Session virtual link: Digital Session, Meeting ID: 976 3268 7982
Session title | Improving Non-Communicable Diseases through Pharmaceutical Care | |||||||
Session sub-title | Pharmaceutical Care Innovations to Improve Access to Medicine and Patient Outcomes for Non-Communicable Diseases | |||||||
Coordinator | Winnie Nambatya, Pharmacy Department, Makerere University College of Health Sciences | |||||||
Hosts | Makerere University College of Health Sciences, Binghamton University School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences | |||||||
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Session Abstract | According to the World Health Organization (WHO), 41 million people die annually from non-communicable diseases (NCDs), representing 71% of deaths worldwide. NCDs impose social and public health problems that increase economic burdens to patients and nations. Despite many effective medications for NCDs, such as cardiovascular disease and diabetes, it is not likely that low- and middle-income countries (LMIC) will meet the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 3.4 by 2030 of reducing premature mortality from NCDs by one-third. With the critical shortage of healthcare workers in LMICs, interprofessional collaboration within the health sector is critical for achieving SDG 3.4. Pharmacists remain a highly trained and under-utilized resource in most LMICs. Rational and equitable access to quality medicines is a key challenge in achieving improving morbidity and mortality. Today’s pharmacists are not only well-positioned to improve access to quality and affordable medicines but to also positively impact patient health outcomes from NCDs. Pharmacy education has evolved worldwide to train pharmacists with the skills to provide pharmaceutical care, and evidence from research has shown pharmacists contribute significantly to the screening, prevention, treatment, and monitoring of NCDs through services provided, such as medication therapy management. The goal of this panel presentation and discussion is to provide the audience with an overview of the pharmaceutical care role of the pharmacist and explain innovative approaches to improving access to medicines and patient outcomes from NCDs. | |||||||
Session Format | Panel Discussion | Virtual session link | Click here | |||||
Chairs | Chair: Richard Odoi Adome, PhD, Professor, Department of Pharmacy, Makerere University College of Health Sciences ( rodoi@med.mak.ac.ug , rodoiadome731@gmail.com)
Co-Chair: Kamba Fadhiru Pakoyo, Head, Department of Pharmacy, Makerere University College of Health Sciences ( kambaf2000@yahoo.com ) |
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Speakers | Name/Title | Contact | Status | |||||
Speaker 1 (Policy/ Government) | Dr. Fred Sebisubi, Pharmacy Commissioner, Ministry of Health Uganda
Uganda (Overview of the Burden of NCDs in Uganda and challenges and solutions to improving access to medicines) |
sebisubi@yahoo.co.uk | Confirmed | |||||
Speaker 2 (Civil Service) |
Jocelyn Chaibva, BPharm
Vice President of the African Pharmaceutical Forum Zimbabwe (Overview of the Pharmaceutical Care Role of the Pharmacist and Improved Patient Outcomes from NCDs globally) |
jmchaibva@gmail.com | Confirmed | |||||
Speaker 3 (Academia) | Dr. KarenBeth H. Bohan, PharmD, BCPS, Professor Pharmacy Practice, Binghamton University School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, New York,
USA (Educational Innovations at Makerere University Department of Pharmacy to Enhance Pharmaceutical Care Skills Training) |
kbohan@binghamton.edu | Confirmed | |||||
Speaker 4 (Public sector) | Dr. Susie Crowe, PharmD, BCPS
Director of Experiential Education at East Tennessee State University and Alumna of the Global Health Residency with the Purdue Kenya Partnership with Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital USA (Innovative Clinical Pharmacist Training Programs Designed to Impact Patient Health Outcomes in Western Kenya) |
CROWESJ@mail.etsu.edu | Confirmed | |||||
Speaker 5 (Innovations in Patient Care Models) | Imran Manji, BPharm, MPH, DPLA, PgDipClinPharm Principal Pharmacist, Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital, Eldoret Kenya Dr. Tina Tran, PharmD Alumna of the Global Health Residency with the Purdue Kenya Partnership with Moi AND Dr. James Akiruga Amisi, MBChB, MMed, Family Medicine Physician & Lecturer, Moi University School of Medicine, Department of Family Medicine from the Bridging Income (An Innovative Community-Based Approach to Increase NCD Medication Adherence) |
imranmanji@hotmail.com
tran.nk.tina@gmail.com |
Confirmed | |||||
Speaker 6 (Professional Body) | Samuel Opio, Director CiplaQCi and Secretary of the Pharmaceutical Society of Uganda
Uganda (Evolving Policy and Professional Standards to Advance |
opixam25@gmail.com | Confirmed |
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