Alexandre Chan, President Elect of The Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer (MASCC), and Founding Chair and Professor of Clinical Pharmacy Practice at the UCI School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, shared a post on LinkedIn։
“Three years ago, I had the opportunity to conduct a training program for a group of pharmacists in Ilorin, Nigeria. From the outset, it was clear that our Nigerian colleagues were highly motivated to strengthen patient care, working thoughtfully within the resource constraints often encountered in LMIC settings.
When I returned home, our collaboration continued. I strongly encouraged our Nigerian colleagues to form a dedicated team and enroll in the ISOPP-OPAB training program-an initiative I helped develop together with Himanshu Patel and International Society of Oncology Pharmacy Practitioners (ISOPP) between 2020 and 2021.
I’m delighted to see the outcome of that commitment. Not only our colleagues went ahead and applied for a small grant from ISOPP to complete the program․ They have also completed a quality improvement study on biosimilars in supportive care and oncology at their institution, demonstrating how structured training, teamwork, and sustained collaboration can translate into real-world impact in LMIC. Congratulations to the entire team on this important achievement!”
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