Majesty Ann J.

Ymana
Urdaneta City University (Section 3)

BRUNEI
 Community Pharmacy Service Section has been set up in June 2000 and it has
continuously strive for the improvement and standardization of services and
practices in all the peripheral health centers and clinics. This setting can be adapted
by Philippines in concurrence to the good health for al the people under the
Department of Health.

SINGAPORE
 Community pharmacies and pharmacists in Singapore are well positioned to serve
as front-line primary healthcare providers. In Singapore, pharmacy chain stores
owned by private organizations dominate the community pharmacy scene,with only
a few independent community pharmacy stores distributed across the island. The
Philippines can adapt some of the comprehensive actions they have started for the
improvement of the Community Pharmacy and the quality of pharmaceuticals.
INDONESIA
 The practice of community pharmacy in low and middle-income countries, including
in Indonesia, is often described as in the state of infancy with several intractable
barriers that have been substantially and continuously hampering the practice. Such
description might be valid in highlighting how pharmacy is practiced and the
conditions within and beyond community pharmacy organizations. However, in the
case of Indonesia, we argue that changes in the health care system within the past
decade particularly with the introduction of the universal health coverage (UHC) in
2014, may have significantly amplified the role of pharmacists. Nevertheless,
integrating community pharmacy into primary care is relatively a new notion in the
Indonesian setting, and is a challenging process given the presence of barriers in the
macro, meso- and micro-level of practice. It is most likely the same in the
Philippines under the Universal Healthcare Program.

THAILAND

How can Philippines can adapt and improve its facilities

 The first step in adopting Thailand's Community Pharmacy setting is to offer enough
health devices and supplies needed in crises, as well as enough medications at
affordable costs so that anyone, particularly the poor, may afford to purchase them.
Given that the Philippines has a large population and that the poorest of the poor
cannot afford to buy their own medications, the government should prioritize
providing free medical check-ups in remote or difficult-to-access locations.
 Building community public health care facilities with comprehensive health care
services is a far better and more practical option for individuals who are unable to
go to private hospitals. Implementing a strong demand for employing health care
experts is also a good idea. Government healthcare authorities should recommend
focusing on the construction of more public hospitals that provide comprehensive
medical services. That is possible if the fund allocation is well planned.
MALAYSIA

How can Philippines can adapt and improve its facilities

 According to the article on Malaysia's community pharmacy environment, there are a few key
components in determining access to healthcare. The first consideration is the geographical or
physical accessibility of the locations where pharmacies can be constructed. This is one of the
most significant factors to consider. This is also possible in the Philippines if the government
prioritizes the construction of pharmacies with adequate facilities in easily accessible places.
However, in order for this to happen, more funds must be allocated and healthcare experts must
be hired to assist the community whenever there are unexpected events.
 The Philippines should improve appointment systems and other areas of service organization
and delivery so that individuals may get services when they need them. The second thing to
consider is providing appropriate incentives to healthcare experts and increasing their
compensation since they are eager to help and accomplish their work at any time and from any
location. Furthermore, the country should supply additional health products for use. Finally,
financial accessibility to health-care services should be implemented.

VIETNAM
 A deficiency of human resources for monitoring, as well as a lack of regulation
enforcement, have made it extremely difficult to enhance pharmacy services in Vietnam.
Their abilities in developing customer relationships, boosting client-oriented services,
and enhancing pharmaceutical best practices. Pharmacists require ongoing professional
development in order to improve their present and future performance.
 Community pharmacists have a critical role in the care of minor alignment in the
community, and their clinical knowledge is critical in improving treatment results for
these diseases. Although the provision of minor illness services has been effective in
industrialized nations, the practice in the Philippines has not been documented.
MYANMAR
 According to the research of (Lwin Nyein Aye et al), there is a pharmacy shortage in
Myanmar, and their study intends to analyze Public Pharmacy stituations. They
conducted secondary data analysis and face-to-face interviews to investigate
pharmacists' present and prospective roles in a community pharmacy context. As a
consequence, they discovered that just 15% of pharmacists worked in community
pharmacies, indicating that there is a scarcity of pharmacist personnel in the public
sector. In 2006, there were 4.3 million less than in 2012, with a total of 7.2 million
fewer than in 2006. The government must plan to expand the number of
pharmacists in the community, as well as empower and motivate them to perform
successfully.
 The Philippines must improve because a pharmacist in a community setting is
extremely important, since they are one of the most accessible primary health care
professionals in the community. A pharmacist can help handle patients with mild
diseases at an early stage.

LOAS
 In the Lao People's Democratic Republic, a poor, landlocked country in South East
Asia, the private provision of drugs has increased dramatically since the
liberalization of the economy in the late 1980s. Service quality, as measured by
three facility-specific indicators, showed a tendency to be lower in the most distant
districts. Poor dispensing practices were manifest by a lack of information about
drugs sold in 59% of cases, drugs not being labeled in 47% and different drugs being
mixed in the same package in 26% of cases.
 In order to do this, a monitoring instrument which serves to make the concept of Good
Pharmacy Practice (GPP) operational was developed and applied to a sample of pharmacies.

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