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What it’s like: Being a pharmacist in South Africa in 2020

Posted in: Access to Medicines, Healthcare system, Healthcare Workers, Latest

Pharmacists do much more than stand behind a counter dispensing medicine. These professionals have a key role to play in the health care system and the overall well-being of people. Tiyese Jeranji spoke to a community pharmacist and pharmacists in the public health sector to understand their role and the challenges they face.

What it’s like: Being a pharmacist in South Africa in 2020

COVID-19: Some chronic patients to be given enough pills for 3 or 4 months

Posted in: Latest

Four provinces have made positive moves to announce that patients on chronic medicines will be able to have their scripts filled for as long as three or four months in order to minimise their exposure to possible COVID-19 infection in public spaces like clinics.