INDICES> Re: Educating the Public how to use drugs.

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Indices:  Drug Information in cameroon /Educating the Public how to use
drugs  cont

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Dear MR. J.Kamdem


Your country needs an active, and incorruptible Drug Regulatory Authority to
check on the quality of generics, on your medicine market.  The agency can
also regulate the number of generics for a particular condition.  If you do
not have such an authority, you could think of a project to have one.  In
the project, you should not forget the requirement of a fully equiped
laboratory.

On public drug use, people must be educated about drugs.  Otherwise they
will continue to use medicines wrongly.  Some will not even bother going to
health units for proper diagnosis, even when they have the money.

People will also continue to misuse and over use vital antimicrobials.
Some people have developed fatal complications of otherwise treatable
diseases.  Others have developed drug related complications, secondary to
getting all categories of drugs at ease, whenever they think such medicines
are needed.

WHO medicines department developed a course on public drug use education.
Am certain you may need it.  To plan your work more effeciently and
effectively, for a change in practice.  I gained alot of insight into public
drug use education from the modules of that course.   You may contact one of
the following for advice, and  more current information,  about the course.
Ms. Daphne Fresle(whose address is given below) can, in addition, give you
more information about setting up a drug regulatory agency, and  an
essential drug policy.


Daphne Fresle
Policy, Access and Rational Use
Department of Essential Drugs and Medicines Policy, WHO
20 Avenue Appia, CH - 1211 Geneva 27,
Switzerland
Tel: +41 22 791 3893
fax: +41 22 791 4167
E-mail: fresled@who.ch



Anita Hardon
Medical Anthropology Unit
Department of Anthropology
Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
University of Amsterdam
Oudezijds Achterburgwal 185
NL - 1012 DK Amsterdam
The Netherlands
Tel: +31 20 525 2670
Fax: +31 20 525 3010
e-mail: hardon@pscw.uva.nl


John Hubley
21 Arncliffe Road
Leeds
LS16 5AP
United Kingdom
Tel: +44 113 2755 486
Fax: +44 113 2305 224
e-mail: j.hubley@ukonline.co.uk


Help the people of Cameroon, do not give up!

Best regards,


George Kibumba, MPS(Uganda).
Drug Information Pharmacist
Drug Information Desk,
Joint Medical Store,
P.O.BOX 4501, KAMPALA, Uganda(E.A)
e-mail: did.jms@imul.com
Tel:    256-41-268482
fax:    256-41-267298

I will be sending a number of files by email relevant to the setting up drug
information centres in developing countries. - Leesette

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