Abstract:
The K2P Policy Dialogue, conducted on October 14, 2016, hosted 27 diverse stakeholders from multi-disciplinary backgrounds. These included representatives from: Ministry of Public Health (MOPH), Different orders and syndicates (Syndicate of Private Hospitals, Order of Physicians, and Order of Nurses), Pharmaceutical plants, Academic medical centers, medical schools, and schools of pharmacies, International agencies (such as the World Health Organization), national agencies and programs, and non-governmental organizations, Insurance companies, Legal agenda. Dialogue participants discussed the overall framing of the problem of inappropriate drug prescribing in the Lebanese healthcare system. Participants endorsed the existence of the problem and agreed on the need to focus on the many factors that are leading to the problem. Participants also acknowledged the global nature of the problem as well as its persistence in Lebanon throughout the years.
Description:
The policy dialogue about Improving the Prescribing Pattern and Quality of Pharmaceutical Drugs in Lebanon was held on October 14, 2016 at the Gefinor Rotana Hotel, Beirut, Lebanon. The policy dialogue was facilitated by Dr. Fadi El Jardali, the director of the K2P Center.
K2P Policy Dialogue convenes key policymakers and stakeholders to capture contextual information, tacit knowledge, views and experiences including potential options to address high priority issues. K2P Policy Dialogues are informed by a pre-circulated K2P Policy Brief or Briefing Note to allow for focused discussion among policymakers and stakeholders.
