Upgrading of the Faculty of Phnom Penh<\/h1>\n\u2014 Cambodia \u2014<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>![](\"https:\/\/www.fondationpierrefabre.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/12\/medicaments-benin-fondation-fabre_0-2.jpg\" "\\"medicaments-benin-fondation-fabre_0")
<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>BACKGROUND<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>In the 1990s, after decades of civil war and the Khmer Rouge regime, the Cambodian health system had been left devastated. Most of the infrastructure had been destroyed and doctors and pharmacists were sorely lacking. To help the country recover, international aid poured in.<\/p>\n
This was the context in which Fondation Pierre Fabre, alongside the Fondation M\u00e9rieux, chose to finance and oversee construction of the Faculty of Pharmacy of Phnom Penh<\/strong>. Between 2001 and 2003, a fully equipped, 2200m\u00b2 building took shape on the campus of the University of Health Sciences, near the medical and dentistry schools, the Institut Pasteur, the Institut du Coeur, and the Calmette Hospital.<\/p>\nSoon, however, the Foundation began concentrating on the project\u2019s central issue: training. Together with Professor Jean Cros, Cambodian teachers and academics from Marseille, the Foundation revamped the pharmaceutical curricula to better meet local public health needs<\/strong>. A doctoral training programme was also established, leading to the graduate degree (DES) in medications. Further, as a true school needed to be able to perform research, a lab opened in 2005. Having a phytochemistry focus, the lab is managed with the Pierre Fabre Research Institute. At the same time, the Foundation subsidised and organised teaching assignments to educate students and train trainers.<\/strong> Scholarships made it possible for the brightest students to specialise and move toward teaching or research.<\/p>\nObjective: to consolidate the country\u2019s entire drug chain to improve health and battle counterfeiting.<\/p>\n
The Faculty of Phnom Penh now had its own teaching staff and welcomes one hundred students per class. Such autonomy meant Fondation Pierre Fabre ended its involvement in 2007. Nevertheless, the adventure continues through the Master Mekong Pharma<\/a> offered with the Faculty\u2019s collaboration since 2012.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>KEY FACTS<\/span><\/strong><\/span>
\n_____<\/span><\/p>\nPriority<\/strong><\/span>
\nTraining of drugs specialists<\/span><\/p>\nProgramme<\/strong><\/span>
\n2001 \u2013 2007<\/span><\/p>\nType of involvement<\/strong><\/span>
\nDistributor and operator<\/span><\/p>\nActions<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n\n- Construction funding and project management<\/span><\/li>\n
- Instructional design (revised syllabus, creation of laboratory work)<\/span><\/li>\n
- Funding of scientific and educational materials<\/span><\/li>\n
- Funding and organisation of teaching assignments<\/span><\/li>\n
- Scholarship and internship funding<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
Universit\u00e9 des Sciences de la Sant\u00e9<\/strong><\/span>
\nFacult\u00e9 de Pharmacie
\n73 Bd Monivong
\nPHNOM PENH
\nCAMBODGE
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<\/span><\/p>\nThe Pierre Fabre Foundation played a vital role in transforming what was merely a pharmacy school into a true university faculty. Moreover, every effort was made to help the establishment move forward under its own power as quickly as possible. Now it must go further, such as gaining international recognition within the ASEAN and beyond.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\nPr Jean Cros<\/strong><\/span>
\n<\/cite> Scientific advisor to Fondation Pierre Fabre<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>ACHIEVEMENTS AND FUTURE INITIATIVES<\/h2>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>Achievements<\/span><\/h4>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>70<\/span>
\n<\/span>French academics\u2019 assignments between 2002 and 2006
\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>30<\/span>
\n<\/span>thesis boards and 10 teacher entry exam boards arranged between 2002 and 2006
\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>15<\/span>
\n<\/span>doctors of pharmacy pursued their doctoral studies in France between 2002 and 2006, including five who received a Foundation scholarship<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n<\/div>
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3,000<\/span>
\n<\/span>hours of coursework and instruction provided by French teachers between 2002 and 2006
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<\/p>\n
100<\/span>
\n<\/span>students per class since 2007
\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>Future initiatives<\/span><\/h3>\n<\/div>Fondation Pierre Fabre has extended this programme by way of the Master Mekong Pharma<\/a>: the first class of eleven Cambodian students graduated in 2014.<\/p>\nIt is also maintains close ties with all the teachers-researchers it supported during their training. Though the Foundation does occasionally provide them with assistance in the face of certain challenges, it views them as true partners and members of the international scientific community.<\/p>\n<\/div>
<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>PARTNERS<\/h2>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n- Amicale des \u00e9tudiants en pharmacie et pharmaciens khmers \u2013 AEPK (equipment funding)<\/li>\n
