I spoke for freedom: history and politics of the Ghana press, is a book that recounts the professional journey of an accomplished media luminary who has worked in all aspects of the media space in G... 3 days ago

Second language (L2) learners are often concerned about the ‘foreign’ quality of their accent, and many express a desire to sound more like a ‘native speaker’ of the L2. This review paper f... 7 days ago

Background: Delays in producing discharge prescriptions have hindered the provision of bedside dispensing services (BEDISC) that enable medication reconciliation and pharmaceutical intervention, which... 2 weeks ago

Background: The aim of the study was to investigate the common defciencies observed in the Finished Pharmaceutical Product (FPP) section of generic product applications submitted to SAHPRA. The study ... 2 weeks ago

ential medicines are accessible and afordable to the population is key to saving lives. This study investigated accessibility, availability and afordability of a basket of priority medicines for chil... 2 weeks ago

Background: Vaccines have become the best weapon for epidemic prevention and control in the absence of standard approved efective therapies. However, skepticism about the vaccine efcacy and safety is ... 2 weeks ago

ackground: During the early phase of the COVID-19 pandemic, antibiotic usage among COVID-19 patients was noted to be high in many countries. The objective of this study was to determine the prevalenc... 2 weeks ago

Background: Substandard and Falsifed (SF) medical products are a growing global concern. They harm the individual patient, the healthcare system and the economy. The World Health Organisation (WHO) ha... 2 weeks ago

Background: Globally, an estimated 8.1 million children under 5 years die annually in developing countries. Ensur‑ ing essential medicines are accessible and afordable to the population is key to s... 2 weeks ago

Background: Polypharmacy is the administration of an excessive number of medicines and a signifcant irrational medicine use practice. Little is known about this practice in South Africa. This study a... 2 weeks ago

Background: During disasters or crises, the traditional models of supply chain encounter failure and skewedness under the inevitable and unknown pressures. The procurement and transformation of requi... 2 weeks ago

Background: Variations in practice are commonplace in healthcare where health professionals, such as pharmacists act as autonomous practitioners. This is evident in simulated patient studies, where p... 2 weeks ago

Background: The proportion of days covered (PDC) is used to estimate medication adherence by looking at the proportion of days in which a person has access to the medication, over a given period of i... 2 weeks ago

Background: The proportion of days covered (PDC) is used to estimate medication adherence by looking at the proportion of days in which a person has access to the medication, over a given period of i... 2 weeks ago

Background: The Commonwealth Pharmacists Association (CPA) is a charity representing pharmacists across the Commonwealth, with the vision of empowering and collaboratively develop the profession and ... 2 weeks ago

Background: Community pharmacists (CPs) are increasingly facing occupational challenges as a result of the COVID19 pandemic, putting them at high risk of burnout. This study aimed to assess the preval... 2 weeks ago

While having access to safe and efcient vaccines is essential for eradicating the COVID-19 pandemic, gaining market‑ ing authorisation is a critical step in enabling and speeding this process. On D... 2 weeks ago

Background: Clinical pharmacists have an important role in inter-professional healthcare collaboration for epilepsy management. However, the pharmacy practices of managing epilepsy are still limited ... 2 weeks ago

Background: Access to maternal healthcare services is an essential pre-requisite for improving women’s health. However, due to poor access and underutilization, women in developing countries remain... 2 weeks ago

Background: Self-medication of medicines is a global issue particularly among those with good access and familiarity with medications such as university students. It has a signifcant impact on drug re... 2 weeks ago