{"id":15227,"date":"2025-09-26T22:01:25","date_gmt":"2025-09-26T22:01:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/?p=15227"},"modified":"2025-09-26T22:01:25","modified_gmt":"2025-09-26T22:01:25","slug":"galamsey-poses-serious-risk-to-ghanas-local-pharma-sector-psg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/?p=15227","title":{"rendered":"Galamsey Poses Serious Risk to Ghana\u2019s Local Pharma Sector \u2013 PSG"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"359\" src=\"https:\/\/uwordpressmedia.blob.core.windows.net\/uwordpressmedia01\/2025\/09\/Pharmaceutical-Society-of-Ghana-1-696x359-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15228\" srcset=\"https:\/\/uwordpressmedia.blob.core.windows.net\/uwordpressmedia01\/2025\/09\/Pharmaceutical-Society-of-Ghana-1-696x359-1.jpg 696w, https:\/\/uwordpressmedia.blob.core.windows.net\/uwordpressmedia01\/2025\/09\/Pharmaceutical-Society-of-Ghana-1-696x359-1-300x155.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The Pharmaceutical Society of Ghana (PSG) has warned that the country\u2019s local pharmaceutical industry risks collapse due to the devastating effects of illegal mining, commonly known as galamsey.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Society explained that galamsey operations are polluting water bodies and destroying plants that serve as essential raw materials for drug production in Ghana.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Speaking at a forum in Cape Coast on Thursday, September 25, 2025, PSG President Dr. Samuel Kow Donkor stressed the urgent need for action.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cGhana currently depends on 70% of its medicines on imports. The locally produced medicines need quality water for production, especially for infusion manufacturing. When our water treatment plants are shut down because of galamsey, we will face a catastrophic scenario.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWhen that happens, we will not only have to import our medicines, but we will completely collapse our local pharmaceutical industry,\u201d Dr. Donkor cautioned.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He further emphasized that addressing galamsey goes beyond environmental and health concerns, noting it is also a national security issue, as the survival of Ghana\u2019s local pharmaceutical sector relies heavily on access to clean water and natural raw materials.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Source: Adomonline<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Pharmaceutical Society of Ghana (PSG) has warned that the country\u2019s local pharmaceutical industry risks collapse due to the devastating effects of illegal mining, commonly [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":15228,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15227","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15227","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=15227"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15227\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15229,"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15227\/revisions\/15229"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/15228"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=15227"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=15227"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=15227"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}