The community pharmacy practice is an important procedure to ensure patient safety and quality of life in ambulatory care and outpatients. Unfortunately in Developing economies, such a system is not developed. The patients in such communities continue to manage prescriptions in an irrational manner. Community pharmacists are obliged to help patients in understanding the medicine…
ObjectivesTuberculosis (TB), despite being a preventable and curable disease, has remained a consistent public health challenge in India. Before the additional challenges of the COVID pandemic started, India set out with the National Tuberculosis Elimination Program (NTEP). While combating COVID, the healthcare system has not been able to cope with the stringent requirements of NTEP.…
In the part-2 of this series, I provide some basic information on the current status of pharmacy practice in India. Most of the “Medicine Shop” owners in India hold two year diploma in pharmacy. Due to lack of enforcement of the pharmacy law, many of them have unwritten “prescriptive authorities” that cannot even be dreamt…
In this article two models of international pharmacy exchange known to the author are described. One is Pharmbridge that is offered by International federation of pharmacist – FIP and another is the student exchange program offered at the University of Findlay.