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Subject: [india-drug] Response to Essential Medicines materials for School Health
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Response to Essential Medicines materials for School Health
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Dear Dr Sathyanarayanan,

Thank you for your very interesting reply. Many years ago when I was 
doing work on Plantation health services in South India, I visited some

schools in Tamil Nadu and was very impressed with their school feeding
program.

But your response also highlights the problem that I am facing. I am 
not primarily trying to get materials about school health programs. I
am trying to get materials on what children are taught about medicines.
The paper that I quoted by Geisler shows that children already know
quite a lot and need to know more. Pat Bush at the USP described what
children needed to know. 
BUT apart from a message from New Zealand I have not heard of materials

that could be used in a school health program.

Imagine if I had asked for materials about drugs of abuse. I would have

been flooded with materials.

So if you or your colleagues have such curricula or materials I would 
be very interested to see it.

Thank you,

Richard Laing


Richard Laing (Medical Officer)
Policy, Access and Rational Use,
Essential Drugs and Medicines Policy,
World Health Organization
CH-1211 Geneva 27, Switzerland
Tel 41 22 791 4533
Fax 41 22791 4167
E-mail laingr@who.int



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