Challenges Faced by Hospital Pharmacists in Low-Income Countries Before COVID-19 Vaccine Roll-Out: Handling Approaches and Implications for Future Pandemic Roles

COVID-19 hospital pharmacist hospital pharmacy low-income countries pharmacist pharmacy service

Journal

Turkish journal of pharmaceutical sciences
ISSN: 2148-6247
Titre abrégé: Turk J Pharm Sci
Pays: Turkey
ID NLM: 101717890

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
29 04 2022
Historique:
entrez: 5 5 2022
pubmed: 6 5 2022
medline: 6 5 2022
Statut: ppublish

Résumé

Coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) is one of the greatest pandemics of modern times. More than one hundred eleven million global deaths have already been associated with COVID-19. The incidence of COVID-19 as well as morbidity and mortality due to COVID-19 have increased in low-income countries (LICs). COVID-19 has further weakened health systems in LICs, that are already distressed by inadequate funding, lack of human resources, and poor infrastructure and service delivery. Despite the resource crunch, hospital LICs have been instrumental in treating COVID-19 patients. Pharmacists working in hospitals play an indispensable role in providing pharmaceutical services for infection prevention and control. This study discusses the contribution of hospital pharmacists and the challenges faced by them for treating COVID-19 patients in LICs before the COVID-19 vaccine roll-out.

Identifiants

pubmed: 35510364
doi: 10.4274/tjps.galenos.2021.37974
pmc: PMC9083515
doi:

Types de publication

Journal Article

Langues

eng

Pagination

232-238

Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts

Conflict of Interest: No conflict of interest was declared by the authors.

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Auteurs

Rajeev Shrestha (R)

Lamjung District Community Hospital, Department of Pharmacy, Lamjung, Nepal

Sunil Shrestha (S)

Monash University Malaysia, School of Pharmacy, Selangor, Malaysia

Binaya Sapkota (B)

Nobel College, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kathmandu, Nepal

Saval Khanal (S)

University of Warwick, Warwick Medical School, Department of Health Sciences, Coventry, United Kingdom

Bhuvan Kc (B)

Monash University Malaysia, School of Pharmacy, Selangor, Malaysia

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