Pharmaceutical regulation in context: quality of pharmaceutical service of private pharmacies in Lao PDR.

Otvilay Siphengta; Shuzhen Chu

Volume : VII, Issue : III, March - 2018

Pharmaceutical regulation in context: quality of pharmaceutical service of private pharmacies in Lao PDR.

Otvilay Siphengta, Shuzhen Chu

Abstract :

Quality of pharmacy services has become a major issue worldwide, especially in low–income countries which community pharmacies are becoming the first choice of people who are living in the areas that far from public health sector. Food and drug authority of Laos has putted many efforts to improve the pharmaceutical services of private pharmacy in Lao PDR. However the methods and its cost benefit should be evaluated to ensure that those methods are effective and economic. Therefore the objective of this review is to review the effort of food and drug authority on improvement of pharmaceutical service in country, and in order to find out the further studies and interventions needed.