IPSF Annual Report 2003-04

International Pharmaceutical Students’ Federation Annual Report 2003/2004

Contents President’s Message

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IPSF Executive 2003/2004

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Professional Development

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Pharmacy Education

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Student Exchange Programme

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Public Health

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Neema Village Concept Project

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Regional Offices and Allied Regional Organisations

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Membership Promotion

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49th IPSF World Congress

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Acknowledgements

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President’s Message It is with excitement and anticipation that we look forward to the 50th IPSF World Congress to be

professional cognitive services is extremely important. Studying and promoting educational opportunities for pharmacy students has remained a top priority throughout the year. Over the past eleven months IPSF has contributed numerous presentations at conferences and symposiums on pharmacy education across the world.

Over the year our executive has been inspired by the motivation and enthusiasm of our members across the world. Whether fundraising for the IPSF Neema Village Concept Project, or working hard to create improvements in pharmacy education, our members make our federation one of the most active and exciting pharmaceutical associations in the world.

In 2003-04 we sought to collaborate proactively with other health related organisations. In addition to being granted Official Relations Status with the World Health Organization (WHO) in January, and maintaining our Operational Relations with the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), IPSF was admitted to the WHO Stop TB Partnership in May, and submitted an application to join the Framework Convention Alliance on Tobacco Control. At the upcoming congress in Canada our General Assembly will vote on whether to adopt the Code of Practice on Tobacco Control for Health Professional Organisations.

hosted in Canada in July. Since the first IPSF Congress in London in 1949, our federation has grown to become a truly global network, representing over 400,000 pharmacy and pharmaceutical students from more than 91 countries.

Through our various public health campaigns we have worked to raise awareness of health and medication issues affecting world populations. In addition to the popular Aids Awareness and Tobacco Alert Campaigns, this year IPSF began to raise awareness about the role of the pharmacist in fighting tuberculosis (TB). TB is responsible for the deaths of nearly 2 million people each year, more than any other curable infectious disease. The spread of multi-drug resistant TB, largely due to inappropriate antibiotic use, means that pharmacists are needed not only to support access and adherence to medication regimens, but also to pursue the development of new active compounds.

Through creation of new partnerships with other health care organisations, IPSF has undertaken to promote the role of the pharmacist in the rapidly changing global health care system. In recognition of the multidisciplinary approach required to manage chronic and complex diseases, IPSF will collaborate with the International Federation of Medical Students' Associations (IFMSA) to organise the 1st World Student Meeting on Healthy Ageing

Through expansion of the IPSF Student Exchange Programme we have created a means for pharmacy students and young pharmacists to gain international professional experience working in community, hospital, academic, administrative and industrial pharmacy.

in Rio de Janeiro next June. In November 2005 IPSF, IFMSA, the European Pharmaceutical Students' Association (EPSA) and the European Medical Students' Association (EMSA) will organise the first World Medical and Pharmaceutical Students' Symposium.

Worldwide increases in spending on pharmaceuticals are outstripping economic growth and overall health expenditure. Spending on pharmaceuticals, however, will lead to improvements in health outcomes only if medications are used in the most appropriate way. As experts in medications and medication management, pharmacists are well placed to promote the quality use of medicines and deliver cost effective improvements in health care.

The education of pharmacy students to deliver

Our executive strongly believes that on the eve of our 50th World Congress, the internationa opportunities for pharmacy students and young pharmacists have never been greater. I trust that you will enjoy reading our Annual Report for 2003-04.

Simon Bell IPSF President 2003-04

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IPSF Executive 2003/2004 Simon Bell

President

Simon deferred his PhD studies at The University of Sydney to work full time at the IPSF secretariat in The Netherlands. Prior to taking up the position of IPSF President, Simon was Chairperson of the IPSF Asia Pacific Regional Office in 2002-03 and Secretary from 2001-02.

Before relocating to the Netherlands, Simon was a practicing community pharmacist, member of the Pharmaceutical of Australia (NSW Branch) Futures Taskforce, and Chairperson of the New South Wales (NSW) Young Pharmacists.

