Rational Use of Drugs: Workshop [Archives:2001/04/Local News]

A workshop under the title Rational Prescribing of Medication-Protect was organized by the Yemeni Society for the Rational use of Drugs and sponsored by the British Embassy and British Council in Sanaa and Aden Universities. It was last Saturday 20.1.2001 in Sanaa Universitys Medical Faculty.
The project aims at improving the competency and performance of doctors and to make the use of drugs more rational. 25 male and female doctors will be trained in this workshop lasting for five days.
In the inauguration ceremony, a number of speeches were presented asserting that the problem of the irrational use of drugs is causing world-wide concerns.
Studies conducted on drug prescriptions in Yemen, revealed that a good number of doctors come to prescribe more than ten items of drugs for one patient, besides which, more than 50% of these drugs are antibiotics.
Some other doctors tend to prescribe antibiotics to whoever comes for treatment which is not always the proper thing to do. Neither is it good to prescribe vitamins. The study showed that there was weak a sense of responsibility on the part of doctors to rationalize the use of drugs, making it urgent for Yemen to take serious measures to put an end to this reckless practice.
In the ceremony attended by the Health Minister, the British Council and British Embassy representatives, speeches were presented focusing on this issue.

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