Good Use of Medication: African Synergy Launches Third Phase

“Medications can heal or kill you!” The Minister of Secondary Education, Nalova Lyonga reiterated yesterday, December 8, 2021 in Yaounde as she officially launched the third phase of the education programme for the Proper Use of Medicines better known by its French acronym as BUM. The programme is holding under distinguished patronage of the First Lady of Cameroon, Founding President of the Pan African NGOs African Synergy Against HIV and Suffering, Chantal Biya.

The Minister of Secondary Education lamented that 70 per cent of medications sold in Africa are counterfeit. Statistics from the World Health Organisation (WHO) also reveal that an average of 100,000 people per year across the African continent are estimated to loss their lives due to fake drugs. “Such startling statistics show the urgency and importance of such a programme which is a major problem in the society of Cameroon”, Professor Nalova Lyonga underscored. She explained that medications are important aspects in the healing process of any illness.

But when they are not properly used or poorly preserved, they become harmful to anybody consuming them. That is why young people are being schooled on the proper use of drugs so that they can transmit the knowledge to the communities via their parents. The Minister of Secondary Education said anything the First Lady does is about giving better life to the people. This time, it is about promoting the adoption and maintenance of good practice in the use of drugs. Through her voice, the entire education community said “Thank You” to the First Lady.

The Executive Secretary of African Synergy,...