The general assembly of the National Pharmaceutical Society met on December 13, 2013 in Yaounde.

Members of the National Pharmaceutical Society of Cameroon have hailed reforms in medical training undertaken recently by government. They were meeting in a general assembly in Yaounde from December 13 and 14, 2013.

Through their National President, Therese Abong Bwemba, the pharmacists said one of the challenges that the Society's council had won, with the guidance of national orders of physicians, dentists and veterinarians, was the culmination of advocacy which led to the improvement of medical training in Cameroon. "This has resulted in the establishment by the Higher Education Ministry of the National Commission of Training in Medicine, Pharmacy and Dentistry," said Therese Abong Bwemba.

Furthermore, in collaboration with other professional organisations, the council participated in government's endeavour to search for an efficient traceability system for medication. Also, work commissions were created to continue the revision of laws regulating the profession from the drafts made by the Ministry of Public Health. For that reason, the main objective of last weekend's general assembly was to amend the work of the commissions so that the drafts will reflect the views of the profession.

The National Pharmaceutical Society of Cameroon was created in 1980 and is today governed by the August 10, 1990 law organising the practice of the profession of pharmacists. Its main objective is to control access to the profession regulate practice as well as ensure respect for ethics and deontology.