The Nationwide Company for Meals and Drug Administration and Management (NAFDAC) has launched new initiatives to sort out substandard and falsified medical merchandise within the Northwest area.
The company unveiled the Traceability Mission throughout a stakeholder sensitization workshop on Wednesday.
NAFDAC’s Director-Normal, Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye, who was represented by Mr. Bitrus Fraden, Director of Put up-Advertising Surveillance, highlighted the importance of those initiatives in addressing the rising problem of counterfeit medicines.
“Traceability is a authorized framework for monitoring merchandise alongside the provision chain. With this know-how, stakeholders can detect and forestall the entry of pretend merchandise into the provision chain,” she mentioned.
Moreover, NAFDAC launched the GreenBook and the Pediatric Regulation 2024 as a part of its broader effort to boost drug security.
The GreenBook is designed to assist customers determine and keep away from counterfeit or substandard merchandise, whereas the Pediatric Regulation 2024 focuses on addressing the distinctive medical wants of youngsters.
NAFDAC’s proactive measures
Adeyeye famous that counterfeiters have turn into extra subtle of their unlawful commerce, making it mandatory for NAFDAC to undertake trendy know-how and consciousness methods to mitigate their actions.
“Now that counterfeiters have adopted extra subtle strategies to advance their commerce, the company is poised to make use of applied sciences and trendy means to mitigate their actions. Subsequently, the sensitisation of stakeholders is very related,” she added.
She additionally talked about that over time, NAFDAC has deployed a number of measures to fight substandard and pretend medical merchandise.
These embody client security publications, public consciousness by way of newspapers, TV programmes, and updates on social media.
Adeyeye urged all stakeholders within the healthcare sector to help these initiatives to get rid of counterfeit medication and be certain that Nigerians have entry to high quality, secure, and efficient medical merchandise.
Challenges within the Northwest area
Mr. Fraden Mullah, Director of NAFDAC Northwest Zone, acknowledged that Kano stays a hotspot for counterfeit medical merchandise, making it tough to tell apart between real and substandard medicines.
“The company has the ability to prosecute anybody discovered responsible, relying on the offence. Punishments vary from closure and seizure to revoking certificates,” he mentioned.
The workshop was attended by key gamers within the healthcare business, together with representatives from the Pharmacy Council of Nigeria, the Affiliation of Medical Laboratory Scientists, the Nurses Affiliation, and the Nigerian Affiliation of Patent and Proprietary Medication Sellers (NAPPMED).
The occasion served as a platform to coach stakeholders on using the brand new applied sciences in detecting and stopping counterfeit medicines.
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