[e-drug] RFI - Data on density of Practising Pharmacists in a defined population

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E-DRUG: RFI - Data on density of Practising Pharmacists in a defined population
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Dear E-druggers,

Could readers kindly direct me to any sources that provide the data as per the above subject matter. I've looked at the OECD data (those that are freely available), but it is not indicated - only the data on Practising Physicians and Nurses.

Thank you.

Wong Wai See
Senior Pharmacist
Dept. of Pharmaceutical Services
Ministry of Health
Brunei Darussalam
E-mail: ycwong@brunet.bn

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The FIP published an excellent piece of work for the World Health Day in
2006 (which was focusing on Human Resources for Health) the Global
Pharmacy Workforce and Migration Report - a Call for Action that you may
wish to consult for reference on this subject. The full Report & Annexes
is available at the following FIP web site link:

www.fip.nl/www2/subsections/index.php?page=menu_resourcesforhealth

With kind regards,

Joseph Serutoke
Pharmacist
Geneva, Switzerland.
e-mail: Joseph.Serutoke@TheGlobalFund.org

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Dear all,

Thank you Joseph for sending the link to the 2006 FIP Pharmacy Workforce and Migration Report. You can also access data on the pharmacist workforce on the WHO Global Atlas from this site: http://www.who.int/globalatlas/DataQuery/default.asp using 'Human resources for health' as a search query (disaggregated). However, this data may not be up to date nor accurate and there are some major discrepancies in some instances (eg - over 5x more pharmacists listed in the Global Atlas in Zambia than actual). This may be due to pooling of workforce data for pharmacists and pharmacy technicians/technologists submitted to WHO.

Best regards,

Tana Wuliji
Project Coordinator
International Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP)
www.fip.org/hr
tana@fip.org