[e-drug] Nutrition in health care, any role for pharmacists? (7)

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

E-DRUG: Nutrition in health care, any role for pharmacists? (7)
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Billy Futter touches on a reality in traditional pharmacy training, in respect to an area considered by a few schools of pharmacy thought (as we can see from these contribution) as uninteresting, and therefore not so important to invest in by pharmacy. May I challenge us to look up the GAIN website (the Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition), as I believe that will also provide this discussion an interesting angle on this subject. Here's another Alliance that is investing in public wellfare, working with both private and public sectors. I would like to know what approaches GAIN considers to deliver their strategy(ies), and whether pharmacy has been considered as one of these avenues, if so, how?
 
Regards,

Bonnie

Bonface Fundafunda PhD., MBA., B.Pharm
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