Doha: The College of Pharmacy (CPH) at Qatar University (QU) recently held a campaign to raise awareness about anemia among QU students.
The event was organised by members of the Qatar Pharmacy Undergraduate Society (QPhUS) who are students representing first professional year (P1) through fourth professional year (P4) pharmacy students, under the guidance and supervision of QU faculty members.
The aim of this campaign was to educate the public, particularly youth, about different types of anemias: screening and early detection, signs and symptoms, myths and various treatment modalities.
CPH students set up a booth which included three main interactive stations. In the first station, CPH students simulated each person’s ‘blood sample’ with the blood type labeled on it and then briefed visitors on the major principles of anemia.
In the second station, students interacted with visitors by giving them general information about anemia, its signs and symptoms, and testing them through trivia. The third station was intended to assess the basic knowledge of visitors by asking them multiple choice questions. Then explaining the correct answers.