Conchetta Lesser

Vice President and Director of Professional Development Conchetta is a community pharmacist in Arizona, The United States of America. Conchetta served her second term on the IPSF executive in 2003-04, having acted as IPSF Chairperson of Information and Education in 2001-02. As Director of Professional Development, Conchetta was responsible for coordinating the IPSF Patient Counselling Events and IPSF Pharmacy Profession Awareness Campaigns. Conchetta attended the 47th IPSF Congress in Cairo and the 48th IPSF Congress in Budapest.

Scott Dalgliesh

Secretary General Scott from Scotland is a community pharmacist in Edinburgh and Glasgow. Scott is a past executive member of the British Pharmaceutical Students' Association (BPSA), and a veteran of four IPSF Congresses. Scott has previously served on the IPSF Constitutional Working Party and his experience in interpreting the official documents will be an asset at the 50th IPSF World Congress in Canada.

Jelte Meulenaar

Treasurer

Jelte was appointed to the position of IPSF Treasurer in January 2004. Jelte is a fifth year student studying in Groningen, The Netherlands. Prior to taking on the position with IPSF Jelte was treasurer for the local association G.F.S.V. Pharmaciae Sacrum. Although new to IPSF this year, Jelte attended the 3rd Asia Pacific Pharmaceutical Symposium and IPSF Scientific

Symposium in Bangkok, represented IPSF at the EPSA congress in Bulgaria and participated in the WHO World Health Assembly in Geneva.

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Chan Xuan Hao

Chairperson of Public Relations Xuan Hao is a recent graduate from the National University of Singapore.

As a past Chairperson of the IPSF Asia Pacific Regional Office, and Deputy Chairperson of the 49th IPSF World Congress in Singapore, Xuan Hao had the experience necessary to make

contact with an amazing number of potential new member associations throughout the year.

His enthusiasm for IPSF has proven to be infectious across the world. In addition to serving as Chairperson of Public Relations Xuan Hao has worked to create a new and redesigned IPSF website that will be launched at the 50th IPSF World Congress in Halifax.

Katja Hakkarainen

Chairperson of Student Exchange Katja decided to take a year off her studies at the University of Helsinki to move to the Netherlands to work from the IPSF Secretariat. Her decision paid dividends with a record number of countries and students participating in the Student Exchange Programme this year.

Throughout the second half of her term Katja worked hard to create a new online exchange platform to better handle the high demand for this popular programme.

Camellia Pay

Chairperson of Publications Camellia worked with Singaporean efficacy to produce the IPSF Publications throughout the year. The 50th Congress Special Edition of the News Bulletin is the biggest issue in IPSF history. Camellia collected so many articles for publication that not even adding 16 pages to the normal length meant we could fit them all in. Camellia has also acted as IPSF web-master this year.

Joana Cruz

Director of Public Health After one year as IPSF Tobacco Alert Campaign Coordinator, Joana from Portugal has been at the forefront of many new and exciting developments in public health throughout the year. These included new initiatives to target HIV/AIDS and tuberculosis, and to reduce the burden of road traffic accidents. Joana's main passion, however, has been to get serious on tobacco control. Throughout the year Joana redesigned the IPSF Tobacco Free pharmacy Schools materials and fine-tuned the tobacco survey of congress participants.

Annemiek Bosman

Director of Pharmacy Education Annemiek moved from the rainy Netherlands to sunny Australia for the first half of her term.

This allowed her to participate in the 63rd International Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP) Congress in Sydney. Annemiek helped coordinate the 4th IPSF Scientific Symposium in Bangkok and Education Forum at the IPSF congress.

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Professional Development With a worldwide shift towards pharmacists providing professional pharmaceutical services, IPSF has sought to develop new educational opportunities for pharmacy students.

In addition to the popular Patient Counselling Event that took place at the 49th IPSF World Congress in Singapore,

counselling events were conducted by a record number of member associations throughout 2003-04. This included events organised in Turkey, The Czech Republic, The United Kingdom, Canada and The United States. Patient counselling events are scheduled to take place in Finland and Australia later this year.

