Articles and Abstracts

CLINICAL NUTRITION & PHARMACY PRACTICE Beyond the Counter: Re-evaluating Dietary Fats and the Therapeutic Edge of Canola Oil Prepared by: Munamba Patrick. BPharm.Msc. ICPN In community practice and clinical consultations, pharmacists routinely field questions regarding metabolic health, cardiovascular risk reduction, and lifestyle interventions. While pharmacological therapies remain a cornerstone of…

Siphosami Musikavanhu, BPharm (Hons), CTGU Clinical Research Pharmacy Lead, Africa Clinical Research Network, Harare, Zimbabwe Introduction: Pharmaceutical resilience is more than manufacturing Discussions about pharmaceutical resilience in Zimbabwe often focus on local manufacturing, regulation, procurement and access to quality-assured medicines. National policy identifies domestic production as a priority.1 Manufacturers work…

Mutsiwa, RM1, Munkombwe, D2 and Nyazema, NZ3 STM Pharmaceuticals1, Department of Pharmacy, University of Zambia2 and Department of Clinical Pharmacology, University of Zimbabwe3 Only about 1% of the opioids used worldwide is distributed to low-income countries, hence the clamour for increased opioid use in recent years. However, these efforts may…

by Dr Lloyd Matowe The COVID-19 pandemic exposed a fundamental weakness in Africa’s pharmaceutical systems: when global supply chains fail, the continent faces acute shortages of medicines, raw materials, diagnostics and other essential health products. Border closures, export restrictions, manufacturing interruptions and transport constraints revealed the cost of excessive dependence…

Authors: Tinovimba K. Nazare1, Tawanda L. Samupindi2 Affiliations: 1Pharmacy Department, Harare Institute of Technology, Harare, Zimbabwe 2Zimbabwe Pharmaceutical Students Association, Harare Institute of Technology Chapter. Corresponding Author: Tinovimba K. Nazare Contact: +263 786931447 Email: tinovimbanaz@gmail.com Paediatric medication non-adherence resulting from the intense bitterness of ciprofloxacin remains a major contributor to…

by Prof Norman Z. Nyazema, Context After independence in 1980, the health landscape in Zimbabwe underwent rapid transformation. Today in Zimbabwe some people are now living longer and the rate of infant mortality has been reduced. The disease burden appears to be increasingly defined by disability instead of premature mortality.…