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Table 2 Survey replies per country per area of pharmacy practice

From: A survey of pharmacists’ perception of foundation level competencies in African countries

Area of practice

Country N (%)

Kenya

Ghana

Nigeria

South Africa

Others a

Academic pharmacy

1 (1.0)

4 (4.3)

11 (6.6)

21 (32.8)

6 (14.0)

Administrative pharmacy

6 (5.8)

13 (14.0)

4 (2.4)

2 (3.1)

4 (9.3)

Community pharmacy

2 (1.9)

10 (10.8)

41 (24.7)

10 (15.6)

10 (23.3)

Hospital pharmacy

89 (86.4)

60 (64.5)

80 (48.2)

23 (35.9)

14 (32.6)

Industrial pharmacy

1 (1.0)

3 (3.2)

26 (15.7)

6 (9.4)

5 (11.6)

Othersb

4 (3.9)

3 (3.2)

4 (2.4)

2 (3.1)

4 (9.3)

Total sample

103 (22)

93 (19.8)

166 (35.4)

64 (13.6)

43 (9.2)

  1. aCountries with fewer than 50 replies each [includes Zambia [15], Egypt [8], Zimbabwe [5], Uganda [3], Lesotho [3], Tunisia [5], Namibia, Ethiopia Sudan and Tanzania (1 each)]
  2. bAreas of pharmacy practice with fewer than 20 replies [includes pharmacy information [11], military and emergency [2] and laboratory and medicines control pharmacy [4]]