First Training Workshop and Symposium MURIA Group 27 - 29 July 2015 University of Botswana, Gaborone

The Medicines Utilisation Research in Africa (MURIA) Group  (see
http://muria.nmmu.ac.za/)
is holding its first training and workshop
and symposium in Gaborone, Botswana on 27-29 July 2015. The flyer and
registration form can also be downloaded from

http://muria.nmmu.ac.za/Botswana-Workshop-and-Symposium-27-29-July-2015

Please direct all queries regarding these scholarships - which are
restricted to medically-qualified applicants - to email:

Muria.Group@mopipi.ub.bw

Regards

Andy

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Criteria for sponsorship by IUPHAR to the Medicines Utilization  Research in Africa (MURIA) workshop and symposium in Botswana 26-29 July 2015.

The MURIA workshop and symposium organizing committee reaches out to
clinical pharmacologists and MD/ MBBS doctors with a pharmacology
background in the African region who can make significant
contributions to learning and exchange of research ideas and be able
to actively participate in discussions on the rational use of
medicines in Africa in the English language.  The MURIA organizing
committee also seeks to ensure a balanced gender representation among
potential participants.

The MURIA organizing committee has therefore identified four main
criteria for selecting IUPHAR candidates to award sponsorship for
attending and presenting at the MURIA workshop/symposium in July 2015.
These are:

1.   Applicants must be MD/MBBS physicians from academia
(mainly from Universities) with a clinical pharmacology/ pharmacology
qualification

2.    Alternatively, applicants can be representatives from
think tanks such as those from research institutions based in the
African region with an MD/MBBS qualification with a clinical
pharmacology/ pharmacology background

3.   Applicants can also be critical thinkers from the
African region that generate policy-oriented research, analysis and
advice to inform medicine policy development with an MD/MBBS and
pharmacology/ clinical pharmacology qualification. Applicants can be
from Ministries of Health, medical AID schemes, and private medical
practitioners dealing with medicines use

4.  IUPHAR sponsorship will only be given to those who
submit an abstract that is accepted by the organizing committee
(submission deadline end May 2015). Preference will be given to
applicants whose abstract has been selected for an oral presentation.
Please indicate in your abstract submission that you are eligible for
the IUPHAR sponsorship
 (Abstract forms and details can be found on
http://muria.nmmu.ac.za/).
The successful applicant will be notified
by June 3 2015. The MURIA Group's decision will be final.

Additional information about the IUPHAR sponsorship:

Sponsorship will be limited to the following items:

• Return airfare (up to a maximum of US$500 – greater in
exceptional circumstances upon request up to a maximum of US$750 per
person).

•  Registration fee (equivalent to US$125.00 – this will be
paid for by the MURIA group)

•  Accommodation for 3 nights in the Oasis Hotel, Gaborone,
Botswana (this will be organised and paid for by the MURIA Group)

The cost of the airfare (up to US$500 or more in exceptional
circumstances) will be refunded after the MURIA meeting in July on
receipt of the invoice documenting the details (this can be given
together with bank details to the MURIA organisers in Botswana).
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Andy Gray BPharm MSc(Pharm) FPS FFIP
Senior Lecturer
Division of Pharmacology
Discipline of Pharmaceutical Sciences
School of Health Sciences
Consultant Pharmacist (Research Associate)
Centre for the AIDS Programme of Research in South Africa (CAPRISA)
University of KwaZulu-Natal
PBag 7 Congella 4013
South Africa
Tel: +27-31-2604298 Fax: +27-31-2604338
email: graya1@ukzn.ac.za or andy@gray.za.net