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World Pharmacy Day: Access To Pharmacists Is Access To Health by adeoladrg(m): 8:15am On Sep 25, 2014 |
ACCESS TO PHARMACISTS IS ACCESS TO HEALTH The World Pharmacists Day is a day set aside by the International Pharmaceutical Federation; FIP (FIP is the global federation representing three million pharmacists and pharmaceutical scientists) to remind the society of the invaluable service performed by Pharmacists and Pharmaceutical scientists as integral part of the health team. The inaugural World Pharmacists Day, took place on 25 September 2010. Last year, it was 'simplifying your medicine use, no matter how complex'. Link below. www.nairaland.com/1452895/world-pharmacy-day-simplifying-medicines This year, World Pharmacists Day is set on the theme Pharmacists – Access to Pharmacists is Access to Health. The pharmacist, as an integral part of healthcare, is strategically positioned to help you manage your health. From prevention to timely intervention and continued management or care, your pharmacist is there for you. Worldwide, the community pharmacy is the first point of call for healthcare needs and the pharmacist indisputably the most readily accessible healthcare professional. Dynamism is the mantra of professional courses in this century. As such, the profession has evolved into more patient-centred care than products. Expanded roles and collaborative care with other health professionals is no doubt important. Services you can get from your pharmacist in Nigeria: • Counselling o Your pharmacist offers you professional advice on the best way to use your medication to get the most out of it while minimizing or eliminating (where possible) the adverse effect(s) • Medication Therapy Management (MTM) o Your pharmacist can work with you and other healthcare professionals to solve your medication- related problems like over or under dose, unattended-to conditions, exaggerated conditions, conflicting medications etc. • Disease prevention strategies such as o Hand washing – proper hand-washing techniques or use of the right hand-sanitizer (where there is no access to water and soap) to kill germs including viruses like ebola. o Use of insecticide- treated bed nets, mosquito repellants, insecticides etc. to prevent malaria • Immunization o There are about 27 vaccine-preventable diseases. Everybody (the young, the old, the ill and the healthy) all need one vaccine or the other. Your pharmacist can help you to know the vaccine you need, access it and get it administered. Please ask your pharmacist. • Rapid tests for Cholesterol, Blood Pressure, Sugar, Malaria, Hepatitis , etc. • HIV counselling and testing • Family planning o Your pharmacist can provide you with information on the best ways to space your children, assist with sex-selection at conception, assist with conception, care of pregnancy etc. • Family wellness o Your pharmacist can help you to promote the well-being of your family • Pharmaceutical care for chronic conditions like: o Hypertension o Diabetes o Asthma • Medication Use Review (MUR) o Your pharmacist can help you solve medication- related problems like poor adherence, unnecessary or avoidable costs, unnecessary medications etc. • Drug Information (DI) o You can ask your pharmacist any question on your medication, he will give you expert information. • Documentation of your medical matters for continuum of care o Your pharmacist will help you keep a record of all your medications and interventions thereby making it easier for other healthcare professionals to participate effectively in your management and make you an active participant in managing your health. For instance, you can get a copy of Medical Diary from your pharmacist. • Online consulting. • Home delivery • Home visits • Referral to other Healthcare Providers o Your pharmacist knows when to invite in other healthcare professionals into your management and is well-trained to refer you promptly and appropriately. • Public health services and campaign o Your pharmacist can proffer community interventions through health care services targeted at the community e.g. group immunization services, community health talks, health talks in schools, churches and mosques etc. • Customized First Aid kits o Your pharmacist can help you equip your First Aid kit or box to suit you, taking into consideration your family, environment, medical condition, work etc. • Training for healthcare providers and care givers on Rational Use of Medicines, Medication Errors, etc. Visit registered pharmacies to access health. How do you recognize registered pharmacies? Registered pharmacies have registered pharmacy emblems the display of which is mandatory. |
Re: World Pharmacy Day: Access To Pharmacists Is Access To Health by adeoladrg(m): 9:46am On Sep 25, 2014 |
