Pharmacy under fire: managing medicines in war zones In this episode of The PJ Pod, we explore the challenges pharmacists face while working in conflict areas, such as Gaza, Ukraine and Sudan.…
UN chief lauds Pfizer’s decision to ban use of its drugs in executions The United Nations high commissioner for human rights has praised pharmaceutical company Pfizer’s decision to ban the sale and distribution of its drugs to prisons for use in executions by lethal injection.…
Q&A: Providing healthcare during the European refugee crisis Pharmacist Miguel Serrano from Médecins Sans Frontières discusses the challenges with providing medicines to refugees and asylum seekers.…
Violence against healthcare staff needs to be stemmed, report urges The global health community needs to act to stem violent attacks against health workers in conflict hotspots, which seriously impede people in need from receiving life-saving health services, says a global report by rights advocacy groups.…
Using medicines knowledge to provide humanitarian aid around the world After 20 years working in the NHS, Trudi Hilton became a humanitarian aid pharmacist and has since worked in disaster areas and developing countries all over the world. Now she is trying to demonstrate the value of a pharmacist to UK charities that work abroad.…