Increasing coverage of vaccination by pharmacists in Nigeria; an urgent need
Pharmacists have a key role to play to advance public health through immunization. Pharmacists are well trained and play a huge role in vaccine production, research and development, safety, pharmacovigilance, storage, logistics and distribution. There is a need for a revised national policy and stra...
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| author | Yusuf Hassan Wada Muhammad Kabir Musa Aniekan Ekpenyong Yusuff Adebayo Adebisi Mohamed Babiker Musa Garba Mohammed Khalid |
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| description | Pharmacists have a key role to play to advance public health through immunization. Pharmacists are well trained and play a huge role in vaccine production, research and development, safety, pharmacovigilance, storage, logistics and distribution. There is a need for a revised national policy and strategy in Nigeria on vaccination and immunization programs with the involvement of community pharmacies and/or pharmacists. This will help accelerate getting a wider vaccination access coverage, establishing a greater healthcare delivery workforce for societal benefits and demonstrate the full potential of the community pharmacies and the pharmacists’ role in immunization programs. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-d6857c2fcd3b4a6a862bef373648419b2022-12-21T18:13:16ZengElsevierPublic Health in Practice2666-53522021-11-012100148Increasing coverage of vaccination by pharmacists in Nigeria; an urgent needYusuf Hassan Wada0Muhammad Kabir Musa1Aniekan Ekpenyong2Yusuff Adebayo Adebisi3Mohamed Babiker Musa4Garba Mohammed Khalid5Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto, Nigeria; West African Academy of Public Health, Abuja, Nigeria; Corresponding author. Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto, Nigeria.Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, NigeriaGlobal Health Policy Unit, University of Edinburgh, Scotland, United KingdomFaculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Ibadan, Oyo, NigeriaFaculty of Pharmacy, Omdurman Islamic University, Khartoum, SudanDepartment of Pharmaceutics and Pharmaceutical Technology, Bayero University, Kano, NigeriaPharmacists have a key role to play to advance public health through immunization. Pharmacists are well trained and play a huge role in vaccine production, research and development, safety, pharmacovigilance, storage, logistics and distribution. There is a need for a revised national policy and strategy in Nigeria on vaccination and immunization programs with the involvement of community pharmacies and/or pharmacists. This will help accelerate getting a wider vaccination access coverage, establishing a greater healthcare delivery workforce for societal benefits and demonstrate the full potential of the community pharmacies and the pharmacists’ role in immunization programs.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666535221000732NigeriaVaccineImmunizationVaccinationPharmacistsCommunity pharmacies |
| spellingShingle | Yusuf Hassan Wada Muhammad Kabir Musa Aniekan Ekpenyong Yusuff Adebayo Adebisi Mohamed Babiker Musa Garba Mohammed Khalid Increasing coverage of vaccination by pharmacists in Nigeria; an urgent need Public Health in Practice Nigeria Vaccine Immunization Vaccination Pharmacists Community pharmacies |
| title | Increasing coverage of vaccination by pharmacists in Nigeria; an urgent need |
| title_full | Increasing coverage of vaccination by pharmacists in Nigeria; an urgent need |
| title_fullStr | Increasing coverage of vaccination by pharmacists in Nigeria; an urgent need |
| title_full_unstemmed | Increasing coverage of vaccination by pharmacists in Nigeria; an urgent need |
| title_short | Increasing coverage of vaccination by pharmacists in Nigeria; an urgent need |
| title_sort | increasing coverage of vaccination by pharmacists in nigeria an urgent need |
| topic | Nigeria Vaccine Immunization Vaccination Pharmacists Community pharmacies |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666535221000732 |
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