Drug shops or pharmacies are supposed to sell or dispense medicines to patients after presentation of a medical prescription. No drug shop or pharmacy is authorized to provide clinical services to patients.
Isingiro district at Endiize Town council, one Edirisa Katende was apprehended hawking and illegal advertising of herbal concoctions. He appeared at the Magistrate Court of Isingiro and was convicted on his own plea of guilty to a caution. One of the unlicensed drug outlets drug impounded and closed during the operation. Of the inspected 281…
Areas of sensitization included; fighting drug abuse in schools and regulation of herbal medicines among others.
over 716 boxes of assorted medicine were discovered from 3 trucks. From one of the trailers, 466 boxes of medicine for export without NDA authorization were intercepted The current ongoing operation in Kawempe is aimed at getting rid of illegal operators. The Inspectors of Drugs inspected 71 drug shops, closed 18 and impounded 30 boxes…
Primary school teachers that attended a feedback session on early detection and managing drug and substance abuse in schools.
