Developing medicines supply competency in Pacific Island Countires: a needs-based approach to education

Andrew Brown; Coralie McCormack; Gabrielle Cooper; Nerida Smith

Developing medicines supply competency in Pacific Island Countires: a needs-based approach to education

Andrew Brown
, Coralie McCormack
, Gabrielle Cooper
, Nerida Smith

Pharmacy

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Abstract

Limited human resources are a major impediment to achieving the health related Millenium Development Goals in a number of Pacific Island Countries. A lack of education capacity to support competency development in medicine supply management is one of the main issues affecting workforce development in this region.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	49-52
Number of pages	4
Journal	Pharmacy Education
Volume	12
Issue number	1
Publication status	Published - 2012

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SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being

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Developing medicines supply competency in Pacific Island Countires: a needs-based approach to education

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