Medicine Runners: A community-initiated solution to chronic medicine access in underserved communities

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dc.contributor.authorBoswell, Dominique
dc.contributor.authorConradie, Sharon
dc.contributor.authorKeshave, Bindia
dc.contributor.authorKhan, Tasneem
dc.contributor.authorMngadi, Sinegugu
dc.contributor.authorTebeile, Lefa
dc.contributor.authorVan Huyssteen, Mea
dc.contributor.authorBheekie, Angeni
dc.contributor.authorKiewiets, Damaris
dc.date.accessioned2020-10-30T08:49:20Z
dc.date.available2020-10-30T08:49:20Z
dc.date.issued2018
dc.description.abstractPatient access to chronic medicines is crucial in optimising disease management. With the introduction of a decentralised chronic dispensing unit, stable patients qualify to have access to their chronic medicines away from health facilities at alternative distribution points in the community. The aim of such decentralised chronic medicine ‘parcel’ collection points is to minimise patient load at healthcare facilities. However, non-collection of medicine parcels creates added workload for pharmacy staff and poses a financial burden on the health system. At the University of the Western Cape, following a workshop with community members as part of the service learning in pharmacy (SLiP) programme (2017), medicine runners (collectors) emerged as a theme. Medicine runners are a community-initiated solution to deliver chronic medicine parcels closer to the homes of vulnerable patients. They are community members who fetch medicine parcels either from the facility, or from a collection point, for delivery closer to the patient’s home. Final year pharmacy students (n=6) participated in the workshop to engage with various role-players (n=19) to ascertain how the medicine runners services could be regulated within existing pharmaceutical services. Students were further concerned about the integrity of the medicines during delivery. Upon reflection, students felt that reciprocal accountability between the pharmacy professionals and medicine runners should be incorporated into the delivery framework. Evidence from a pharmacy alumnus who shared experiences on innovative community-based delivery interventions, exemplified adherence to good pharmacy practice rules.en_US
dc.identifier.citationBoswell, D. et al. (2018). Medicine Runners: A community-initiated solution to chronic medicine access in underserved communities. S Afr Pharm J, 85(4), 64-67en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://www.sapj.co.za/index.php/SAPJ/article/view/2611
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10566/5315
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherMedpharmen_US
dc.subjectMedicine deliveryen_US
dc.subjectMedicine runnersen_US
dc.subjectChronic medicine accessen_US
dc.subjectCommunity engagementen_US
dc.subjectDifferentiated model of careen_US
dc.titleMedicine Runners: A community-initiated solution to chronic medicine access in underserved communitiesen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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