epsf newsletter 3 - feb 2006

8/7/2019 EPSF Newsletter 3 - Feb 2006

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We Thank Dr.Ahmed Fayez for his words, and as we could see that hismessage will never reach you in any other language better than in Arabic,we believed we should deliver it as it is ...

IITTSS AALLLL AABOUTBOUT UUNITYNITY....In This Issue

It's All About Unity!

Ahmed Fayez

A New Start!

EPSF Executives

EPSF Public HealthCommittee- First Aid

Program

M.Ghoenm

EPSF Future PharmacistProgram

Let's Get Together!

Public Relations Committee

SAMPA News!

Professionalism! How

much Do You Care!

CSPSA Team

So, What's New at

HSPSA?!

HSPSA Team

Avian Flu! What you needto know!

Aliaa AbdelHalim

Egyptian Revolution in

the field of medicine!

Noran Serag

EPSF Contact ListExplore the EPSF WorldNewsletter Credit s

Special Thanks


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EPSF NEWSLETTER ISSUE.3

Dear EPSFers!

It has bee our pleasure to meet you all during the EPSF10th Congress.

Your effective contribution, the researches you have

presented and your positive attitude made us feel that

we are towards a new different EPSF! We wouldlike to thank you all for your cooperation and your

contribution!What made this congress specifically

unique was the enthusiasm and the competition

spirit we could see amongst all universities,

also the contribution of the new EPSF

member scientific associations who shared with

unique researches and could impress the

audience. The huge number of research papers

submitted truly reflects that fact!

We would like also to congratulate all the winningteams for their great performance and thank the

rest for their great effort wishing them the

best of luck in the coming times!

You all have done great job!

Also, we would like to send our warm greetings

Overseas to Dr.Tarek AbdelMoez; EPSF former

secretary and thank him for the wonderful jobs he did. It would be our pleasure if youcould be among us this year too, but we wish you all the best in your job along theway.

So, we welcome Ahmed Taha (Minia University) among us in the EPSF board as thenew EPSF secretary wishing him the best of luck. It is a big responsibility , but we allbelieve that you are up to it.

EPSF Executive 2005-06

Photos @ GUC-SPSA & TPSS

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NNEWEW SSTARTTART!!EEXECUTIVEXECUTIVE BBOARDOARD


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E P S F NE W S L E T T E R I S S UE . 3

During the summer Vacation, the EPSF will proudly offer you the Future Pharmacist Pro-gram for this year!

This program offers you a unique package ofcourses including English Language courses at theAmerican University in Cairo (AUC), Selling andMarketingcourse at SCOPE company, computer courses ,first aid courseand clinical pharmacology course.Accommodation and Transportation will be availablefor those who need it.

For a detailed the detailed program and registration, please contact:

AbdelHalim Mounir, EPSF Chairperson of Pharmacy education committee [email protected]

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FFIRSTIRST AAIDID CCOURSEOURSE PPROGRAMROGRAM !!WWEEREACHREACHYOUYOUATATYOURYOUR HOME!HOME!

FFUTUREUTURE PPHARMACISTHARMACIST PPROGRAMROGRAM 20062006DDAREARETOTOSHARESHARE??

Aiming to reach our goal in getting highly

trained and professional pharmacists,the Public Health committee at the EPSF

decided to organize this program which

truly serves pharmacy students all overEgypt. Can you save a life ! Are you able tosave your friends or your family membersduring daily-life emergency situations?

Now, it is your chance to get to know that!

Join our first aid course in coordination with

the Egyptian Red Crescent Association .Eighteen hours course for three days in your Photo @ GUC-SPSA

faculty and at good price would be just perfect!

Huge thank you goes for GUC-SPSA & MSPSA for their active participation in this pro-gram. And we hope it will be of that benefit to them.

Also, I would like to invite all the other scientific associations to join us for that program !

For further information and registration, feel free to contact me.

Mahmoud Ghonem

EPSF Chairperson of Public Health Committee


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Being a part of the Egyptian Pharmaceutical StudentsFederation, SAMPS which was founded in 1992 has

the same objective as the EPSF which is studying andpromoting the interests of pharmacy students andencourages the cooperation amongst them.

Recently, SAMPS managed to offer Mansura

students the first aid course in coordination with

the faculty of nursing and the Egyptian Red CrescentSociety. Moreover, SAMPS participated in theorganization of the Future Pharmacist Program organized mainly by the EPSF andabout 20 students managed to take part in this program.

Among the events organized by SAMPS recently were seminars and campaigns aboutvarious topics. How to build your personality and improve your working skills, fastingand its health benefits and workshops on alternative medicine were the main topicsdiscusses. And of course, SAMPS had the honor to participate in the EPSF 10thcongress held in the MSA Now wait for our future events!

Those include selling skills courses, trips to PHARCO pharmaceutical company &SSGMA and our annual fine arts fair!

We wish pharmacy students all over Egypt the best of Luck!

SAMPS Members

First, we would like to thank the EPSF board for their tremendous effort they exert inorganizing the EPSF 10th congress. It was really a wonderful chance for HSPSA teamto meet our wonderful colleagues from different universities and getting new friends aswell. And we hope for the next conference to be a start for a great project wherepharmacy students all over Egypt share and cooperate. We have great potentials andwe are sure that with cooperation we will be able to reach our aims. It will be also nice ifall EPSF member association can work together in a big event where we can exchange

experiences and information. Now at HSPSA we are aiming at launching a campaign forawareness about Avian flu, we believe that we as pharmacy students have great rolein that respect.

SAMPS News

Greetings From HSPSA!

HSPSA Team organized Mind mapping coursein cooperation with Zedny.

An Event attended by a large number ofstudents who liked the day.


