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NATIONAL PHARMACY WEEK 14th-20th JUNE 2015

PHARMACEUTICAL ASSOCCIATION OF TANZANIA
NATIONAL PHARMACY WEEK 14TH - 20TH JUNE 2015
Theme
Self-medication: How safe? Ask your Pharmacist


PROGRAM FOR TAPSA PARTICIPATION
19TH at MLIMANI CITY, MAKUMBUSHO AND KIVUKONI
20TH at MNAZI MMOJA
Come to our tents and get free advice
FREE TRANSPORT, MEALS AND DRINKS WILL BE PROVIDED
DON’T DARE TO MISS IT




Self-medication self-medication is defined as "the use of drugs to treat self-diagnosed disorders or symptoms, or the intermittent or continued use of a prescribed drug for chronic or recurrent disease or symptom
Or
is a human behavior in which an individual uses a substance or any exogenous influence to self-administer treatment for non-clinical physical or psychological ailments.

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