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An assessment of current practice patterns of TB/HIV at primary healthcare clinics in the Western Cape and a needs assessment for clinic-based training among final year pharmacy students
(University of the Western Cape, 2010)
Tuberculosis (TB) is a major contributor to the disease burden in developing countries resulting in deaths of approximately 2 million people a year. South Africa (SA) has one of the highest annual TB incidences with an ...
Review of the effectiveness of the medicines regulatory systems in Zambia over the period 1995 to 2015
(University of the Western Cape, 2018)
Due to inadequacy of data on the effectiveness of medicines regulatory systems in Zambia, this study
was framed. The aim was to evaluate legislative provisions for medicines regulation under three legalregulatory-
frameworks ...
Integrating Complementary and Alternative Medicines into Pharmacy Practice: Identifying challenges in meeting professional responsibilities and training needs
(University of the Western Cape, 2017)
Community pharmacies are popular suppliers of complementary and alternative
medicines (CAMs) and pharmacists encounter requests from consumers for
information on them. The purpose of this study was to assess the extent to ...
Innovator Medicines Versus Generic Medicine Package Inserts Safety Amendments, the Reality in South Africa
(University of the Western Cape, 2017)
Availability of clinically relevant and unbiased medicine information goes a long way in
promoting rational use of medicines. The package insert (PI) is one of the sources of
information utilised by healthcare professionals ...
Evaluation of reporting all types of adverse drug reactions by parents of children younger than 18 years in South Africa
(University of the Western Cape, 2019)
Introduction: Medicines are created with the intention of helping patients but may be harmful to the patient by causing adverse reactions. The effect of adverse drug reactions (ADRs) on patients has become more evident ...
Review of medicine registration system in Tanzania
(University of the Western Cape, 2019)
Registration of medicines is an essential function of the national medicine regulatory system
of any country. Since the start of the medicine registration system in Tanzania in early 2000s,
no systematic review has been ...
Moving towards social accountability in pharmacy education: Exploring service-learning outcomes and opportunities with Cape Town community health forum representatives
(University of the Western Cape, 2020)
The University of the Western Cape (UWC), School of Pharmacy has embedded service-learning in the undergraduate curriculum in an attempt to align activities with the social accountability values. Third-year pharmacy students ...
Moving towards social accountability in pharmacy education: what is the role of the practising pharmacist?
(University of the Western Cape, 2020)
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has stated that “there is no health without a workforce” (Campbell et al., 2013). The health workforce is essential for every health care system. The availability, accessibility and ...
A Community Pharmacy perspective on the epidemiology of antimicrobial drugs in the Kuilsriver urban area
(University of the Western Cape, 2017)
The epidemiology of drugs is 'defined as the manner in which drugs are used by doctors,
nurses, pharmacists and patients. As such epidemiology of antimicrobial drugs is the manner
in which this class of drugs is used by ...
The effectiveness of using pictograms and text on medication labels at primary healthcare facilities in Cape Town
(University of the Western Cape, 2020)
Medication labels are often the only information available to patients after obtaining medication 3 from the pharmacy or other healthcare practitioners. Inappropriately designed medicine labelling 4 contributes to poor ...