the cap/chart connection 2004-2007 bringing caribbean pharmacists into the hiv/aids care loop
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The CAP/CHART connection
2004-2007
Bringing Caribbean Pharmacists into the HIV/AIDS care loop
ABOUT CAP
ESTB 1976 Individual members
800 Pharmacists from the Caribbean
National Associations & Councils
Associate members Annual meeting in
August each year Leadership elected
every 2 years Regional and
international linkages
Our vision
Developing and Empowering the Pharmacists of the Caribbean toward excellence in the provision of all aspects of pharmacy practice
Broad aims of CAP/CHART initiatives Improved patient/client care Increased access and seamless care Achieving equity Initiate mainstreaming Integrate HIV/AIDS training into the Continuing
Professional Development (CPD) framework Research outputs Health promotion and prevention initiatives Enhanced pre-service training Strengthen internal CPD structures Harmonization and Standardization
Selected findingsCAP Baseline Survey 2002
Training required Knowledge levels unacceptable to pharmacistsPharmacists willing Pharmacists willing to expand access to ARTs Pharmacists willing to participate in the care processAttitude shift indicated Need for positive shifts in attitude identified
Caribbean Association of Pharmacists KABP (2002)
Diffusion approach
DiffusionA special type of communication process in which participants create and share information with one another to reach mutual understanding
Everett, Rogers. Diffusion of Innovation (1995)
CAPMay 2004
St. Vincent & the Grenadines Trainer of Trainers (Innovators & opinion
leaders)
The pharmacology of ARTs (basic) Adherence to treatment Treatment of HIV/AIDS
50 participants
CAP/CHARTAugust 2004
Belize Early majority (peer respected)
Treatment of HIV/AIDS Side effect management
200 participants
CAP/CHARTMay 2005
Nassau , Bahamas Trainer of Trainers (Innovators ,
opinion leaders)
Antiretrovirals and Adverse Drug Interactions.
Drug/Herbal interactions
50 participants
CAP/CHARTAugust 2005
Guyana
Early majorityHIV/AIDS:Emerging co-infections
and comorbidities
Works shop (30 persons)
Pharmacoeconomic considerations
and rational drug procurement
250 participants
CAP/CHART December 2005
Tobago
Nutritional aspects (CFNI) Orientation to laboratory values (CAREC) Communication for concordance
50 participantsSponsors: Tobago House of Assembly, Ministry of Health,
Trinidad and Tobago
CAP/CHARTMarch 20-April 1, 2006
Jamaica-Kingston and Montego BayTrainer of trainers
Basic pharmacoeconomics and rational drug procurement
Caribbean drug treatment guidelines
45 participants Sponsors: National Health Fund (Jamaica):
Ministries of Health- Trinidad and Tobago, St. Vincent, Guyana, St. Lucia, Bahamas. Corporate sponsors-CARIMED, Bayer pharmaceuticals, CARPIN
CAP/CHART May 2006
Suriname
Trainer of trainers Mainstreaming Dialogue 1 Psychosocial aspects of
HIV/AIDS care
30 participants
CAP/CHARTAugust 2006
St. Kitts NevisEarly majority
Mainstreaming Dialogue 2 Children and HIV/AIDS HIV/AIDS and Substance Abuse Taking care of PLWHAs
(workshop)-PLWHA facilitated
200 participants
CAP December 2006
Dominica Early majority
Basic pharmacoeconomics Advanced pharmacoeconomics ( 2 completing) Caribbean HIV/AIDS treatment guidelines
22 participants
Partners: Pharmacists of Dominica and Trinidad and Tobago
Overview of country involvement
Beneficiaries Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago, St. Vincent & the
Grenadines, St. Kitts Nevis, Turks and Caicos, Anguilla, Cuba, Belize, Bahamas, Dominica, Guyana, Suriname, Curacao, St. Lucia.
Targetted: Barbados, Haiti, Cayman, Grenada, Antigua and Barbuda
Plans 2007 Pre-service training
Lecturers and curricula June 2007, August 2007
Late majority Collaboration with PPS in St. Lucia Comprehensive HIV/AIDS training May 14-19, 2007
Workshop - Role of the Caribbean pharmacist in HIV/AIDS care
Advanced pharmacoeconomics Pharmacology of ARTs August 2007 Cayman Islands
KABP report 2007
Challenges Harmonization and standardization Regional cost reduction strategies for
ARVsARVs Improving and expanding service delivery Funding
Thank you
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