# \[e-drug\] Brain drain of pharmacists (cont'd) **URL:** \ **Category:** e-drug\ **Created:** [October 22, 2003, 1:20pm UTC](https://talk.edrugplus.org/t/e-drug-brain-drain-of-pharmacists-contd/17997 "2003-10-22T13:20:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Rashid\_Khan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/58f4c7/32.png) [@Rashid\_Khan](https://talk.edrugplus.org/u/Rashid_Khan)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2003, 1:20pm UTC](https://talk.edrugplus.org/t/e-drug-brain-drain-of-pharmacists-contd/17997/1 "2003-10-22T13:20:15Z")
E-drug: Brain drain of pharmacists (cont'd) ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Once an individual has qualified in his professional field of choice, very little can be done to keep him serving in his country accept a satisfactory financial package, pleasant conditions of work and incentive to develop skills whilst in service. In most developing countries, the above becomes difficult as there are other priorities that have more importance. The countries that benefit are mainly the first world countries e.g. England, USA. where the majority of our pharmacists are emigrating to. We need to find solutions to the shortage of pharmacists throughout the world to prevent the type of poaching that presently occurring. Countries should developing different categories of staff to play key roles in the Drug Management cycle, improving access, monitoring and procurement. Sooner or later, these trained individuals will be key role players in health service delivery in most developing countries who have limited pharmacists to manage their services. Distance supervision will become the norm. Legislation needs to be formulated to facilitate this process as is happening in South Africa with regards to the Pharmacist Assistant. Rashid Rashid Khan Ethekwini Health Services Durban Metro Council P.O. Box 2443 Durban, South Africa E-mail: khanrashid@durban.gov.za -- To send a message to E-Drug, write to: e-drug@healthnet.org To subscribe or unsubscribe, write to: majordomo@healthnet.org in the body of the message type: subscribe e-drug OR unsubscribe e-drug To contact a person, send a message to: e-drug-help@healthnet.org Information and archives: [http://www.essentialdrugs.org/edrug](http://www.essentialdrugs.org/edrug)