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From Right: Pharm (Mazi) Sam Ohuabunwa, President, Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria (PSN), unveiling the conference logo on Monday, while Chief Emeka Duru, Secretary, PSN; Dr. Egbuna Udeorah, Conference Planning Committee(CPC) Head of Exhibition & Un-officio member PSN; from Left: Pharmacist (Dr.) Ejiro Foyobo, Deputy President, South, PSN and Pharm Bankole Ezebuilo, Conference Planning Committee Chairman watch.   A ll roads lead to Kaduna State for Pharmacists and all stakeholders on Monday, November 4, 2019 for the Annual Conference of the Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria (PSN) which would run through Saturday November 9, 2019. Pharm. (Mazi) Sam Ohuabunwa, PSN President, at a pre-conference briefing with newsmen announced that the conference with the theme, “Navigating the winds of change in professional practice in a volatile economy,” was structured to address key areas of need towards retooling for best world practices in the coming year; peer review to close up gaps in prac

J oint Health Sector Union and Assembly of Healthcare Professional Association (JOHESU/AHPA) has condemned and rejected the approval of the concessioning of facilities in public health institutions in the country by the Infrastructure Concession Regulatory Commission (ICRC). JOHESU/AHPA which constitutes 95 per cent of health workforce in the country said concession of facilities in public health institutions would compromise the lives of the vast majority of Nigerians and compound their existing problems. JOHESU/AHPA in a release by its Chairman, Biobelemoye Joy Josiah, described the concession approval as a hurricane that would speed up a “descent to a bottomless pit of fruitlessness and un-productivity in healthcare.” It therefore urged the Federal Government to immediately stop the concessioning of Teaching Hospital facilities to private profiteers. It as well advised other health professionals who have been promised that concessioning of health facilities would not affect them to

Some dignitaries during a courtesy visit of the Conference Planning Committee of the Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria (PSN) to Governor Nasir Ahmad El-Rufai of Kaduna State, recently. P harm (Mazi) Sam Ohuabunwa , President, Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria (PSN), has pledged that the society would continue to encourage pharmacists through capacity building and professional development to provide safe and effective medicines to Nigerians. Ohuabunwa made the pledge in a press statement to mark this year’s World Pharmacists Day said, “We have strived to do that in the past, sacrificially doing it today and will willingly do it tomorrow.” The World Pharmacists’ Day is marked on September 25, all over the world, to appreciate the immeasurable role played by Pharmacists in the health care delivery system of every nation. The 2019 World Pharmacists’ Day will promote “safe and effective medicines for all.” According to the International Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP) the theme aims to high

Drugs. Inset: Adeniran   In commemorating the 2019 World Pharmacists Day, Pharm. Bola Adeniran (FPSN), the Chairman, Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria (PSN), Lagos Branch, has drawn attention to the need for a critical appraisal of the Drug Distribution Channel, evaluation of the increasing tendencies to worsen sales and dispensing of drugs via Internet Pharmacy and attempts by the government to concession Health Facilities in FHIs in line with the theme of this year’s celebration, “Safe and Effective Medicines for All.”  CHIOMA UMEHA  reports: P harm. Bola Adeniran, Lagos PSN Chairman, has posited that to realise the objective of this year’s celebration, there is need to take a holistic review of the drug distribution channels, the challenges of Internet Pharmacy Practice in Nigeria and the drawbacks in concessioning of health facilities. World Pharmacists Day, September 25 highlights the value of the pharmacy profession and impact on improving health authorities, other professions an

The United Nations Children Funds (UNICEF) has said that Nigeria is in dire need of N4.4 billion to procure 229,636 cartons of Ready to Use Therapeutic Food (RUTF) to address malnutrition in Borno State in 2020. The international agency said, an estimated 440,000 children who are under five years are affected by the Severe Acute Malnutrition (SAM) in Borno, Yobe, and Adamawa states in 2019. UNICEF Nutrition Specialist, Aminu Usman, disclosed this at the opening of a two-day media dialogue on “Integrated and timely response to nutrition-related humanitarian needs” in Maiduguri, on Thursday. The dialogue is organised by the Child Rights Information Bureau, Federal Ministry of Information and Culture in collaboration with UNICEF, with support from the Department for International Development (DFID). Recent reports show that child malnutrition cases in Borno had continued to rise despite international interventions. UNICEF said it also needs N5 billion for the procurement of 258,950 carton

L-R: Rabie Issa, Business Executive Officer, Nestlé Waters Nigeria; Mauricio Alarcón, MD/CEO, Nestlé Nigeria; Olawale Adebiyi MD Wecyclers, Bolanle Olowu, Head Business Development, Wecyclers; Victoria Uwadoka, Corporate Communications & Public Affairs Manager, Nestlé Nigeria at the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Wecyclers to combat plastic waste pollution in Nigeria, in Lagos recently. Studies show that large quantity of plastic waste enters the natural environment, harms wildlife and damages ecosystems globally with 70 per cent ending up in the ocean. In Nigeria, more than 32 million metric tonnes of waste is generated annually, while Lagos alone produces about 10,000 metric tonnes of waste daily, most of which end up in landfills and in waterways, exacerbating health challenges and environmental hazards. To this effect, Nestlé Nigeria has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Wecyclers to combat plastic waste pollution in Nigeria. Both companies ar

Some personalities at the event organised by Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria(PSN) to mark the World Pharmacists’ Day at the Pharmacy House , Lagos, on Monday. T o ensure improved healthcare for all Nigerians, pharmacists under the auspices of Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria, (PSN) have itemised what they described as safety rights which patients’ seeking quality healthcare should note. Disclosing this to journalists in Lagos on Monday, at an event to commemorate World Pharmacists’ day is marked yearly, on September 25, the President of PSN, Pharm Sam Ohuabunwa said that patients should be fully aware of their rights to quality health which must be followed before a medication safety could be assured. The PSN President stated that the patients’ right include; Right to right dosage; medication; being administered to the right patient; at the right time and by the right route. Explaining further, Ohuabunwa said, “I am sure everyone here has consumed medicines, we would find out whethe