THE Australian Self-Medication Industry is set to team up with an alliance of self-care advocates to lobby the government to "make self-care an intrinsic part of Australia's national health policy".
ASMI chairman Lindsay Forrest told APP delegates that "self-care provides value to the health care system... but it is yet to be fully harnessed as a component of public policy in Australia".
He said ASMI would continue to advocate for S3 advertising changes and a "switch agenda", participating alongside the Guild in TGA working groups to implement a new scheduling framework policy to bring Australia in line with NZ, Canada and parts of the USA.
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