[e-drug] Nutrition in health care, any role for pharmacists? (3)

["Bonface Fundafunda" <bcfunda@hotmail.com>]

E-DRUG: Nutrition in health care, any role for pharmacists? (3)
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Dear Rebecca,
I fully support the advice provided by my colleague, Murtada. Even where we are, this subject is exercising everyone working in areas such as general nutrition, HIV/AIDS and other infectious diseases. Clearly there is a need for pharmacy, and the health sector as a whole, to put some effort in addressing exactly what the pharmacist / pharmacy can effor in general nutrition and then in specific areas such as some of the critical areas mentioned above. The risk of not doing so is that we may be missing health benefits that might be obtained from and through nutrition intervention, in spite of the presented complexities.
 
Regards,
Bonnie

Bonface Fundafunda PhD., MBA., B.Pharm
Manager, Drug Supply Budget Line
Ministry of Health,
P.O. Box 30205,
Ndeke House,
Lusaka,
Zambia
Tel: +260 211 25 59 11
Fax: +260 211 25 14 04
Mobile: + 260 979 25 29 00
Email: bcfunda@hotmail.com>