Hussain Kashif, Ambreen Gul, Muzammil Mehreen, Raza Syed Shamim, Ali Umer
Department of Pharmacy, Aga Khan University Hospital, Stadium Road (Main Pharmacy), P.O Box 3500, Karachi, 74800, Pakistan.
J Pharm Policy Pract. 2020 Nov 2;13(1):74. doi: 10.1186/s40545-020-00277-5.
The coronavirus disease 19 (COVID-19) is rapidly spreading across the world. Pharmacy services play a vital role in public health in preventing and containing the COVID-19 pandemic. All over the world, especially in the developed countries pharmacists have responded smartly and speedily for public health, such as establishing professional protective and service guidance for pharmacy staff and services, creating and updating drug formularies, addressing the issues of drug shortages, providing public education for prevention and management of infection, contributing in drug evaluation and clinical trials. In this commentary, we review the exclusive demands from pharmacy services in Pakistan during coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic and sharing the responses of our hospital pharmacy to these demands and needs with the international pharmacy community, especially of the low and middle-income countries like Pakistan.
2019冠状病毒病（COVID-19）正在全球迅速传播。药学服务在预防和控制COVID-19大流行的公共卫生中发挥着至关重要的作用。在世界各地，尤其是在发达国家，药剂师已迅速且明智地响应公共卫生需求，例如为药房工作人员和服务制定专业防护和服务指南、创建和更新药品处方集、解决药品短缺问题、为感染的预防和管理提供公众教育、参与药物评估和临床试验。在这篇评论中，我们回顾了2019冠状病毒病大流行期间巴基斯坦药学服务的特殊需求，并与国际药学界，尤其是像巴基斯坦这样的低收入和中等收入国家分享我们医院药房对这些需求的应对措施。
