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The Association of Community Pharmacists of Nigeria, Lagos chapter, has raised the alarm over the harassment its members face in the hands of police operatives in the state.
The Chairman of the association in Lagos, Olabanji Obideyi, at the annual general meeting of the association said police officers who were expected to deal with criminal activities in the state were now busy going round pharmaceutical stores in Lagos to his members.
He said, “Two years ago when codeine cough syrup was banned, this issue came up, police officers were going around pharmacies, set traps for pharmacists; they will send someone to go and buy the drug, once you attempt to sell it, they will come for you. Police don’t have the right to enter pharmaceutical stores for regulatory activities such as checking expired drugs, checking the authenticity of drugs.
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The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed the limitations and in some cases, inadequacies of healthcare systems, globally â with some regions and countries faring worse than others. It has also revealed how crucial certain professions and services are to our societies. That list includes pharmacies.
In many countries, pharmacists – the third-largest and most accessible healthcare professionals in the world – are often the first point of contact with the healthcare system.
In Nigeria, for example, the healthcare system is split into the private and public sector. The private sector makes up 38 per cent of the healthcare facilities in the nation, while the public sector, fully controlled by the government, is divided into primary, secondary and tertiary systems. Primary healthcare, mainly located in rural areas, only offers essential healthcare services such as maternal and child healthcare.
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The National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA), has said that it planned to vaccinate approximately 109 million Nigerians that will be eligible for the COVID-19 vaccination over the course of two years.