who have been affected by the various forms of violence, within the frame of the sociopolitical and armed conflict that Colombia is going through. The text brings up a look at the actors who study the construction of peace and the work of the observatories of peace in the country. It also includes a reading to the academic (political) psychology, which accompanies the initiatives; that is to say, an introductory approach among the social initiatives and the discipline of psychology, as a field of study, which is of interest to research in psychology and the social initiatives for peace in Colombia.

The Effects of Health Promotion Initiatives with Community Participation and Parterships: The Case of Sabong-Myeon in Jinju City / 農村醫學 地域保健

OBJECTIVES: The objective of this study was to identify the effects of area-based health promotion initiatives with community participation and partnerships conducted in Sabong-Myeon, Jinju City for three years. METHODS: We used data from the '2008 Sabong-Myeon Health Survey' and the '2011 Health Plus Happiness Plus Community Health Survey'. The study comprised 520 systematically sampled individuals, composed of 300 adults in 2008 and 200 adults in 2011. We compared some health behavior and mental health indicators as well as social capital levels between these two surveys. RESULTS: The prevalences of smoking and walking exercise in 2011 were significantly higher than those in 2008. The prevalences of high risk alcohol consumption in men, stress perception, depressive symptoms experience, and suicide ideation were significantly lower than those in 2008. The proportion of people having a high level of social capital in 2011 was significantly higher than that in 2008, regardless of sex or marital status. However, the difference in the proportion was not statistically significant among people with a high educational background. CONCLUSIONS: This study suggested that the 3 years' implementation of area-based health promotion initiatives conducted in Sabong-Myeon might help to improve the mental health and social capital level of this community. The long-term health effects of area-based health promotion initiatives with community participation and partnerships need to be studied further, and lessons from these initiatives can be obtained by adapting proper evaluation methods.

Initiatives of clinical teachers in millitary medical university for training clinical undergradu-ates:influential factors and solutions / 中华医学教育探索杂志

This paper explored factors influencing initiatives of clinical teachers in millitary medical university for training clinical undergraduates including work pressure after being transferring to civilian,work pressure,policy orientation,economic pressure,student factor and psychological factor,etc. Meanwhile,this paper explored the incentive mechanism of clinical teachers in millitary medical university for training clinical undergraduates including training and evaluating clinical teach-ing teachers, innovating evaluation criterion and creating sustainable teaching atmosphere (building examples and establishing various incentive systems). All measures taken above was mean to inspire the initiatives of clinical teaching teachers and to ensure the quality of clinical teaching.

African initiatives and progress in promoting the development of traditional medicine / 国际中医中药杂志

To study the initiatives and progress of African nations in promoting the development of traditional medicine to determine if these measures can be applied to the protection of traditional Chinese medicine knowledge. Information research methods were used to collect and analyze relevant literature. The development of African traditional medicine has been effectively promoted through various measures taken by African organizations and governments. In recent years, Africa has achieved remarkable results in promoting the development of traditional medicine. Many other countries will benefit from studying their examples and adopting similar measures.

El consumo de agua como medida higiénico-dietética para el reflujo gastroesofágico / Water Consumption as Dietary Hygienic Measure for Gastroesophageal Reflux

Se analizó el estado actual del conocimiento sobre el consumo de agua como medida higiénico-dietética para la enfermedad del reflujo gastroesofágico, desde la perspectiva del conocimiento clásico de la medicina occidental de esta afección y la visión de la medicina natural y bioenergética. Se realizó una búsqueda bibliográfica sobre el tema en Medline, en la Biblioteca Virtual de Salud y en los sitios de especialidades de Infomed de Medicina Natural y Gastroenterología. La información recolectada se estructuró en siete acápites: enfermedad de reflujo gastroesofágico, fisiología gástrica, equilibrio hidromineral, modelos de ingestión de bebidas y comidas, alimentación y obesidad, terapias hidropónicas e implicaciones en gastroenterología. No se encontraron publicaciones cubanas que aborden la temática sobre la modificación del consumo de líquidos como medida higiénico-dietética para esta enfermedad. Se recomendó realizar investigaciones que permitan obtener evidencias del estudio del tema, así como desarrollar un modelo de consumo de agua para pacientes con enfermedad de reflujo gastroesofágico.

A literature review was carried out aimed at updating about water consumption as a hygienic and dietary measure and its relation to the esophageal reflux disease. Taking into account the classical knowledge about this condition, the theoretical aspects of the bioenergetics and traditional natural medicine were included. Bibliography published in the last five year by MEDLINE and Health Library and specialty sites of INFOMED and Natural Medicine and Gastroenterology. The opinions were classified into: gastroesophageal reflux disease, gastric physiology, hydro mineral balance, food and liquid consumption patterns, feeding and obesity, hydroponic therapies and implication in gastroenterology. There were no Cuban publications on the topic. The authors recommended to carry out investigations on this topic and to develop a design of water consumption for those patients with gastroesophageal reflux disease.

