Me2moro Magazine

Career Bowl
From the mouth
of a Pharmacist...
In a meeting with one of Ghana’s finest
and most recognized personalities in
the field of Pharmacy, hidden but open,
Mrs. Mimi Darko is one of the engines
behind Ghana’s Food and Drugs Authority.
A professional by all standards, Mrs. Darko
graced our magazine with her first ever
interview, and guess what, it wasn’t on
phone, via Skype or in passing, it was one
on one, and you get the chance to read as
it all unfolds…a journey into the world of
Pharmacy
Q
How did it all start?
Completing school in 1991, working for
23 years and still vibrant, I am currently
the head of Safety Monitoring and Clinical
Trials, at the Food and Drugs Authority,.
I worked with the Pharmacy Board from
1991-1994, where in 1998 a law was passed
to separate the ‘Regulation of Practice’ from
the ‘Regulation of the Product’ previously
called Food and Drugs Board, and currently
changed to the Food and Drugs Authority.
Q
Growing up, did you
always want to be a
Pharmacist?
Originally, No! I wanted to be a pediatrician;
back then pharmacy wasn’t a well-known
profession. I did my 6th form in UK, there
you get the opportunity to combine subjects,
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