Peace mediator and former President, Goodluck Jonathan has charged members of the West African Society of Pharmacology to spearhead the research for the production of local vaccines to contain epidemics in the sub-region.
Jonathan who noted that the world has been experiencing outbreaks of viral diseases, some more prevalent in West Africa, stressed that pharmacologists and scientists in related disciplines must give their best to ensure that such peculiar health challenges were adequately tackled.
The former President spoke in Abuja at a programme of the West African Society of Pharmacology where he was invested as the grand patron of the society.