Title: Pharmacists roles and the COVID-19 pandemic.

Abstract:

While millions of people are experiencing or have experienced one or more SARS-CoV-2 contagion and the interest in this infection is, little by little, diminishing, health wotkers are still committed to ensuring that the population have access to health services and to minimize the adverse impact of the Pandemic. They are still on the frontline against COVID-19. As healthcare professionals, Pharmacists are played, are playing and will play key role during and after the pandemic, acting directly with community, continuing to care for patients chronic and accute diseases, working in hospital pharmacies and providing pharmaceutical care to COVID-19 patients. Moreover, they may provide reliable information for preventing, detecting, treating and managing coronavirus infections. As a result, several challenges have emerged and innovative strategies are being adopted by pharmacists to overcome them. Since the beginning of the outbreak, many guidelines have been published with recommendations for pharmacists as well as their responsibilities during the pandemic. However, few describe pharmacists experiences in this novel context. Therefore, this scoping review is aimed to identify and describe core services provided by the pharmacist during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Biography:

Ali Aderdour Benjilali has a B. Sc. in Pharmacy from the University of Seville. He has been working in the Community Pharmacy field for 7 years.