End TBNow Na Pharmacy Sector SECTOR COMMITMENT TO

#End. TBNow. Na! Pharmacy Sector SECTOR COMMITMENT TO END TB “Business not-as-usual. . ”

For the End TB Strategy to be successful, prioritizing and harnessing the power of private-sector retail drug outlets will be instrumental in accelerating the early detection and referral of the 3 million missing cases. “Business not-as-usual. . ”

• Pharmacists constitute an important and essential part of the health workforce • Pharmacists are the frontline health-care providers and often a first point of contact for people with symptoms of tuberculosis “Business not-as-usual. . ”

#End. TBNow. Na! Game Changing Strategies “Business not-as-usual. . ”

Game Changing Strategy 1 Sustained professional development of the network of pharmacy professionals on adherence to anti-microbial resistance and dispensing ethics to include NO prescription NO dispensing of anti-TB drugs. “Business not-as-usual. . ”

Game Changing Strategy 2 Promote rational use of anti. TB medicines and ensure that quality assured medicines are procured and supplied. Ensure NO over the counter sale of anti-TB medicines and strictly comply with the NO prescription, NO dispensing policy “Business not-as-usual. . ”

Game Changing Strategy 3 Work with the DOH National Tuberculosis Program in the review and revision pharmacy school curricula to incorporate content on TB control and the role of pharmacy professionals and PPh. A PDI Advocacy Group to continue participating and collaborating with the government and private institutions toward end-TB programs “Business not-as-usual. . ”

Game Changing Strategy 4 Referral of people with symptoms of TB to appropriate health-care facilities for early diagnosis; providing supportive supervision of TB patients including directly-observed treatment to promote adherence and prevent multidrug resistance “Business not-as-usual. . ”

Game Changing Strategy 5 Provision of education to patient and to family members on infection control and strategies to prevent and manage stigma. “Business not-as-usual. . ”

#End. TBNow. Na! Key Issues Affecting the Sector “Business not-as-usual. . ”

Key Issue Affecting the Sector 1 The Pharmacy DOTS Initiative implementation (PDI) conceptualized by the Philippine Tuberculosis Initiatives for the Private Sector (Phil. TIPS) through USAID support in 2004 and later scaled up in 33 sites with a grant from USAID-PBSP-IMPACT is only limited to selected project sites. Although the PPh. A established the PPh. A Pharmacy DOTS Initiative Advocacy Group to sustain and scale-up the initiative, PDI has not been scaled-up systematically to involve pharmacists in the 85 chapters of the organization due to insufficient funds. “Business not-as-usual. . ”

Key Issue Affecting the Sector 2 Limited monitoring and evaluation of pharmacy contribution to TB elimination including compliance to policies, NO PRESCRITION NO DISPENSING and use of TB Referral Logbook due to limited manpower “Business not-as-usual. . ”

Key Issue Affecting the Sector 3 Insufficient documentation and sharing of experiences and lessons learnt to identify and scale-up successful best practice models for the engagement of the pharmacy sector. “Business not-as-usual. . ”

Resources Available • 85 Regional and local chapters • 15, 000 members “Business not-as-usual. . ”

Thank You! “Business not-as-usual. . ”