Iniciativas internacionais de segurança do paciente: contribuições para o refinamento dos sistemas de proteção / International initiatives for patient safety: contributions to the refinament of the protection systems

Trata-se da temática Segurança do Paciente, que teve como objeto as iniciativas sobre segurança do paciente estabelecidas por organizações internacionais de segurança. O objetivo proposto pelo estudo foi analisar tais iniciativas estabelecidas por organizações internacionais de segurança. Para compor este estudo identificaram-se as principais organizações de segurança, atarvés de uma revisão bibliográfica de literatura realizada com base em fontes eletrônicas primárias, considerando-se as organizações pioneiras na abordagem do tema Segurança do Paciente que fomentam prioritariamente a segurança do paciente e que divulgaram amplamente esta temática no período de 2002 a 2012. Foram encontradas na plataforma Google referências a mais de 100 instituições no mundo que abordam este tema. No entanto somente sete atenderam a todos os critérios de seleção, havendo predomínio de organizações americanas (seis). A organização mais antiga é o Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (1946), e a mais recente é a World Alliance for Patient Safety (2004). Quanto à natureza jurídica, duas são governamentais (CDC e AHRQ), quatro são não governamentais (The Joint Commission, IHI, WHO Alliance e ISMP) e uma organização independente (NCCMERP). Totalizaram-se 103 iniciativas de segurança do paciente no contexto hospitalar. A organização que mais publicou iniciativas para a segurança do paciente no contexto hospitalar foi o ISMP com 20 iniciativas, totalizando 19% das iniciativas exploradas...

This is a Patient Safety theme, which had as object the initiatives on patient safety established by international security organizations. This study aimed to analyze such initiatives. For this study, the major security organizations were identified through a bibliographic review of the literature based on electronic primaries sources, considering the pioneering organizations in addressing the Patient Safety topic that promote patient safety as a priority and that widely reported this issue from 2002 to 2012. In Google platform, references to more than 100 worldwide institutions were found that address this topic. However, only seven references met all the selection criteria with a predominance of U.S.A. organizations (six). The oldest organization is the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (1946), and the most recent is the World Alliance for Patient Safety (2004). Regarding the legal nature, two organizations are governmental (Center for Disease Control and Prevention - CDC and Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality-AHRQ), four organizations are non-governmental (The Joint Commission, Institute for Healthcare Improvement-IHI, World Health Organization Alliance-WHO, and Institute for Safe Medication Practices-ISMP), and one independent organization (National Coordinating Council for medication error reporting and prevention-NCCMERP). In the hospital context, 103 initiatives for patient safety were detected. The organization that had published more initiatives for patient safety in hospital context was the ISMP with 20 initiatives, totaling 19% of the explored initiatives...

Proyecto Grannacional ALBASALUD para Centro Regulador de Medicamentos Esenciales de los países del ALBA-TCP / Grand-national Project ALBASALUD for Regulatory Center of Essential Drugs for the ALBA-TCP countries

La Autoridad Reguladora de Medicamentos de Cuba, coordina un Proyecto de la Alianza Bolivariana para los pueblos de América-Tratado de Libre Comercio (ALBA-TCP), dirigido al desarrollo de un Centro Regulador para los países del ALBA como nuevo organismo regional de integración farmacéutica, en aras de contar con un Registro Grannacional válido en todos los países partes, como herramienta para facilitar el acceso a medicamentos esenciales de calidad. Esta investigación tuvo como objetivo diseñar y conducir desde el punto de vista técnico un proyecto para crear las bases legales y metodológicas del futuro centro y sus funciones básicas. Se emplearon técnicas de grupo nominal, puntos de referencia, consultas a expertos y se crearon metodologías específicas para planear y confeccionar los documentos necesarios. Se utilizaron lineamientos de organismos reguladores internacionales, cuadros básicos de medicamentos y reglamentación farmacéutica de los países participantes. Se desarrollaron y aplicaron documentos y estrategias para el trabajo del proyecto durante la etapa de preinversión, se definió el primer listado de medicamentos esenciales del ALBA y se aprobaron las fundamentales disposiciones legales y la reglamentación para las funciones de registro, vigilancia, inspecciones, laboratorios y liberación de lotes. El Proyecto Grannacional ALBASALUD Centro Regulador de Medicamentos del ALBA-TCP aplicado ha demostrado su eficiencia y capacidad para alcanzar los objetivos trazados mediante un trabajo científico-técnico con participación colectiva, que ha garantizado las disposiciones y lineamientos requeridos para sus funciones básicas y respaldo legal

The Drug Regulatory Authority of Cuba is coordinating a Project of the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of America- Free Trade Agreement (ALBA-TCP) aimed at developing a Regulatory Center that will operate as a new regional body of pharmaceutical integration for the ALBA countries. It will provide a Grand-national Register that will be valid for all the member states to facilitate the access to quality essential drugs. The objective of this research work was to design and to conduct a project from the technical viewpoint in order to lay down the legal and methodological basis of the future center and its main functions. Some techniques like nominal group, points of reference and expert consultation were used, and the specific methodologies to plan and to prepare the required documents were devised. The guidelines of international regulatory bodies, the basic groups of drugs and the pharmaceutical regulations of the participating countries were reviewed. Several documents and strategies for the project work in the pre-investment stage were developed, the first listing of essential drugs for the ALBA countries was defined and the main legal provisions and the regulation that states the functions of registering, surveillance, supervision, lab work and release of batches of the new entity were approved. The Grand-national Project ALBASALUD Regulatory Center of Drugs for the ALBA-TCP has proved its efficiency and capacities to achieve the set objectives through collective involvement-supported scientific and technical work that has guaranteed the required provisions and guidelines for the basic functions and the legal endorsement of the center