Social Pharmacy (Theory)

Preventive healthcare – Role of Pharmacists in the following  Demography and Family Planning (3)  Mother and child health, importance of breastfeeding, ill effects of infant milk substitutes and bottle feeding (2)  Overview of Vaccines, types of immunity and immunization (4)  Effect of Environment on Health – Water pollution, importance of safe drinking water, waterborne diseases, air pollution, noise pollution, sewage and solid waste disposal, occupational illnesses, Environmental pollution due to pharmaceuticals (7)  Psychosocial Pharmacy: Drugs of misuse and abuse – psychotropics, narcotics, alcohol, tobacco products. Social Impact of these habits on social health and productivity and suicidal behaviours (2)

Introduction to Microbiology and common microorganisms (3) Epidemiology: Introduction to epidemiology, and its applications. Understanding of terms such as epidemic, pandemic, endemic, mode of transmission, outbreak, quarantine, isolation, incubation period, contact tracing, morbidity, mortality, . (2) Causative agents, epidemiology and clinical presentations and Role of Pharmacists in educating the public in prevention of the following communicable diseases:  Respiratory infections – chickenpox, measles, rubella, mumps, influenza (including Avian-Flu, H1N1, SARS, MERS, COVID-19), diphtheria, whooping cough, meningococcal meningitis, acute respiratory infections, tuberculosis, Ebola (7)  Intestinal infections – poliomyelitis, viral hepatitis, cholera, acute diarrheal diseases, typhoid, amebiasis, worm infestations, food poisoning (7)  Arthropod-borne infections - dengue, malaria, filariasis and, chikungunya (4)  Surface infections – trachoma, tetanus, leprosy (2)  STDs, HIV/AIDS (3)