Pharmacists Move To
End Drug Abuse With 2.6bn Information Centre
Chioma Umeha
The Pharmaceutical
Society of Nigeria Phas concluded plans
to launch it’s National Drug and
Poisons and Information, Emergency
Response and Research Centre to tackle drug and substance abuse.
Pharm. John Nwaiwu, the
chairman of the PSN Drug Information Project,
while addressing a press briefing on Monday in Lagos, said the centre
worth N2.6 billion which would be
unveiled on tomorrow in Lagos would offer a toll-free line service for members of the public and would be
completed in 2021.
“Every state in Nigeria will
have one dedicated phone line and personnel from that state responsible for all
centre activities. Fluency in local language will be key for wider coverage and
effective communication.
“Through the centre, the PSN
will employ comptent personnel that will consell, advise, make refferalls and
work with every personnel that has business with emmergency. We are poised to
take the health sector to the next level,” Nwaiwu said.
He added that the centre the
centre would offer inflow of information, identify drug and substance abuse, as
well as prepare quaterly report of drug and poison-related problems.
“Activities of the centre
will foster strong inter-professional collaboration with health workers in the
emmergency response chain. Health financing burden on states and federal
government will gradually reduce over the years as impact of mass
education and enlightenment of the populace gain grounds,” Nwaiwu said.
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