ACPN
25 Apr 2020
The Chairman, Association of Community Pharmacists of Nigeria (ACPN), Lagos State chapter, Obideyi Olabanji Benedict, while commending state and federal governments’ efforts at containing the spread of Coronavirus (COVID-19) in Nigeria
27 Feb 2020
Pharmacists under the aegis of the Association of Community Pharmacists of Nigeria (ACPN) have frowned at and rejected the concept of “Health Insurance Under One Roof”
14 Feb 2020
Despite widespread criticism against the legalisation of marijuana in the country, the Association of Community Pharmacists of Nigeria (ACPN) has urged government...
21 Jan 2020
Presidential candidate of Allied Congress Party of Nigeria (ACPN) in 2019 election, Obiageli Ezekwesili; the 2015 presidential candidate for KOWA party, Prof. Remi Sonaiya...
12 Dec 2019
Pharmacists across Nigeria have expressed displeasure over the federal government’s policies and poor regulations depriving their business from thriving in the environment, despite being a major player in the nation’s healthcare system.
4 Dec 2019
To address issues plaguing the pharmaceutical sector and to boost national development, the Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria (PSN) has recommended that innovation is required if the country is to achieve sustainable access to medicines...
7 Oct 2019
The Chairman, ACPN, Lagos Chapter, Olabanji Obideyi, lamented that due to weak legislation on pharmacy matters, illegal premises are springing up on a daily basis by charlatans who do not have formal training on medicines, but whose only motive is to profiteer at the expense of citizens’ life.
3 Oct 2019
Pharmacists under the aegis of Association of Community Pharmacists of Nigeria in collaboration with doctors under the aegis of Association of General and Private Medical Practitioners of Nigeria...
12 Sep 2019
The Association of Community Pharmacists of Nigeria (ACPN) has warned that promotion of Internet pharmacy will worsen the increasing indiscriminate...
22 Aug 2019
The Association of Community Pharmacists of Nigeria (ACPN) has called on its members to embrace digital technology in order to improve patients’ care and safety in the country.
31 Jul 2019
Healthcare providers in the country have been called upon to leverage on their training and communicate with empathy to ensure best treatment outcomes.
Chief Medical Director (CMD), Ifako-Ijaiye General Hospital, Dr. Olushola Amure, made the call at a stakeholders’ forum organised by Association of Community Pharmacists of Nigeria (ACPN), King Zone, held at Ifako Ijaiye, Lagos State.
Delivering a paper entitled ‘Improving Treatment Outcomes through better Patient-Healthcare Provider Communication’, the CMD, represented by Dr Toyin Aiyelotan, said practitioners must continue to build competence in their questioning, explaining, listening and relational skills to be able to consistently create good rapport with their patients for desired outcomes.
4 Jul 2019
Pharmacists under the aegis of the Association of Community Pharmacists of Nigeria (ACPN) have made recommendations on how to redress the menace of drug abuse and misuse in Nigeria. National Chairman of ACPN, Samuel Adekola, at the ongoing six-day 38th Annual National Conference of the association in Kano, which began on Monday July 1, 2019,…