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Global contributions of pharmacists during the COVID ‐19 pandemic
Author(s) -
Goff Debra A.,
AshiruOredope Diane,
Cairns Kelly A.,
Eljaaly Khalid,
Gauthier Timothy P.,
Langford Bradley J.,
Mahmoud Sara Fouad,
Messina Angeliki P.,
Michael Ubaka Chukwuemeka,
Saad Thérèse,
Schellack Natalie
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of the american college of clinical pharmacy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2574-9870
DOI - 10.1002/jac5.1329
Subject(s) - pandemic , pharmacy , health care , public health , covid-19 , medicine , family medicine , nursing , political science , infectious disease (medical specialty) , disease , pathology , law
Throughout the SARS‐CoV‐2 (COVID‐19) global pandemic, pharmacists were rarely mentioned as essential frontline health care providers by the news media, the public, or politicians. Around the world, pharmacists are working on the frontlines of health care every day providing essential health care services during the pandemic. Pharmacists are medication experts providing patient care in a variety of settings including hospitals, clinics, community pharmacies, long‐term care, physician offices, and national and public health. In this paper, we describe how pharmacists from high and low‐middle income countries contributed to essential patient care and well‐being of the public during the COVID‐19 pandemic. While the news media, the public, and politicians often overlooked pharmacists as essential frontline health care providers, we hope that this list of contributions by pharmacists from nine countries in this article can help to change this perspective.