To further support and motivate member associations to conduct events at a local and national level, IPSF worked with the FIP Pharmacy information Section to create a Patient Counselling Booklet. IPSF looks forward launching the booklet in the coming months. IPSF will participate in a symposium entitled Medicines Information to Support Concordance prior to the FIP Congress in New Orleans, United States of America in September.

The IPSF Pharmacy Profession Awareness Campaign continued to be one of the most popular IPSF activities in 2003-04. The May issue of the IPSF News Bulletin featured a special section on the various campaigns that were conducted.

Campaigns included those in Australia, Hungary, The Netherlands, Nigeria, Singapore, Taiwan, Estonia and Portugal.

There is a growing worldwide recognition of the importance of providing

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multidisciplinary care for people with chronic and complex conditions. During 2003-04 IPSF sought to promote closer collaboration between students of pharmacy and other health related disciplines.

IPSF was privileged to be able to participate in the inaugural World Health Professions Alliance Symposium that took place in Geneva, Switzerlandz during May. In June IPSF launched a joint statement with IFMSA entitled Working Together for Better Health Outcomes. The statement called for training to work as multidisciplinary teams to begin during undergraduate education, and in particular, for pharmaceutical and medical students' associations to collaborate on projects and activities at a local, national and regional level.

IPSF and IFMSA will team up to co-organise the 1st World Student Meeting on Healthy Ageing to take place in conjunction with the World Congress of Gerontology in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil in June 2005.

In November 2005, IPSF, IFMSA, EPSA and EMSA will hold the first World Medical and Pharmacy Students' Symposium in Malta.

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Pharmacy Education Throughout 2003-04 IPSF has taken an active role in promoting good quality and innovative pharmacy education. The educational opportunities for students and young pharmacists differ greatly in countries represented by IPSF. Through joint authorship with EPSA, of the document Pharmacy Education: a Vision for the Future, IPSF encouraged students and education providers to work together to prepare tomorrow’s pharmacists to work in a rapidly changing global health care environment. IPSF made presentations about pharmacy education at the 55th Indian Pharmaceutical Congress in

Chennai, India during December and at the 5th Pan-Hellenic Pharmaceutical Students Congress in Patras, Greece in May. Over 4000 pharmacy students attended the former event.

Last September IPSF conducted a symposium on new trends in pharmacy education with the Academic Pharmacy Section of FIP in Sydney, Australia.

The 2nd IPSF-EPSA Joint Symposium on Pharmacy Education was held in Strasbourg, France, in October. One hundred and fifty students attended the event from across Europe, North America and the Asia Pacific. The abstracts and outcomes from the symposium will be published in the Journal of Pharmacy Education later in 2004.

IPSF sought to expand the opportunities for pharmacy students to both participate in international research projects and to have their work published internationally.

The IPSF Moving On Projects were

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conducted through the University of London, and focused on research into international trends in pharmacy education. The first project, Moving On I, investigated academic mobility in 24 countries worldwide. A manuscript from the project has been submitted for publication. Moving On II and III will investigate the international demographics of undergraduate pharmacy students and training to provide cognitive pharmaceutical services provided by community pharmacists respectively.

The 4th IPSF Scientific Symposium was conducted in Bangkok, Thailand during March. More than 25 students contributed poster and oral presentations on topics including Formulation and Development of Sodium Controlled Dosage Forms, the Use of Plants by Australian Aboriginal People and HIV/AIDS in Japan.

IPSF maintained Operational Relations with The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), and in December, IPSF participated in the 3rd Session of the UNESCO

World Commission on the Ethics of Scientific Knowledge and Technology conducted in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. In March IPSF was invited to nominate 20 graduate women for inclusion in a UNESCO talent bank of Women with International Societal Experience (WISE).

This coming September IPSF will again conduct a joint symposium with the FIP Academic Pharmacy Section at the FIP Congress in New Orleans, United States of America.

