Governing Council for pharmacists inaugurated

He called on the members to also ensure that they helped in ensuring that pharmacists were posted to serve in the urban communities across the country.

He advised the council members to work at ensuring that the college produced only the best whose responsibility would be to improve health outcomes.

The deputy minister called on people to be more circumspect about the drugs they bought and where they bought them, saying that buying cheap drugs would mean buying fake or imitated drugs.

The Executive Secretary of the National Council for Tertiary Education, Prof. Mahama Duwiejua, who chaired the inauguration ceremony, said the College of Pharmacists would help promote specialist training in pharmacy and related disciplines, as well as promote continuous professional development in pharmacy and contribute to the formulation of policies on sound health, medicine and public health in general.

He gave an assurance that the council would ensure the responsible use of medicines to assure the sustainability of the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS).

He called for support for the council from members and the public, saying that the council could achieve a lot with the needed support.

Story Rebecca Quaicoe-Duho