For many years, FIP has recognized that access to medicines is a major issue in many parts of the world and pharmacists play a key role throughout the whole supply chain towards improving access to medicines, drug information and refuting myths about drug Use. According to the new FIP’s President Dr Carmen Peña : “Access to health is not just an economic issue. It is also about access to medicines, which has big research and evidence elements, access to correct information and advice, and access to education. The current Ebola emergency provides a good illustration. Research is vital if a vaccine or cure for this deadly disease is to be found. Moreover, it is essential for people to have good information. We have heard, for example, reports that people in Nigeria have died because they were led to believe that drinking salt water would prevent or cure infection. We know that pharmacists in affected countries are offering reliable advice and playing an important part in education and dispelling such myths.” FIP’s CEO and general secretary Mr Luc Besançon added that World Pharmacists Day is a good opportunity to highlight the impact and added value of the pharmacy profession and its role in improving health to authorities, other professions and the media as well as to the general public. Indeed in 2012, a study quantified that 500 billion USD could be saved every year while responsible use of medicines was achieved and pharmacists have been identified as a strong and under-utilized asset to achieve responsible use of medicines. The perfect combination is therefore access to medicines and pharmaceutical expertise, or in other words, to pharmacists. In 2010, it has been estimated that 13% of the visits at a community pharmacy are concluded with advice only (and without sales of any products), highlighting that pharmacists are the most accessible and trusted healthcare professionals in many countries throughout the world. FIP calls on you to celebrate our profession this September and to use World Pharmacists Day to promote the valuable role Pharmacist play — and could play — in bringing about great health for all Challenges Faced by Pharmacist in Africa Imagine how pharmaceutical manufacturers would go through the rigour of getting potent drugs in place for the wellness of patients and some unscrupulous elements would travel out to countries to fake them. In some cases, they will even mislabel the products, thereby putting the lives of innocent people at risk. Where a particular medicine is 50mg, these fakers often add another ‘0’ to make it 500mg. An innocent doctor sees it and recommends the dosage, as part of his prescription. This perhaps explains why so many people have died, and are still dying, because of adverse drug reaction, overdose or other mishaps. Consequently, many medical professionals and pharmaceutical manufacturers have been penalized, while the real perpetrators of drug counterfeiting are at large, but utilising the services of the available Pharmacist around Us would curtail if not eliminate this. Patent medicine dealers today in Africa recruit people for apprenticeship, after which they begin to see themselves as qualified pharmacists. In their quest to make quick money, these self-acclaimed drug dispensers are known to carry out diagnosis and prescription with impunity. Future of the Present Pharmacist The earlier we recognize that Pharmacist are becoming increasingly accessible the better because over the past 40 years the Pharmacists role has changed from that of compounder and dispenser to that of “drug therapy manager”. This involves responsibilities to ensure that wherever drugs are provided and used, quality products are selected, procured and stored distributed, dispensed and administered so that they contribute to the health of patients and not to their harm. The scope of pharmacy practice now includes patient centered care with all the cognitive functions of counseling, providing drug information and monitoring drug therapy. It is in the additional role of managing drug therapy that pharmacists can now make a vital contribution to patient care. WHY EVERY CITIZEN OF AFRICA MUST HAVE AND KNOW HIS PHARMACIST Given the evolving role of the Pharmacist in Healthcare, the WHO Consultancy agreed that must possess specific knowledge, attitudes, skills and behavior in support of their roles. The WHO Consultancy brands contemporary and future pharmacists as a “SEVEN STAR PHARMACIST”. This branding becomes important because: - A PHARMACIST IS A CARE GIVER:- The pharmacist must provide caring services, whether these services are clinical, analytical, technological or regulatory, the pharmacist must be comfortable interacting with individuals well population, the pharmacist must view his or her practice as integrated and continuous with those of the healthcare system. - A PHARMACIST IS A DECISION MAKER:- The appropriate, efficacious and cost effective use of resources. - A PHARMACIST IS A COMMUNICATOR:- The pharmacist is in an ideal position between the physician and patient. As such he has to be confident while interacting with other health professionals and the public. - A PHARMACIST IS A LEADER:- Whether the pharmacist finds himself in multidisciplinary caring situations or in areas where other healthcare providers are in short supply, he is obligated to assume leadership position in the overall welfare of the community. - A PHARMACIST IS A MANAGER:- The pharmacist must effectively manage resources. - A PHARMACIST IS A LIFELONG LEARNER:- The pharmacist must learn how to learn - A PHARMACIST IS A TEACHER: – The pharmacist has a responsibility to assist with the education and training of future generation of pharmacists I Wish to State that having the above named roles to Play are indicators that Pharmacist are waiting to be accessed by every African, so don’t under utilise your Pharmacist hence forth, Call him on Phone every time you need Medication Information,talk to him on social media, Introduce Your Physician to him to enhance your health outcome, make sure he knows you by name and has your contact….Disturb him with medications related issues if you can, and YOU MUST KNOW YOUR PHARMACIST BY NAME because, “ACCESS TO PHARMACIST IS ACCESS TO HEALTH” Mods, Obinoscopy pls help move this to FP. 1 Like |
Re: World Pharmacy Day: Access To Pharmacists Is Access To Health by Samgreguc(m): 10:25am On Sep 26, 2014 |
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