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Student Exchange Programme Mobility in pharmacy education is an important factor in preparing pharmacy students to work as health professionals in the dynamic global health care environment. In many countries lack of opportunity is often compounded by limited access to educational resources and/or non-exposure to innovative teaching methods. Through the Student Exchange Programme IPSF works to create opportunities for improvement in pharmacy education through offering students and young pharmacists international professional experiences in community, hospital, academic, administrative and industrial pharmacy.

Throughout the year 580 students applied to the IPSF Student Exchange Programme, which was ran in close to 50 countries. As of June 2004 more than 85% of these students had successfully been placed on exchanges of one to three months duration in countries of their choice.

The popularity of the programme prompted the executive to investigate the creation of a new online exchange platform. The executive will be pleased to announce the launch of the new system at the 50th IPSF

World Congress in Halifax, Canada.

National and local IPSF Student Exchange Officers (SEOs) will be trained in the operation of the online system in one of two workshop mornings.

Other new initiatives included the further development of a collaborative programme with the FIP Industrial Pharmacy Section.

The aim of this programme is to create additional opportunities for students to gain professional experience working in the pharmaceutical industry.

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As the numbers of IPSF member associations continues to grow so do the opportunities for pharmacy students to undertake professional exchanges. Through the Student Exchange Committee IPSF worked to increase the numbers of Spanish speaking countries in the Pan American region that participate in the programme. In 2004 a number of European and Asian countries also joined the programme for the first time.

In response to the growing interest among students to work in the field of public health, IPSF was pleased to announce in January the creation of new exchange placements at the International Pharmaceutical Federation in The Hague, The Netherlands. Prior to this IPSF successfully applied the IPSF secretariat to become an accredited work place under the European Voluntary Service Scheme. This enabled students to be able to apply to conduct European Union subsidised training in public health campaigning through IPSF. For the second year running IPSF awarded several Student Exchange Grants to enable students from developing countries to participate in the programme.

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Public Health Over the past 12 months IPSF has created new and exciting opportunities for pharmacy students in the field of public health.

In January the 113th session of the Executive Board of WHO voted to admit IPSF into Official Relations. The application was four years in development, and was based on a plan of collaboration with WHO that was completed by IPSF last September. The plan involved having both pharmacy students and young pharmacists actively promoting activities for World Aids Day, World Health Day and World No Tobacco Day. Having Official Relations will mean that IPSF is granted increased opportunities to actively represent pharmaceutical students at WHO committee meetings, conferences and forums. IPSF now joins IFMSA as only the second students' organisation worldwide to be granted Official Relations Status. IPSF is the third organisation representing the pharmacy profession to achieve this level of relations.

In December member associations conducted activities for World Aids Day. Campaigns were conducted in countries including Jamaica, Serbia and Montenegro, Hungary, Ghana and Japan.

In February IPSF participated in a two day Global Tobacco Surveillance Taskforce Meeting conducted by WHO and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). An outcome of the meeting was that IPSF, FIP, WHO and the CDC formed an alliance to undertake a survey all third year pharmacy students worldwide about their personal tobacco use.

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IPSF subsequently submitted an application to join the WHO Framework Convention Alliance. This is a group of nongovernment organisations (NGOs) dedicated to encouraging governments to ratify the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control. We look forward to hearing the outcome of the submission. At the upcoming IPSF World Congress in Canada delegates will vote on whether to adopt the Code of Practice on Tobacco Control for Health Professional Organisations. Member associations across the world conducted activities to mark World No Tobacco Day on May 31.

IPSF used the opportunity to launch a joint statement with EPSA entitled Promoting a Tobacco Free Future - Pharmacy Students Take Action. The executive also worked with WHO to re-launch the IPSF Tobacco Free Pharmacy Schools Initiative.

