The Guyana Pharmacists’ Association (GPA) has planned a week of activities in observance of Commonwealth Phar-macists Week, which commenced on June 16th and will conclude on June 23rd.
The GPA’s theme for this week of observances is “Empowering pharmacists through collaboration to elevate pharmaceutical care and promote healthy lifestyles”.
A release from the GPA said that in keeping with this year’s theme, a number of patient education sessions have been planned in various regions across the country, including Suddie, Georgetown, Turkeyen, Bartica, Mahdia, Lethem and Linden. During these sessions, chronic disease patients will be educated on issues of “safe medication use” – including tips on how to take and store their medication and how to properly use a pill box. Additionally, over 700 pill boxes will be distributed free of cost.
The GPA said the curtains for the Commonwealth Pharmacists’ Week of events will come down at the Associa-tion’s annual convention, billed for June 23rd at the Pegasus Suites & Corporate Centre. The convention is expected to host the largest gathering of attendees (approximately 320) comprising pharmacists, pharmacy students, interns, pharmacy assistants and other operatives within the pharmaceutical industry.
At the upcoming GPA Annual Convention, the GPA said educational product presentations will also be delivered by representatives of pharmaceutical companies including New GPC Inc., Indus, Cetamol and Pharmatex.
