Recently, a training Course on rational drug use for medical specialists in South and Southeast Asia, sponsored by Yunnan Department of Commerce, was hosted by The School of Pharmacy of Kunming Medical University and the Clinical Pharmacy Committee of Yunnan Pharmacology Association. 36 medical specialists from 6 countries including the Ministry of Health, central and local hospitals in Nepal, Thailand, Vietnam, Laos, Myanmar and Cambodia participated in the training. This training is one of a series of activities for the founding ceremony of the South and Southeast Asia Medical Education and Service Alliance.

LI Ming, Vice Chairman of Adminiostration Committee of the univerity, XIE Baosheng, Vice President, Li Boyan, Deputy Researcher of the Foreign Economic Cooperation Department of Yunnan Provincial Department of Commerce, heads of the Division of International Exchange and Cooperation of the University, the School of Pharmacy, the Clinical Pharmacy Committee of Yunnan Pharmacology Association, and teachers, students representatives attended the class opening and closing ceremony.

Li Ming in the opening ceremony speech pointed out that KMU successfully held the first training course on rational drug use for health personnel from five provinces of Laos, which had a active response. In order to better serve Belt and Road Initiative , KMU once again provided training course in the occasion of Alliance’s founding with an aim to build cross-boarder platform for medical specialists’ exchanges and improve their medical skills. He hoped that participants took this training as an oppotunity to conduct all-round and multi-angle discussions on cutting-edge and hot issues in this field, and work together to promote the development of clinical rational drug use in this region for the benefit of people in many countries.

Xie Baosheng appreciated the success of this training course in closing ceremony. He pointed out that with the support of the Yunnan provincial government, the School of Pharmacy of Kunming Medical University and the Professional Committee of Clinical Pharmacy have given full play to their disciplinary advantages and well organized the training. Participants learned from each other and passed on friendship, thus building a bridge for the development of medical education and health care in South and Southeast Asia. As the initiator of South and Southeast Asia Medical Education and Service Alliance, KMU is willing to make this training program a bright name card of Belt and Road  exchange and cooperation. Xie Baosheng asked the administrative departments and each schools to constantly sum up experience and improve the training level.

In the opening ceremony of the class, LI Boyan emphasized that in recent years, Yunnan province has taken the initiative to serve and integrate into the national development strategy, and actively participated in the construction of Belt and Road based on its geographical advantages and characteristic resources. Kunming Medical University actively undertook the foreign aid task of Belt and Road Initiative, which was fully recognized by the Provincial Department of Commerce. It is believed that the implementation of this training class and other foreign aid projects would greatly conducive to the regional development.

CUI Lan, deputy director of the Clinical Pharmacy Committee of Yunnan Pharmacology Associatioin, introduced the importance of strengthening the management of the clinical use of drugs in medical institutions to ensure the safety of medical treatment. Ms. Konmani Namanivon, Director of information Management, Department of Food and Drug administration, Ministry of Health of Laos, spoke on behalf of all the trainees and thanked the Chinese government and the Yunnan Provincial Government for the assistance in carrying out this training.

Eight clinical pharmaceutical professionals, including Professor Yin Xiaoxing, former President of Xuzhou Medical University and member of the National Pharmaceutical Education Commission, Director Yan Miao of the Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, and Kong Shujia of the Affiliated Hospital of Kunming Medical University, were invited to give practical trainings. In addition, all the trainees visited the Clinical Pharmacy Center of the First Affiliated Hospital of Kunming Medical University, the Pharmacy Department of the second Affiliated Hospital, the production workshop of Yunnan Bai Pharmaceutical Factory and the logistics Department of Yunnan Pharmaceutical Co., LTD., bringing vivid and accessible practical teaching to all the trainees. During the course, trainees listened carefully and recorded carefully. After class, they were eager to ask questions and the atmosphere was lively.

At the closing ceremony, the attending leaders presented the training certificate to the students and the honorary certificate to the teachers and student volunteers who participated in the work.

This meeting is the second session of rational drug Use training for medical colleges and institutions in South And Southeast Asia, following the first session of Training Program on Rational Drug Use for health System Personnel in five Provinces of Laos in 2018. More trainees from more countries are involved. It aims to enhance the exchanges and cooperation between KMU and medical institutions in South and Southeast Asia through training on rational drug use, improve the level of medical education and services, and promote the development of regional and even global medical and healthcare undertakings.