In March IPSF encouraged member associations to conduct activities for World TB Day. The Nepal Pharmacy Students' Society conducted a successful rally. In May IPSF launched a joint statement with the Commonwealth Pharmaceutical Association (CPA) entitled Partnerships - The Key to Improving Health Outcomes for Tuberculosis/HIV Patients. The launch took place at the Commonwealth Health Ministers meeting in Geneva, Switzerland and coincided with IPSF being accepted into the WHO Stop TB Partnership. IPSF is the first international organisation representing the pharmacy profession to be admitted to the partnership.

IPSF encouraged and facilitated member associations to conduct activities for World Health Day on April 7. The theme this year was Road Safety is No Accident. IPSF member associations in France, Portugal, Nepal and India conducted specific activities for the day. In Portugal more than 600 information leaflets educating consumers about the potential of medicines to impair the ability to drive were handed out in the community surrounding the University of Coimbra.

In May IPSF negotiated with WHO to accept four young pharmacist and pharmacy student interns to work at their headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland.

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Neema Village Concept Project In September 2003 IPSF was awarded the prestigious FIP Pharmaceutical Practitioners' Award for excellence in Pharmacy Practice for Neema Village Concept Project.

The project was initiated in 1993 with the aim of improving the health status of the people residing in and around Kiromo, Buma and Mataya villages in Tanzania.

After eight years of fundraising by pharmacy students worldwide the first group of international pharmacy student and young pharmacist volunteers attended the clinic from May 2001.

Since May 2001 there have been 13 rotations of volunteer pharmacy students and young pharmacists who have staffed the Neema dispensary for periods of between three and six months duration. This project continues to be one of the most popular and successful of the federation.

Ongoing student fundraising activities have included trivia nights, charity auctions, fun runs and even an abseiling day from the roof of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain (RPSGB) in London. A number of students' associations, including BPhD in Germany and APhA-ASP in the United States, have also raised money to support Neema this year.

In June a number of pharmacy students from around the world will climb Mt . Kilimanjaro in Tanzania to raise money for the project.

The 50th IPSF Congress Special Edition of the IPSF News Bulletin will include a photo essay on the Neema Project to record the experiences of the many participants.

In September 2004 the Neema project will be handed over to the Tanzanian Government to continue the running of the clinic and dispensary. The handing over ceremony will coincide with the 5th International

Symposium on Village Concept Projects that will be hosted by IPSF in nearby Bagamoyo.

Acknowledgements: IPSF is very thankful for Sandra Hutchinson and the students of the School of PharmacyRobert Gordon University, Aberdeen, Scotland, for the contribution to the Neema Village Concept Project.

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Regional Offices and Allied Regional Organisations The success of the IPSF regional structure, launched with the creation of the IPSF Asia Pacific, Pan American and African regional offices in 2001, is evident in the growth of the federation in previously under represented areas. The executive enjoyed productive discussions with each of the IPSF Regional Working Groups throughout the year. The highlights of each region’s activities were the regional symposiums and congresses.

The 3rd IPSF Pan American Regional Symposium (PARS III) took place in Panama City, Panama, from February 4-8. One hundred students attended the event from across the region. The theme of the symposium was A New Organizational Culture in Pharmacy, with presenters focusing on new opportunities for young pharmacists to work in the dynamic and rapidly changing health systems across Latin America.

Pharmacy students were also given the opportunity to present their own research work and discuss ideas for advancing the pharmacy profession both regionally and globally. The next Pan American event will be conducted in Jamaica in 2005.

The 3rd IPSF Asia Pacific Pharmaceutical Symposium (APPS) was held in Bangkok, Thailand, from March 1-7. This event attracted delegates from over 15 countries. At the APPS The Kingdom of Nepal and Republic of South Korea were represented at an IPSF event for the first time in many years. The theme of the APPS was Tradition and Innovation. Delegates had the opportunity to tour a local hospital, visit a pharmaceutical manufacturing facility and learn from the experts at the Thai Institute of Traditional Medicines. At the International Night participants performed a dance from their country, then auctioned a traditional gift, with all proceeds going towards the Development Fund to raise funds to support travel grants for people from developing countries to the 4th APPS in Japan.

