SOUTH Africa has a new mechanism to support and guide pharmacy healthcare services, with the formation this week of a fledgling multi-stakeholder Pharmacy Advisory Board.
The new body provides a common platform to identify key challenges and opportunities in training, quality and regulatory issues, and help address the skills shortage in the pharmacy sector by supporting training for pharmacists, pharmacy assistants and front shop assistants.
The board said it hopes to facilitate sponsorships of tertiary institutions and teaching posts, professional development portals for pharmacists and assistants, product training sessions, and distribution of practice guides and operating procedure manuals.
It aims also to "benchmark South African pharmacy against international best practice, and help to develop the sector to meet changing local needs".
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