Advancing Pharmacy Practice in Tanzania

A Descriptive Report of Pharmacy Education and Practice Models in 3 Institutions

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ID13776141
AuthorsChristian Mbilinyi (Jakaya Kikwete Cardiac Institute, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania), Deus Buma (0000-0003-1878-554X, Muhimbili National Hospital, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania), Solobi Ngasa (Muhimbili National Hospital, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania), Rose Maingu (Muhimbili Orthopaedic Institute, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania), Betty A Maganda (0000-0001-8932-3882, Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences), Betty Maganda (Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences), Wellu Kaali (Jakaya Kikwete Cardiac Institute, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania), Mtoke Ahmadi Uledi (Muhimbili National Hospital), Mtoke Uledi (Muhimbili National Hospital, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania), Bryceson Mkinga (0000-0002-0124-6833, Muhimbili Orthopaedic Institute, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania), Bruno Njonjo (Muhimbili National Hospital, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania), Jumanne Amiri (Muhimbili National Hospital, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania), Autumn D Zuckerman (0000-0002-8376-0691, Muhimbili Orthopaedic Institute, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, corresponding author)
Year2021
Volume58
Pages46958021999934-46958021999934
Publication date2021-01-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueINQUIRY The Journal of Health Care Organization Provision and Financing (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0046-9580 • E-ISSN: 1945-7243
PublisherSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/0046958021999934
PMID33759604
OpenAlexW3139321855
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited7

Understanding models of pharmacy education and practice in low-to-middle income countries (LMIC) can drive best practices and resource utilization. However, there is a paucity of literature in this setting. The purpose of this report is to describe the length and breadth of pharmacy education and training in Tanzania as well as pharmacy practice models at 3 institutions. Lessons learned and implications for global pharmacy practice described herein aim to advance the profession and pharmacists' impact in LMIC settings. The Muhimbili campus is located in Dar es Salaam, the largest city in Tanzania, a LMIC in East Africa, and is comprised of 3 institutes and a health professions school. Despite variance in patient populations, all Muhimbili institutions have developed pharmacy services in outpatient and inpatient pharmacies, central pharmacy stores, intensive care units, and operating theaters. Unique pharmacy practice areas result from a variance in patient populations serviced and include services in pharmacovigilence/drug information, compounding, oncology, nephrology, and emergency departments. Medication availability and the complexity and time commitment of patient billing are consistent challenges, and multidisciplinary collaboration a common strength across the 3 institutions. Pharmacists at Muhimbili perform innovative and critical functions to support optimal patient care tailored to specific patient populations. The detailed review of these services can serve as a model for pharmacy practice at other health systems in LMIC and beyond

Best practice · Clinical pharmacy · Family medicine · Health care · Medical education · Pharmaconomist · Pharmacy practice · Political science · Tanzania · Antibiotic Use and Resistance · Medicine · Nursing · Pharmaceutical Economics and Policy · Pharmaceutical Practices and Patient Outcomes · Pharmacy

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