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cord-348521-ai7d634u	Atif, Muhammad	COVID-19 and community pharmacy services in Pakistan: challenges, barriers and solution for progress	2020-06-15		.txt	text/plain	2337	123	44	While in the developing nations, including Pakistan, pharmacists are unable to perform COVID-19 containment roles in community, since presence of pharmacists at community pharmacy settings and delivery of pharmacy services have historically been plagued by shortcomings at various levels. In Pakistan, community pharmacy services are highly warranted as the devastating COVID-19 pandemic is swiftly spreading and the country does not have the capacity to meet the international standards of care due to a number of public health and healthcare system related vulnerabilities. Whilst, in the current situation, when healthcare system is buckled under the burden of public health crisis and the country is attempting to adhere to the recommended preventive measures against COVID-19, full-blown community pharmacy services are urgently needed. There are a number of intertwined government, public, academia, curriculum, pharmacist and drug retailers related factors in Pakistan which are hindering the establishment of community pharmacy services regardless of COVID-19 driven high demand for such services.	./cache/cord-348521-ai7d634u.txt	./txt/cord-348521-ai7d634u.txt