Meningitis: Liberalise Importation Of Essential Medicines, Vaccines – PSN
By Chioma Umeha Following the outbreak of Cerebrospinal Meningitis (CSM) which is spreading like wildfire across the country, experts have said that collaboration is critical to ensure available and affordable safe as well as effective medicines and vaccines to tackle the menace. Stating this on Monday were pharmacists who spoke under the platform of Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria (PSN) who regretted that the persistent fatalities from outbreak of Meningitis is a preventable one. Specifically, PSN blamed the recurring epidemics in the country to improper medicine management and protocols especially in the area of immunisation. According to them, a well-structured and lawfully constituted regulatory agencies involved in drug distribution would address the improper medicine management and protocols especially in the area of immunisation. The agencies which are critical in the drug distribution network, PSN said are mainly, National Agency for Food and Dr