I just got this news and thought it was nice to share it with everyone ,please let your people know as this is a step forward in the right direction. Now we can say some stake holders are thinking . We all know how difficult and expensive some of these hospitals and health care providers make these vaccines.
PRESS RELEASE
GSK & ACPN Bring Vaccines Access Points to 81 Retail Outlets in Nigeria
through the ‘Neighbourhood Vaccine Access Project’.
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Lagos, Nigeria, December 08, 2011: GlaxoSmithKline, (GSK), one of the
world’s leading pharmaceutical and healthcare companies, has joined hands
with the Association of Community Pharmacists of Nigeria, (ACPN), to
initiate a scheme called Neighbourhood Vaccine that creates easy access to
affordable vaccines.
Under the partnership, vaccines for prevention of diseases such as cervical
cancer, Chicken Pox, Hepatitis B, Typhoid fever, Meningitis, Measles mumps
and Rubella, and Hepatitis A, will be available at several neighbourhood
pharmacies and clinics across the country thereby making the drugs easier
to be purchased.
The Managing Director, GlaxoSmithKline Pharmaceutical, Anglophone West
Africa, Mr Lekan Asuni, said, the Neighbourhood Vaccine Access Point
project is a further proof of the commitment of his firm towards improving
the quality of human life by facilitating a quicker access to drugs in a
manner better than what has been available.
‘GSK has always sought for ways and means of improving the quality of life
of people and through this scheme by presenting the opportunity for people
to have first and fast access to high quality healthcare. Community
Pharmacy practice is a key success factor and essential component in the
health of the nation, so deepening their skill base, in our view is a very
worthy investment,’ Asuni said.
According to him, it is better to prevent diseases rather than allowing
people to contract them which then leads to unnecessary sufferings and
attendant high costs of caring for preventable-diseases, or suffering the
economic consequences of lost work time and productivity. In all,
accredited pharmacy stores are to serve as micro distribution points of
these vaccines to unreached clinics in the first phase of the programme
that has already been rolled out. The access points/pharmacies will also
serve as centres for obtaining information on vaccines preventable
diseases.
In another interview, National Chairman, ACPN, Dr Ejiro Foyibo, said
vaccines prevent the spread of diseases to vulnerable people who are not or
cannot be vaccinated and also beneficial for employers as they contribute
to work productivity and lower costs of health care.
Foyibo added that ACPN in association with GlaxoSmithKline will enlighten
the public effectively so that people can identify with the accredited
neighbourhood access points/pharmacies and clinics closest to them all over
the country, involved in this programme.
According to her, immunisation programmes have a long history of success
and in order to ensure that this scheme is also successful, information
will be provided in national dailies on locations of accredited pharmacies.
ENDS
GSK Biologicals
GlaxoSmithKline Biologicals (GSK Biologicals), GlaxoSmithKline’s vaccines
business, is one of the world’s leading vaccine companies and a leader in
innovation. The company is active in vaccine research, development and
production with over 30 vaccines approved for marketing and 20 more in
development – both in the prophylactic and therapeutic fields.
Headquartered in Belgium, GSK Biologicals has 14 manufacturing sites
strategically positioned around the globe. In 2010, GSK Biologicals
distributed 1.43 billion doses of vaccines to 179 countries in both the
developed and the developing world.
Through its accomplished and dedicated workforce, GSK Biologicals applies
its expertise to the discovery of innovative vaccines that contribute to
the health and well-being of people of all generations around the world.
GlaxoSmithKline – one of the world’s leading research-based pharmaceutical
and healthcare companies – is committed to improving the quality of human
life by enabling people to do more, feel better and live longer. For
further information, please visit www.gsk.com
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