The Role of Pharmacists in Travel Medicine in South Africa

Pharmacy : Journal of Pharmacy, Education and Practice
Lee Baker

Abstract

Worldwide, pharmacists, who are the most accessible health-care providers, are playing an ever increasing role in travel medicine, assisting travelers in taking the necessary precautions to ensure safe and healthy travel. This article looks at the situation in South Africa, and how pharmacists are performing these functions within the legal constraints of the Medicines and Related Substances Act 101 of 1965, which prevents pharmacists from prescribing many of the travel vaccines and medications. The scope of practice in community pharmacies increased since the successful down-scheduling of some of the antimalarials, allowing pharmacists to supply the many travelers who frequently travel to neighboring countries. As in many other countries, travel medicine in South Africa is currently thwart with products that are out of stock, and a number of temporary guidelines were put in place to deal with these. Ways to facilitate expanding the role of pharmacists in travel medicine in South Africa need to be further explored.

References

Feb 28, 2018·Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease·Sherilyn K D HouleMeagen M Rosenthal

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Mar 28, 2020·International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health·Giorgia Della PollaItalo Francesco Angelillo

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