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Biol Med Case Rep 2017 | Volume 1 Issue 2
November 06-07, 2017 | New Orleans, USA
Nanomedicine & Healthcare
Global Meet on
W
orldwide, there are different systems for providing
pharmacy services. Most countries have some element
of state assistance, either for all patients or selected groups
such as children, and some private provisions. Medicines
are financed either through cost sharing or full private.
The role of the private services is therefore much more
significant. Nationally, there is a mismatch between the
numbers of pharmacists and where are they worked, and the
demand for pharmacy services. The position is exacerbated
locally where in some areas of poor; there is a real need
for pharmacy services, which is not being met and where
pharmacists have little spare capacity. Various changes
within the health-care system require serious attention be
given to the pharmacy human resources need. To stem the
brain drain of pharmacists, it is, however, necessary to have
accurate information regarding the reasons that make the
pharmacists emigrate to the private sector. Such knowledge
is an essential in making of informed decisions regarding
the retention of qualified, skilled pharmacists in the public
sector for long time. There are currently 3000 pharmacists
registered with the Sudan medical council of whom only
10% are working with the government. The pharmacist:
population ratio indicates, there is one pharmacist for every
11,433 inhabitants in Sudan, compared to the world health
organization (WHO) average for industrialized countries
of one pharmacist for 2,300 inhabitants. The situation is
particularly problematic in the southern states where there
is no pharmacist at all. The distribution of pharmacists
indicates the majority are concentrated in Khartoum state.
When population figures are taken into consideration all
states except Khartoum and Gezira states are under served
compared to theWHOaverage. Thismal-distribution requires
serious action as majority of the population is served in the
public sector. This study reveals the low incentives, poor
workingconditions, jobdissatisfactionand lackof professional
development programs as main reasons for the immigration
to the private-sector. The objective of this communication is
to highlight and provide an overview of the reasons that lead
to the immigration of the public-sector pharmacists to the
private-sector in Sudan. The survey has been carried out in
September 2004. Data gathered by the questionnaires were
analyzed using statistical package for social sciences (SPSS)
version 12.0 for windows. The result has been evaluated and
tabulated in this study. The data presented in this theme can
be considered as nucleus information for executing research
and development for pharmacists and pharmacy. More
measures must be introduced to attract pharmacists into
the public sector. The emerging crisis in pharmacy human
resources requires significant additional effort to gather
knowledge and dependable data that can inform reasonable,
effective, and coordinated responses from government,
industry, and professional associations.
e:
abdeenomer2@yahoo.co.ukMedicines and biology: Sustainablemanagement of pharmacy, pharmacists and pharmaceuticals and how
to bridge the gap in human resources for health?
Abdeen Mustafa Omer
Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, Sudan