Editorial perspectives and opinion pieces from pharmacy professionals.
Despite the availability of medicine verification systems in Nigeria, gaps in consumer knowledge, public awareness and implementation continue to raise concerns. This article examines the roles of NAFDAC, pharmacists, the media and consumers in strengthening medicine authentication.
A sudden collapse at an Abuja university mosque highlights the importance of first-aid knowledge, bystander response and emergency preparedness, and why more people need practical skills to respond when lives are at risk.
A pharmacy degree can open a pathway into health journalism. Pharmacists already possess scientific and medicines expertise, but they must add reporting, interviewing, evidence appraisal and storytelling skills to turn that knowledge into credible journalism.
Nigeria has launched a national 1,000 Days of Life campaign to improve maternal and child nutrition, as new survey data show that only 29% of infants under six months are exclusively breastfed.
It is immoral in my view to accept a job opportunity in a crucial sector like the health sector solely to keep afloat considering its financial benefits with the intention to relegate your duties and responsibilities towards patients and caregivers as afterthoughts.
The proposed National Health Facility Regulatory Agency promises stronger oversight of healthcare facilities, but Nigeria already has a legal framework for regulating standards, inspections and quality of care. Before creating another federal regulator, lawmakers should ask a fundamental question: why has the existing framework under the National Health Act not been fully implemented?
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