Community pharmacists have urged the Federal Government to include them among those to get Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) and other palliatives for the health sector.
Community pharmacists have urged the Federal Government to include them among those to get Personal Protective Equipment and other palliatives for the health sector.
He attributed the setback to the government’s failure to engage the private sector, particularly community pharmacies, and private laboratories. He said: “The health care sector, especially in the downstream, prominently positioned community pharmacies as a veritable instrument for positive health care interventions in our country just as in other advanced economies.
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