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November 14th: The Day the World Turns Blue to Fight a $1 Trillion Crisis
Every November 14th, a blue circle rises across the globe, not as a warning, but as a beacon of hope and unity. The world's largest awakening to a silent pandemic stealing millions of futures. The date honors the legacy of Sir Frederick Banting, who gave us insulin,...
World Diabetes Day: Understanding Diabetes Beyond Sugar, Breaking Misconceptions and Building Hope
Every year, World Diabetes Day invites the world to pause, reflect and talk honestly about a condition that continues to touch millions of lives. At the Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences (FPPS) here at KNUST, the conversation feels especially relevant...
The Silent War at the Counter: A Student Pharmacist’s Call to Stewardship
Picture the scene: you are standing behind the counter with the smell of hand sanitizer and medicines in the air. A patient approaches – tired, frustrated, and clearly unwell – with a stubborn cough and a busy schedule. They look you in the eye and say the words every...
The Price of Staying Alive: The Hidden Costs of Living with Diabetes
Aaliyah, 28, stood at the pharmacy counter, her hands trembling as she held the pharmacy receipt. It read, “Actrapid (10ml vial) - GH¢ 130”. She needed two vials but is a student with no steady source of income thus, did not have that amount. She thought of rationing...
Bacteria Area Codes
The sun was blazing overhead, mixing with the noise of vehicles and the chatter of driver’s mates. Sheba was in Kasoa, a town known for commerce and sometimes trickery, but that was the least of her concerns today. She was preparing for the long tro-tro ride back to...
Bloodline
The first sound Jeanne heard every morning wasn't her alarm; it was the soft, mechanical hum of the small, white scale as it zeroed out. She stepped onto it, her bare feet cold on the glass, and held her breath. She wasn't checking her weight, not exactly. She was...
The Silent Ache
The sun peeked gently through the pale curtains, its golden fingers caressing Eliza's soft skin as she stirred awake. A faint ache pulsed through her left breast, a familiar, stubborn reminder she had learned to ignore. “Just a pulled muscle,” she whispered with a...
We Are All Involved
In the healthcare setting, the stakes couldn’t be higher. Every moment carries the weight of life and death. When a life is tragically lost while attempting to save it, the question looms large: who should bear the blame? This, although a seemingly simple question,...
Rx’26 Alchemy of Achievement: From Students to Practitioners
Sailing through the waves of Pharmacy school’s early years, the volume and complexity of the courses, the repeated testing of integrative learning and the precision required in iterative problem-solving challenges ignited profound anticipation for the White Coat...
One-On-One with Dr. Evelyn Asante-Kwatia On World Pharmacists’ Day, 2023
Being friends of the human race is really serving humanity. The tremendous amount of sacrifice, effort, and care that pharmacists put into their work deserves appreciation of comparable magnitude. The World Pharmacy Day, which was endorsed on September 25th,...
The Golden Horizon: A Regal Odyssey
Time to sit back, relax, savor and let the celebrations begin! Here's to an unforgettably monumental evening, where memories book their dream destination! Welcome to an evening of celebration, recognition and elegance. Tonight, GPSA parades another box office,...
Congratulations, Rx ‘23
Six years. Six whole years.A day of smiles, laughter and celebration, which does not begin to sum up the cocktail of emotions felt through the toils and struggles of the grueling task that is Pharmacy school. But it is on this da that the outpouring of emotions is...