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Evaluating The Knowledge And Attitude Of Community Pharmacists Toward Hiv Infected Patients
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This study is focused on the attitude and knowledge of community
pharmacists on HIV infected which also received special mention in the
WHO adherence report (WHO, 2013). HIV infected is a disease of pandemic
proportions increasingly making its presence felt in the developing
world where, it is predicted; most of the world’s HIV burden will in
future be borne (King H, 1998). Furthermore, it is a disease where
antiretroviral therapy and lifestyle modification play major roles in
the treatment and management of the condition, (Chitre MM, 2016) and
where health promoting interventions in both these therapeutic areas are
accommodated within the pharmacist’s defined scope of practice
(Wermeille J, 2014) (Kiel PJ, 2015) (Johnson LC, 1997).
Most, if not
all, HIV patients make use of long-term antiretroviral therapy to manage
their disease. The prescription refill dynamic provides for frequent
personal and informed contact between the patient and the pharmacist and
thus positions the community pharmacist for roles in HIV care beyond
the traditional medicine dispensing role (Kiel PJ, 2015) (Johnson LC,
1997). Encounters of this nature present pharmacists with ideal
opportunities to provide pharmaceutical care across a range of chronic
diseases.
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