Ghana to host symposium for West African Pharmacists

Accra, March 01, GNA- Ghana would host the 21st Annual General Meeting and the 51st Council and Scientific Symposium for the West African Postgraduate College of Pharmacists (WAPCP) in Accra from March 15 to 20.

The programme will be under the theme; Challenges of Pharmacy in Improving Quality of Life in the West African Sub-region. A press release signed by Harrison Kofi Abutiate, Chairman of the Local Organizing Committee of WAPCP said over 300 fellows of the College would participate in the meeting which would be held at the conference centre of the College of Physicians and Surgeons in Accra. The release said other sub-themes to be addressed by prominent persons from the sub-region are Pharmacy and Health-related Millennium Development Goals and Sustainable Financing of the New Malaria Drug Policy.

The WAPCP, a specialized agency of the West African Health Organization (WAHO) seeks to train pharmacists to attain the highest practicable professional standards in pharmacy practice.