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Role of Pharmacists in Public Health Disaster Management with Reference to COVID-19 Pandemic in a Public Sector Hospital of an Extremely Resource Deficient Hard Area of Pakistan

Kiran Ibrahim*

Pharmacists can never be undermined during public health emergencies for their significant and most needed clinical and administrative responsibilities. During COVID-19 pandemic pharmacist community throughout the world has contributed excellently to every unit of healthcare provision including hospitals, clinics, community pharmacies, long term care, physician offices, and national and public health departments. Novel Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak spread in China in December 2019 and later reported by various countries all over the world. World Health Organization (WHO) declared SARS-CoV-2 (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus-2) the very cause of novel COVID-19 as pandemic on 11^th March 2020 after more than 125 countries worldwide, had been affected with more than 130,000 confirmed cases. Many pharmacists from all over the world have shared their experiences of improving and reorganizing pharmacy departments, service provision and personnel to cope with the e xtremely tiring physical and emotional challenges during the pandemic.