- Coop\u00e9ration\u00a0fran\u00e7aise<\/a> (strategic and financial support)<\/li>\n
- Fondation M\u00e9rieux<\/a>\u00a0(funding of building, project management)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
\n- Facult\u00e9 de Pharmacie – Aix-Marseille Universit\u00e9<\/a>\u00a0(consulting, teaching)<\/li>\n
- Facult\u00e9 des Sciences Pharmaceutiques – Universit\u00e9 Paul Sabatier Toulouse III<\/a> (consulting, teaching)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
See also<\/span><\/h4>\n<\/div>
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BACKGROUND<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n In the 1990s, after decades of civil war and the Khmer Rouge regime, the Cambodian health system had been left devastated. Most of the infrastructure had been destroyed and doctors and pharmacists were sorely lacking. To help the country recover, international aid poured in.<\/p>\n This was the context in which Fondation Pierre Fabre, alongside the Fondation M\u00e9rieux, chose to finance and oversee construction of the Faculty of Pharmacy of Phnom Penh<\/strong>. Between 2001 and 2003, a fully equipped, 2200m\u00b2 building took shape on the campus of the University of Health Sciences, near the medical and dentistry schools, the Institut Pasteur, the Institut du Coeur, and the Calmette Hospital.<\/p>\n Soon, however, the Foundation began concentrating on the project\u2019s central issue: training. Together with Professor Jean Cros, Cambodian teachers and academics from Marseille, the Foundation revamped the pharmaceutical curricula to better meet local public health needs<\/strong>. A doctoral training programme was also established, leading to the graduate degree (DES) in medications. Further, as a true school needed to be able to perform research, a lab opened in 2005. Having a phytochemistry focus, the lab is managed with the Pierre Fabre Research Institute. At the same time, the Foundation subsidised and organised teaching assignments to educate students and train trainers.<\/strong> Scholarships made it possible for the brightest students to specialise and move toward teaching or research.<\/p>\n Objective: to consolidate the country\u2019s entire drug chain to improve health and battle counterfeiting.<\/p>\n The Faculty of Phnom Penh now had its own teaching staff and welcomes one hundred students per class. Such autonomy meant Fondation Pierre Fabre ended its involvement in 2007. Nevertheless, the adventure continues through the Master Mekong Pharma<\/a> offered with the Faculty\u2019s collaboration since 2012.<\/p>\n<\/div> KEY FACTS<\/span><\/strong><\/span> Priority<\/strong><\/span> Programme<\/strong><\/span> Type of involvement<\/strong><\/span> Actions<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n Universit\u00e9 des Sciences de la Sant\u00e9<\/strong><\/span> The Pierre Fabre Foundation played a vital role in transforming what was merely a pharmacy school into a true university faculty. Moreover, every effort was made to help the establishment move forward under its own power as quickly as possible. Now it must go further, such as gaining international recognition within the ASEAN and beyond.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n Pr Jean Cros<\/strong><\/span> 70<\/span> 30<\/span> 15<\/span> <\/p>\n<\/div> 3,000<\/span> 100<\/span> Fondation Pierre Fabre has extended this programme by way of the Master Mekong Pharma<\/a>: the first class of eleven Cambodian students graduated in 2014.<\/p>\n It is also maintains close ties with all the teachers-researchers it supported during their training. Though the Foundation does occasionally provide them with assistance in the face of certain challenges, it views them as true partners and members of the international scientific community.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
\n_____<\/span><\/p>\n
\nTraining of drugs specialists<\/span><\/p>\n
\n2001 \u2013 2007<\/span><\/p>\n
\nDistributor and operator<\/span><\/p>\n\n
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\nFacult\u00e9 de Pharmacie
\n73 Bd Monivong
\nPHNOM PENH
\nCAMBODGE
\nhttp:\/\/uhs.edu.kh\/<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.fondationpierrefabre.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/07\/Sans-titre-1-1.png\")
\n<\/cite> Scientific advisor to Fondation Pierre Fabre<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>ACHIEVEMENTS AND FUTURE INITIATIVES<\/h2>\n<\/div>
<\/div><\/div><\/div>Achievements<\/span><\/h4>\n<\/div>
<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\n<\/span>French academics\u2019 assignments between 2002 and 2006
\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
\n<\/span>thesis boards and 10 teacher entry exam boards arranged between 2002 and 2006
\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
\n<\/span>doctors of pharmacy pursued their doctoral studies in France between 2002 and 2006, including five who received a Foundation scholarship<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/p>\n
\n<\/span>hours of coursework and instruction provided by French teachers between 2002 and 2006
\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/p>\n
\n<\/span>students per class since 2007
\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>Future initiatives<\/span><\/h3>\n<\/div>
<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>PARTNERS<\/h2>\n<\/div>
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<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>See also<\/span><\/h4>\n<\/div>
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