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2018 saw the graduation of the first Zambian cohort in the ·¬ÇÑÉçÇø Master of Pharmaceutical Public Health.

The Masters course was for Zambian pharmacists, who hold senior positions in their country’s health system and was funded by the European Union (EU), as part of their multi-million dollar Health Systems Strengthening Project (HSSP) in Zambia. The course was delivered via a combination of physical resources, online and two intensives in Zambia hosted by ·¬ÇÑÉçÇø teaching staff.

One of the main aims of the HSSP is to strengthen the supply chain for medicines around the country, so that medicines get from the central warehouses in Lusaka out to all the individual clinics in remote areas. Improving the quality of medicines coming into the country is also a primary goal. Some developing countries have major problems with counterfeit medicines and other medicines of poor quality.

·¬ÇÑÉçÇø Adjunct Associate Professor Murray Bailey, who helped to develop the Master of Pharmaceutical Public Health program and now works as a contractor with agencies like the United Nations and EU, first floated the idea of Zambian participation in the Masters course with the country’s chief pharmacist several years prior.

The initiative was included in the HSSP funding proposal and subsequently given the nod by the EU.

·¬ÇÑÉçÇø Pharmacy’s A/Prof Ian Heslop and Professor Beverley Glass visited the Zambian capital, Lusaka, on a fact finding mission in late 2015, before the students commenced study in 2016.

Discover more about ·¬ÇÑÉçÇø's Zambian Class of 2018