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All too often, I hear pharmacists say the reason they do not offer more professional (non-dispensing) services is because they do not have the time or resources to implement such services. While an increase in services certainly has the capacity to also increase workload, it does not have to. …

For many people who come across an inspirational story on a humanitarian organization, they want to help — perhaps through a financial donation or a call-to-action to their friends and family on social media.

In summer 2018, The First Nations Health Authority (FNHA), in collaboration with Doctors of BC and the B.C. provincial government’s Shared Care Committee, launched Coyote’s Food Medicines, an innovative storytelling project and campaign focused on healthy medication use.

There is no shortage of discussion on the opioid epidemic that has hit our province hard over the past several years, from medical papers and government policy to extensive media coverage. Experts from across all sectors of health care are striving to combat this crisis and save lives.

The BC Pharmacy Association is partnering with the First Nations Health Authority (FNHA) to support pharmacists in effectively navigating PharmaCare’s Plan Wellness, apply its policies in their practices and to support the pharmacy care provided to First Nations in British Columbia.

Since the early 1990s, hepatitis A and B vaccines have been part of B.C.’s publicly funded hepatitis immunization program for specified populations.