Whānau Āwhina Plunket will include free Dettol Instant Hand Sanitiser 200 ml packs in around 50,000 Plunket New Parent Bags they give to families/caregivers* in a move to support good hand hygiene
A curriculum guide to support educators in ensuring that pharmacists are better able to prevent substandard or falsified (SF) medicines and medical products from reaching patients is published today by the International Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP) in partnership with the World Health Organization (WHO)
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Media release from the International Pharmaceutical Federation
Naltrexone, used either alone or together with disulfiram or acamprosate, is associated with a decreased risk of hospitalization due to alcohol use disorder (AUD) when compared with non-use of AUD drugs, a new register-based study show
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Media release from the University of Eastern Finland
The body representing New Zealand’s natural health industry has told a Select Committee that it only supports the proposed legislation because there is no other choice
A framework for providing medicines use review (MUR) services has been made available today by the International Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP) in the form of a publication “Medicines use review: A toolkit for pharmacists”
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Media release from the International Pharmaceutical Federation
Many people with English as a second language and who are being treated for atrial fibrillation now have accurate information in their own language to make sure they take their medicines safely
The Government will pass time limited legislation to give legal certainty to drug checking services, so they can carry out their work to keep New Zealanders safer this summer at festivals without fear of prosecution, Health Minister Andrew Little says
As a result of increasing levels of antimicrobial resistance, antibiotics and other antimicrobial[1] medicines are becoming ineffective, and health workers and the public are urged to unite to take action
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Media release from Health Quality and Safety Commission
