Fiji’s schools teach healthy living
News22 Aug, 2014 reference: http://www.who.int/features/2014/fiji-healthy-living/en/ Pupils at Khemendra Primary School in Fiji don’t just learn about healthy food, they help to grow their own. Each class is responsible for cultivating different…
WHO calls for stronger action on climate-related health risks
News27 Aug, 2014 reference: http://www.who.int/mediacentre/news/releases/2014/climate-health-risks-action/en/ 27 AUGUST 2014 ¦ GENEVA - Previously unrecognized health benefits could be realized from fast action to reduce climate change…
Ugandan team brings Ebola experience to Liberia
News28 Aug, 2014 reference:http://www.who.int/features/2014/ugandan-ebola-team/en/ A team of Ugandan doctors and health workers are deployed by WHO to provide medical support for an Ebola treatment centre in Monrovia, Liberia. This team comes with…
WHO issues roadmap to scale up international response to the Ebola outbreak in west Africa
News28 Aug, 2014 reference: http://www.who.int/mediacentre/news/statements/2014/ebola-roadmap/en/ The aim is to stop ongoing Ebola transmission worldwide within 6–9 months, while rapidly managing the consequences of any further international…
Taking your medicine
News17 Aug, 2014 reference: http://www.mps.org.my/newsmaster.cfm?&menuid=36&action=view&retrieveid=3931 Is the call for the separation of prescribing and dispensing roles in healthcare a positive step for patients? A DOCTOR’S…
PHARMACISTS: Prescribing vs dispensing
News6 Aug, 2014 reference: http://www.mps.org.my/newsmaster.cfm?&menuid=36&action=view&retrieveid=3926 WE refer to the debate on the separation of roles of doctors and pharmacists in the dispensing and prescribing of medication…
Pharmacist vs Doctor … who prescribes?
News3 Aug, 2014 reference:http://www.mps.org.my/newsmaster.cfm?&menuid=36&action=view&retrieveid=3920 By Mimi Syed Yusof - 2 August 2014 @ 7:00 AM The polemics of who better to dispense medication, doctors or pharmacists, enters…
DISPENSING MEDICATION: It’s about the people’s safety – See more at: http://www.mps.org.my/newsmaster.cfm?&menuid=36&action=news#sthash.wFrtIhTE.dpuf
News2 Aug, 2014 reference: http://www.mps.org.my/newsmaster.cfm?&menuid=36&action=view&retrieveid=3923 I THINK the writer of “Consider higher costs and inconvenience” (NST, July 28) missed a lot of points discussed in my initial…
DISPENSING MEDICATION: Let pharmacists do their jobs – See more at: http://www.mps.org.my/newsmaster.cfm?&menuid=36&action=news#sthash.wFrtIhTE.dpuf
News2 Aug, 2014 reference:http://www.mps.org.my/newsmaster.cfm?&menuid=36&action=view&retrieveid=3924 I REFER to Datuk Dr Kuljit Singh’s letter “Consider higher costs and inconvenience” (NST, July 28). First, doctors are never…
Pharmacists given opportunity to help plan for the future
News8 Aug, 2014 reference: http://www.psa.org.au/media-releases/pharmacists-given-opportunity-to-help-plan-for-the-future The Pharmaceutical Society of Australia has launched a major survey seeking to gather information to help PSA position…