The Pharmafluence Education Advancement Network (PEAN), in collaboration with the British Pharmacological Society, have scheduled an outreach on Saturday, August 23, at the Ungwan Rimi Market in Kaduna to promote safe medicine use.
PEAN disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday, through its leader Kenneth David, who announced that the event aims to educate traders, artisans, and shoppers about the risks of unsafe medical practices. The outreach follows a successful month-long medication safety campaign, which included a seminar at Narayi High School in Kaduna, reaching over 350 participants. “The seminar broke down what often sounds like complex hospital talk into simple, memorable principles, ensuring the right person takes the right medicine, for the right condition, at the right time, through the right route, and for the right duration,” David said.
“People were surprised to learn that poor storage can render medicines harmful or ineffective even before their printed expiry date. This shows us how much the community needs such interventions, and that is why our upcoming outreach at Ungwan Rimi is so important,” he noted.
Participants at the seminar pledged to become medication safety ambassadors in their communities.
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