Recently, Chongqing Shapingba Market Supervision and Administration Bureau, together with the "Medicine Back Safety" project team of the School of Pharmacy (School of Traditional Chinese Medicine) of Chongqing Medical College, walked into Tuanjiewan Community, Tuzhu Town, Shapingba District, Chongqing, to carry out a series of popular science publicity activities around the themes of "Medicine Back Safety" family expired drug hazards and "reverse sugar rebirth" prediabetes prevention and treatment.
"Drug Safety" is a public welfare project led by Fu Xiaojuan, a teacher from the School of Pharmacy (School of Chinese Materia Medica) of Chongqing Medical College. Relying on the professional platform of Chongqing medical colleges and universities, the project integrates the resources of leading functional departments, universities, pharmaceutical enterprises, medical institutions and other parties, and is a volunteer service project promoted by the Chongqing Municipal Health Commission for the city's medical and health system, and is also a creative science popularization project of "drug return safety" family expired drug hazards approved by the Chongqing Shapingba District Association for Science and Technology. The project focuses on the three social pain points of "no one, no one, and nowhere to go" for expired drugs at home, and uses the original "one body and three modernizations" service model of the project to jointly carry out volunteer service activities for safe drug use with the theme of "creative science popularization of the hazards of expired drugs in urban and rural households", so as to help the "2030 Healthy China" strategy.
In order to improve residents' awareness of the dangers of pre-diabetic blood sugar value stabilization and home expired drugs, and reduce the prevalence of diabetes and the harm caused by misuse of expired drugs, this popular science activity mainly adopts free clinics, poster publicity, manual publicity, "Pill Little Hero" children's science picture book story explanation, drug category classification pitching game, safe drug knowledge ring game, etc., to educate and entertain. In a lively and relaxed atmosphere, the professional knowledge of safe medication and the knowledge of pre-glucose blood sugar control were infiltrated into the hearts of community residents, and the rich, diverse, exquisite, interesting and practical gifts attracted many residents to linger, listen to the explanations of volunteers, and actively participate in the small games.
The Market Supervision Bureau of Shapingba District praised the results of the "Drug Return Safety" series of popular science projects of the School of Pharmacy (School of Chinese Materia Medica). A 56-year-old resident said, "I can't eat expired medicines, no wonder I drank expired Huoxiang Zhengqi liquid last time and pulled my stomach for several days, and I was dizzy and nauseous." When you go home, check the medicine at home, and if you can't eat it, put it in the harmful trash can. ”
In 2017, the drug return safety team carried out a survey on expired drugs ** for urban and rural households in Chongqing, and the research data results "Investigation Report on the "Obstruction" of Expired Drugs ** Channels in Chongqing Urban and Rural Households" won the first prize of the 15th "Challenge Cup" National College Students' Extracurricular Academic Science and Technology Works Chongqing Division, and the research report was also published in Chinese core journals.
In recent years, the drug safety team has organized public welfare activities across the country to promote drug safety.
In 2019, Yaohui Safety, together with Chongqing Xi'an Pharmaceutical, Chongqing Zhien Pharmaceutical, and Chongqing Enchuang Medical Management Co., Ltd., went to Suotuo Village, Potou Township, Yonghe County, Linfen City, Shanxi Province, to carry out the activity of "Medicine Back Safety, Send Medicine to the Countryside", and donated more than 80,000 yuan of medical supplies. Visited more than 100 households in Suotuo Village, carried out free health clinics, drug safety popularization, delivery of medicines to households, inspection of family small medicine boxes and promotion of health knowledge of expired drugs for the villagers, and invested in the battle of poverty alleviation with practical actions, devoted to the implementation of the rural revitalization strategy, and bravely became a newcomer of the era who took on the great task of national rejuvenation.
In 2021, the "Neijiang Service Team" of "Medicine Return Safety" summer practice activity of "sending medicine to the countryside" walked into Shangteng New Village, Neijiang City, Sichuan Province, and practiced the youth mission of "approaching thousands of villages to observe and help the revitalization of thousands of villages".
In April 2022, Health News ((in charge of the National Health Commission) published for the first time the chapter on expired drugs by Fu Xiaojuan, the initiator of "Drug Return Safety", "Rural Expired Drugs, Looking at the Path from Field Research". The article was used by 9 central media (China Youth Network, Global Network, China Reform Network, CCTV Central Media Voice, Agricultural Television, Economic Network, China Network, People's Network, People's Network Transportation) and 7 provincial media (Shanxi News Network, Anhui Economic Network, Yunnan Economy, Xi'an Network, Health Herald, Henan Economic News).
On March 13, 2023, "Medicine Back Safety", together with "Guangzhou Pharmaceutical Group Baiyunshan Huacheng Pharmaceutical" and Australian Mar Group Xinhu Pharmacy Nanping***, carried out the 20th "3.13 Family Expired Drugs**" public welfare activity in Nanping Pedestrian Street, Chongqing.
In July 2023, "Medicine Back Safety" participated in the 2023 National Culture, Science and Technology and Health "Three to the Countryside" Centralized Demonstration Activity (Chongqing) as a characteristic volunteer service project.
In September 2023, the "Clean Up the Small Medicine Box, Love for Great Health" and "Medicine Back to Safety" featured science popularization volunteer service projects participated in the 2023 Chongqing National Science Popularization Day activities.
Safe medication at home is a vital part of the health and life safety of residents. "Medicine return safety" starts from the subtleties, from the care of the community's "one old and one young" family safe medication, from the "pre-diabetes" as the starting point of chronic disease management, to deliver professional knowledge and warm services to residents. Concerned about the health of residents and improving the well-being of the public, "Safe Medicine" is committed to reducing the harm caused by safe drug use to residents, families and society, and contributing to the 2030 Healthy China Strategy.
A series of popular science activities of "Medicine Back to Safety" entered the Tuanjiewan community