The Asia Pacific Regional Office also worked closely with the Western Pacific Pharmaceutical Forum throughout the year, including participating in a Medication Counselling Skills Workshop held in Manila, Philippines, in November 2003.

IPSF participated in The 2nd African Pharmaceutical Students' Federation Congress took place in Khartoum, Sudan, from October 18-22. The African Pharmaceutical Students' Federation acts as the IPSF Regional Office in Africa. Over 350 delegates registered for the congress. The vice-president of Sudan was one of over 700 people that attended the opening ceremony. Representatives from WHO and FIP also attended the congress. Workshop topics included World Aids Day, The Pharmaceutical Industry in Africa and The Role of Medicinal Plants in Human Health Care.

Representatives of IPSF attended the 27th European Pharmaceutical Students' Association Annual Congress in Pamporovo, Bulgaria, from April 10-16. One hundred and fifty pharmacy students from across Europe participated in the congress. A presentation was made on the IPSF Student Exchange Programme and discussions were progressed about new ways that IPSF and EPSA can work more closely together in the future.

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Membership Promotion Membership promotion remained a top priority throughout the year. This has included offering support to existing member associations and seeking to recruit new associations. Priority was also given to strengthening the regional offices and developing networks of communication at a regional level.

Members of the executive committee and regional working groups conducted promotional presentations and visits to more than 30 countries throughout the year. These presentations included: Auckland, New Zealand - August Sydney, Australia - September Strasbourg, France - October Khartoum, Sudan - October Dusseldorf, Germany - November Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - December New Orleans, United States - December Kingston, Jamaica - December Port au Prince, Haiti - December Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic - December Tokyo, Japan - December Manila, Philippines - December Chennai, India - December Groningen, The Netherlands - January Geneva, Switzerland - January, February and May

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Leuven, Belgium - January Panama City, Panama - February London, United Kingdom - February Bangkok, Thailand - March New Delhi, India - March Helsinki, Finland - April Tartu, Estonia - April Pomparovo, Bulgaria - April Halifax, Canada - April Copenhagen, Denmark - April Uppsala, Sweden - April Oslo, Norway - May Patras, Greece - May Bari and Rome, Italy - May Riga, Latvia - May Kaunas, Lithuania - May Kyoto, Japan - June Bagamoyo, Tanzania - June The executive committee expects to have more than eight new member associations join the federation at the 50th IPSF World Congress in

Halifax, Canada.

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49 th IPSF World Congress The 49th IPSF World Congress took place in Singapore from July 25-August 3, 2003. Over 200 delegates from 38 countries attended the event.

Significantly, this was the first IPSF World Congress to be conducted in the Asia Pacific Region.

New member associations to join the federation at the congress included those from Japan, Haiti and Ecuador. The German national pharmaceutical students' association BPhD successfully bid to host the

51st IPSF World Congress in Bonn in 2005.

Motions passed through the General Assembly included those to investigate the expansion of the Executive to include a Director of Public Health, Director of Pharmacy Education and Director of Professional Development. A decision was taken to continue to fundraise for the Neema Village Concept Project until at least mid 2005, and to allow member associations to apply to the IPSF Development Fund to cover the cost of their annual membership fee.

In addition to the popular IPSF Patient Counselling Event, activities included an international night, a charity auction to raise money for the IPSF Development Fund and a Singaporean traditional evening. Participants also had the chance to visit Little India, the famous Raffles Hotel and to take a night safari in Singapore Zoo. At the conclusion of the highly successful event delegates departed on the post congress tour to Malaysia, eagerly anticipating the opportunity to attend the 50th IPSF World Congress in Canada in July 2004.

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Acknowledgements IPSF is grateful to the following organisations for their generous financial support throughout 2003-04.

The International Pharmaceutical Federation The European Union The Danish Pharmaceutical Society The Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain Pharmaciens Sans Frontiers - Denmark Pharmaciens Sans Frontiers - Sweden Nova South Eastern University - The United States of America Shoppers Drug Mart - Canada Therapeutic Guidelines - Australia

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