NMA, Dettol caution against non-certified products

THE Nigeria Medical Association, NMA, and Dettol Antiseptic
from RB stable, have warned against usage of non-certified
products even as they renewed their partnership on health
promotion Speaking during NMA’s 55th Annual General
Conference held in Ibadan, the Marketing Director, RB West
Africa, Silivrili Oghuzan, said the on-going campaign is
focused on educating Nigerian families about the need for
gold standard protection against germs and unwholesome
products.
“We see in markets newly introduced sub-standard, non-
certified antiseptic and mainly imported products which do
not deliver the optimum germ killing benefit to the Nigerian
families. “You cannot take the risk with your loved ones at
the end of the day, half protection is no protection, so if your
antiseptic liquid does protect you and your family completely.
Low price is not good enough reason to buy substandard
solutions, cheap products might not always be a better option
considering the risk.
Dettol is 10 times better in killing germs and is the only
proven brand killing 100 illness causing germs,” he said. In
her presentation, Member, Global Hygiene Council, Dr.
Nneoma Idika commended the initiative which is geared
towards ensuring families around Nigeria are not exposed to
the possible detrimental effects of using substandard and
non-certified products.
“To overcome the health challenges posed by usage of
substandard and non-certified products she called for an all-
inclusive effort “Intervention strategies including private
public participation such as championed by RB in the ‘Anti-
Cheapie’ Campaign against suboptimal foods, drugs,
antiseptics, cosmetics in Nigeria are highly recommended.
For improved healthcare delivery in Nigeria, proper
coordination of burning issues by stakeholders will be
necessary” she said. Theme of this year’s NMA conference
“The Nigerian health sector: current trends, burning Issues
and what the future holds”.

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