Sandoz participates in development project: “Quality Assured Essential Medicines for Ghana”

March 14, 2014 – Sandoz 1 A Pharma is pleased to participate in the develoPPP.de (DPP) project “Quality Assured Essential Medicines for Ghana,” a three-year development partnership aimed at increasing access to high-quality, affordable medicines for patients in Ghana.

The project will be led by the German International Cooperation Agency, Deutsche Gesellschaft fuer Internationale Zummenarbeit GmbH (GIZ) and financed by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ).

The DPP project will focus on increasing access to medicines …

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Sandoz partners with WHO-CC to bring pharmacovigilance training to Ghana

Holzkirchen, Germany, February 24, 2014 – Sandoz in Ghana recently partnered with the World Health Organization Collaboration Centre (WHO-CC) for Advocacy and Training in Pharmacovigilance to provide Ghanaian pharmacists with advanced training.

The WHO Centre aims to improve and promote patient safety by driving the rational use of medicines through training healthcare professionals in pharmacovigilance. The recent training took place at the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital, the biggest teaching hospital of Ghana.

The thirty pharmacists attending the event received …

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Sandoz opens office in Accra, Ghana

Holzkirchen, Germany, February 24, 2014 – Sandoz officially opened its representative office in Accra, Ghana on January 23, 2014.

The ceremony was attended by healthcare professionals including pharmacists, doctors, the Ghana health service, the Ministry of health, as well as Brigitte Cuendet, the Counsellor and Head of Economic Affairs at the Swiss Embassy in Ghana, and Edith Gavor, manager of the Ghana National Drug Programme (GNDP).

Ms …

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