The Nigerian Association of Pharmacists and Pharmaceutical Scientists in the Americas (NAPPSA) has launched a peer review scientific journal, the American Journal of Pharmacotherapy and Pharmaceutical Sciences (AJPPS).
In a statement issued by co-founder and chair of its management and board, Dr. Anthony Ikeme, to announce the launch yesterday, it explained that the journal was a culmination of two years of hard work and core part of the NAPPSA 10-Year Growth Strategy Plan launched in 2020.
“NAPPSA is now the first Nigerian Diasporan professional organisation to own its own peer reviewed journal,” he said.
The journal has further reinforced the body’s leadership role and its desire to support global health, by enabling the advancement of pharmaceutical practice, sciences and education, particularly in its homeland.
It also allows the NAPPSA scientific community the opportunity to help shape the global research agenda.
Other initiatives highlighted in the roadmap, launched in 2020 by Ikeme as then president, include a NAPPSA Endowment Fund (NEF), the acquisition of a NAPPSA House in Washington DC and the setting up of a NAPPSA Research Institute (NRI).
