December 04, 2024

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The World Sickle Cell Day
19th June 2023
World Sickle Cell Day is observed globally on June 19th each year. It provides an opportunity to
shine light on the impact of sickle cell disease (SCD) and to advocate for improved care and support
for those affected.
The theme for the year 2023 is “Building and strengthening Global Sickle Cell Communities,
Formalizing New-born Screening and Knowing your Sickle Cell Disease Status”. This is a call
to recognise the first step (understanding the genotype in infants and adults) in fighting sickle cell
disease, thus breaking its cycle, as it is an inherited disorder being passed down through generations. Please click to read more

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World Blood Donor Day

PSN MIC, 14th June 2023

June 14th, every year has been designated the World Blood Donor Day. The campaign slogan for 2023 is "Give blood, give plasma, share life, share often. This slogan aims to show appreciation for willing blood donors and spread knowledge about the significance of safe blood donation. It also presents a chance to urge governments and national health authorities to allocate sufficient funds and set up the necessary infrastructures and processes to increase the collection of blood from willing, unpaid blood donors. Please click to read more

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Medical Product Alert N°6/2022
Substandard (contaminated) paediatric medicines identified in WHO region of Africa

Alert Summary
This WHO Medical Product Alert refers to four substandard products, identified in The Gambia and reported to WHO in September 2022. Substandard medical products are products that fail to meet either their quality standards or specifications and are therefore "out of specification"1.
The four products are Promethazine Oral Solution, Kofexmalin Baby Cough Syrup, Makoff Baby Cough Syrup and Magrip N Cold Syrup. The stated manufacturer of these products is Maiden Pharmaceuticals Limited (Haryana, India). To date, the stated manufacturer has not provided guarantees to WHO on the safety and quality of these products.
Laboratory analysis of samples of each of the four products confirm that they contain unacceptable amounts of diethylene glycol and ethylene glycol as contaminants. To date, these four products have been identified in The Gambia, but may have been distributed, through informal markets, to other countries or regions.

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Marking the World Rabies Day

With The Drug Information Centre (DIC) of

The Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria (PSN)

 

The 28th of September every year has been set aside by the World Health Organisation (WHO) to draw attention to rabies. The Drug Information Centre (DIC) of the Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria (PSN) joins the ‘celebration’ by raising awareness with current information on the disease and highlighting progress made in defeating it.