Health News of Wednesday, 11 April 2018Source: ghananewsagency.orgPharmacy Council moves to stop drugs sale by unauthorised personsThe Council has organised a training programme for about 114 over-the-counter medicine sellersThe Pharmacy Council has stepped up its effort to stop the sale of medicines by the unauthorised and the untrained to protect the safety of the people. As part of this, it has organized training for 114 newly registered over-the-counter medicine sellers from across the 11 municipalities and districts in the Upper West Region. The over-the-counter seller could not for example stock prescription-only medicines like Tramadol. Madam Cynthia Yeboah Mintah, acting Head of Education, Training and Research Department of the Council, said more should be done to help everybody to stop buying non-prescription medicine from unauthorized and untrained persons. Madam Yeboah Minita underlined the determination of the Council to make sure that pharmacy practice was properly and efficiently regulated for consumers’ safety.

Source: GhanaWeb April 10, 2018 17:26 UTC