Combating Roadside Drugs : Pharmacists Call for greater Collaboration

Pharmacist from all over Cameroon converge on Douala on September 25 to celebrate the 11th edition of the international day of pharmacist. This year's edition celebrated under the theme, “trusting the pharmacy for your health”, gave the pharmacists the opportunity to discuss ways to better their profession.
During the opening ceremony, the representative of the Minister of Public Health, Dr. Kouakap Solange, said the theme for this year's celebration was timely as the fight against roadside drugs must be intensified.
She said it is fast becoming a public health problem as many more people are dying as a result of illicit drug consumption. She said the government has not relented efforts on the fight against illicit and road side drugs. She used the opportunity to urge the pharmacists to work hard in collaboration with the government to eradicate the ill.
On his part the president of the council of the national association of pharmacists in Cameroon, Dr. Nana Sambou Frank said the fight against roadside and illicit drugs is a collective one and both the government and stakeholders mus...