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Since CSPSA was established on March, 1994 till now,

we are very keen and persistent to reach our goal through our very own vision towardssuccess. Dreaming of ultimate success, we discovered the corner stone of all greatorganizations' success; professionalism.

Professionalism is not limited to high performance but should be viewed from the angle ofcreative thinking. Professionals have some traits which are truly the secret behind theirsuccess. They are tolerant enough that they are able to look at the same thing from differ-ent angles. Moreover, they use their imagination skills rather than the traditional ones. Inaddition, they have enough knowledge about their profession field and also the other re-lated fields.

Applying this 'Professionalism Theory" to our work, CSPSA along with the EPSF could

make many achievements. We managed to organize the EPSF 8th

congress and EPSF 4th

Symposium. Also, one of our events is CSPSA Symposium which is one of our most im-portant annual events. Cairo University students could actively participate in the EPSF10th Congress held in the MSA.

The dawn of every day brings a mixture of experiences & situations, joy and sadness, suc-cess and failure, optimism and frustration; whatever comes to you with every sunrise,every day is a GIFT from Allah. You have to look at the gift of going through a new daywith gratitude

Love from all CSPSA Board and active members

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Seeking Professionalism .How Much Do You Care?!

Lets Get Together!

This is only a short message, Id like to

send to all EPSF member SPSAs !Lets

Get Together! Thats what we are work-

ing on now at the EPSF Public Relations

committee! Let us know about your

coming events! Let us invite you to the

others! It would be so great if we can

get together more all the year along!

Greetings from the PR committee

Publications Committee!

Could You See the New Look!

At the publications Committee we are

working hard to get you the best of

what we can do! Your Comments,

Feedback and suggestions are wel-

comed! And Your contribution to the

newsletter is highly

appreciated! All The

Best,


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Avian flu refers to influenza in poultry. However, infections among mankind have beenreported since 1997. It is caused by a type of influenza viruses which are naturally presentin the gut of world wide birds. Susceptible birds get sick through contact with secretions ofinfected birds.

Humans can get infection through contact with infected poultry or their secretions, brokencontaminated eggs or aerosolization of the virus and landing on exposed surface of mouth,nose, eyes or being inhaled into lungs.

Human to human transmission is rare but due to continuous changes, the virus is expectedto adapt overtime and spread among mankind leading to an influenza pandemic*.

Unfortunately, since the virus doesn't commonly infect humans, scientists haven't beenable to develop a commercially available vaccine or provide remedy for this serious dis-ease. However, the National Institute of Health is enrolling volunteers for clinical trials of avaccine that may provide protection against H5N1 avian flu.

People most susceptible to the disease are those involved in dealing with live poultry aspoultry breeders in farms or markets for live poultry.

Basic means of prevention necessitate: Awareness about the importance of strict adherence to and proper use of hand

hygiene after contact with infected or exposed poultry or their wastes.

Banning bird imports and hunting from areas that have reported avian flu cases. Avoidance of contact between poultry and wild birds especially water fowl.

Bio-security measures including maintenance of cleanliness of farms, applicationof disinfectants as iodine and formalin containing compounds

Well done food as the virus is inactivated by heating at 56C/3 hours or 60C/30min. Also, it faces the same fate upon exposure to acidic pH.

Vaccination using the current seasons influenza vaccine to reduce the possibilityof dual infection with avian and human influenza viruses which may result inreassortment. The resultant hybrid virus could be highly transmissible among peopleand lead to widespread infections.

*Pandemic: an epidemic occurring over a very wide area, crossing international boundariesand usually affecting a large number of people. A global epidemic.

*reassortment: mixing of genes from human and avian viruses.

References:

http://www.cdc.gov/flu/avian/gen-info/facts.htm

http://www3.niaid.nih.gov/news/newsreleases/2005/avianfluvax.htm

Aliaa Mahmoud Abdelhalim

German University in Cairo

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AAVIANVIAN FFLULU! W! WHATHATYOUYOUNEEDNEEDTOTOKNOWKNOW!!


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Egyptian scientists were able to achieve a new discovery that may save the lives of manypatients all around the world. MESENCHYMAL CELLS was the magic keyword of thisdiscovery publicly discussed for the first time in the Second Annual Conference forscientific research, recently held by Cairo University

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The idea simply depends on using the mesenchymal cells(the primitive cells that rapidlydivide to give rise to new organs in the fetus or to substitute dead cells in children andadults)instead of donated organs in case of hepatic failure caused by chronic hepatitis C, oreven in case of malignant tumors.

Dr. Wafaa El-Matanawy, Professor of nuclear medicine in Faculty of medicine, Cairo

University and one of the participants in this research, suggested a public campaign toencourage all pregnant women to store an amount of their placental blood in a special bankthat will be created for this purpose to be a source of mesenchymal cells for their children infuture in case they need it for any health emergency.

Noran Serag El-Dien

Faculty of Pharmacy, Cairo University graduate 2004-05

President:[email protected]

Secretary General : [email protected]

Treasurer : [email protected]

SEO: [email protected]

Public Health:[email protected]

Publications:[email protected]

Public Relations:[email protected]

Pharmacy Education:[email protected]

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EPSF Contact List

EPSF contact all pharmacy Students in Egypt through:

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/egyptian_pharm_students_federation

Publications committee group:

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/epsf_publications

The group for the contact person:

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/epsf_cp

Executive Board Group:

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/epsf_exec

SEOs group:

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/epsf_seo

Explore The EPSF World


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Director:

Mohamed El-Hamshary

EPSF Publications Committee Chairperson 2005-2006

Newsletter Editor:

Amira Abdelsattar Metwaly.

EPSF EB Subcommittee.

For any comments or feedback, send in [email protected].

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Newsletter Credits

Thanks To

All of those who contributed to this issue either by sending articles or photos!!!!

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