The role of community pharmacist in tuberculosis management in Cameroon

• In: Posters
• At: Dublin (Ireland) (2013)
• Type: Poster
• By: CHANA, Robert (School of Pharmacy, Clinical Pharmacy and Therapeutics, Monrovia, Liberia)
• Co-author(s): Bwemba, Abong (Pharmaceutical Society of Cameroon, Yaounde, Cameroon)
  Bikotti, Marie (Pharmaceutical Society of Cameroon, Yaounde, Cameroon)
  Hiag, Prosper (Pharmaceutical Society of Cameroon, Yaounde, Cameroon)
  Ampoam, Christophe (Pharmaceutical Society of Cameroon, Yaounde, Cameroon)
  Nguele, Samuel (Pharmaceutical Society of Cameroon, Yaounde, Cameroon)
  Nyaah, Fidelis (Pharmaceutical Society of Cameroon, Yaounde, Cameroon)
  Ndakwa, John (Standard Pharmacy, Limbe, Cameroon)
  
• Abstract:

  I. Background: Tuberculosis has public health significance in Cameroon. In 2009, World Health Organisation case notification rate was 62% while treatment success rate for 2008 was 77%. Observed high mortality in Cameroon is exacerbated by the emergence of drug resistance in West and Centre regions of the country underscoring the need for greater..

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