| Title |
Improving pharmacy practice through public health programs: experience from Global HIV/AIDS initiative Nigeria project
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|---|---|
| Published in |
SpringerPlus, October 2013
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| DOI | 10.1186/2193-1801-2-525 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Dorothy Oqua, Kenneth Anene Agu, Mohammed Alfa Isah, Obialunamma U Onoh, Paul G Iyaji, Anthony K Wutoh, Rosalyn C King |
| Abstract |
The use of medicines is an essential component of many public health programs (PHPs). Medicines are important not only for their capacity to treat and prevent diseases. The public confidence in healthcare system is inevitably linked to their confidence in the availability of safe and effective medicines and the measures for ensuring their rational use. However, pharmacy services component receives little or no attention in most public health programs in developing countries. This article describes the strategies, lessons learnt, and some accomplishments of Howard University Pharmacists and Continuing Education (HU-PACE) Centre towards improving hospital pharmacy practice through PHP in Nigeria. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 25% |
| India | 1 | 25% |
| Unknown | 2 | 50% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 4 | 100% |
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| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 1 | 1% |
| Unknown | 96 | 99% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 18 | 19% |
| Researcher | 14 | 14% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 9 | 9% |
| Student > Bachelor | 7 | 7% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 6 | 6% |
| Other | 17 | 18% |
| Unknown | 26 | 27% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 26 | 27% |
| Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science | 16 | 16% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 6 | 6% |
| Economics, Econometrics and Finance | 5 | 5% |
| Engineering | 4 | 4% |
| Other | 11 | 11% |
| Unknown | 29 | 30% |
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