PSF Canada strives to improve access to essential medicines, education and training in pharmaceutical care around the world.
In this report published June 2024 we take stock of what’s been done and what lies ahead.
Annual Activities Report 2023-2024
Supporting pharmacies, pharmacists, pharmacy technicians and their patients world wide.
Access to essential medicines, education and training in pharmaceutical care in developing countries is critical to improving the health of the population.
According to WHO, the irrational or not rational drug use is a major global problem. It is estimated that more than half of all medicines are prescribed, distributed or sold inappropriately. At the same time, about one third of the world population lacks access to essential drugs.
PSF Canada is a volunteer organization of Canadian pharmacists that provides pharmaceutical and technical assistance in the implementation or improvement of community and hospital pharmacies internationally.
PSF Canada helps train local professionals in the proper use of medicines and optimize the supply of drugs
International Assistance
Providing pharmaceutical and technical assistance in the implementation or improvement of community and hospital pharmacies. These are largely pursued through the consistent missions and virtual missions our organization carries out throughout the world.
Training Local Professionals
Striving to create sustainable development and improvement through consistent collaborative practices. During our missions, local professionals and healthcare workers are trained in the proper use of medicines as well as the optimization of drug supply chains.
Supporting Communities
Cross-country discussions which build international partnership and collaboration. These partnerships and the collaboration they bear fruit can be best seen in our webinar series.
Recent Missions:
Bangladesh
PSF Canada has successfully concluded an initial evaluation mission at Square Hospitals Ltd. in Dhaka, Bangladesh. This mission consisted of two parts: The first part was the evaluation of the pharmacy department using the International Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP) Basel Statements (2015) and the second part was to evaluate the current clinical pharmacy practice at SHL. These evaluations will provide guidance for further missions in the future.
India
Our missions operate at Julia Hospital in Jamkhed, India. The hospital has 50 beds and two operating rooms. Julia Hospital has basic laboratory tests and X-Ray’s. There are international surgery camp missions that take place 5 to 6 times per year. Julia Hospital serves a rural, underprivileged population and provides low-cost secondary care to half a million people. They are open 24 hours a day for emergencies and from 9am-5pm for basic outpatient care. Services are provided to patients on a sliding payment scale: patients pay what they can afford. If the patients cannot afford anything, services are provided free of charge.
Madagascar
PSF team members, in coordination with PIVOT Madagascar, spend approximately 4-5 hours a week, reviewing and analyzing requirements and developing content for logistical support. The initial objectives have been on inventory management, however as the relationship with the team evolves, other objectives have arisen such as pharmaceutical reference recommendations, systems analysis and reporting optimization.
Our Most Recent Webinar:
Pediatric Care
Cross-Country Conversations - Webinar # 6
On behalf of Pharmacists Without Borders (PSF) Canada, we are pleased to introduce this series titled Cross-Country Conversations. Each webinar will focus on a pharmacy specialty and will discuss how pharmacists from two or more countries are working to combat new challenges being faced during the COVID-19 Pandemic. The previous webinar focused on Intensive Care, this week's webinar will discuss Pediatric Care.
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