ADHERENCE

The extent to which a person’s behavior –

taking medication, following a diet, and/or
executing lifestyle changes, corresponds
with agreed recommendations from a
health care provider.
Medication Adherence
PPHA
 THE PROBLEM
Drugs have been discovered
Manufactured
Made available in the market
Being prescribed
 THE PROBLEM

Why do patients still suffer? Why do patients

still die of conditions we have cure for?
THE PROBLEM
Poor Adherence
Medication Adherence
Patient
Pharmacist
Health systems
Adherence
 VISION
Full realization of medicine optimization through
collaboration among patients, pharmacists and the
health system.
 ADHERENCE
The extent to which a person’s behavior – taking
medication, following a diet, and/or executing lifestyle
changes, corresponds with agreed recommendations
from a health care provider.

Includes the initiation of the treatment,

Implementation of the prescribed regimen,
Discontinuation of the pharmacotherapy.
ADVOCACY PRINCIPLES

#AlagangPharmacist
 ADVOCACY PRINCIPLES
1. Patient-centered care: patient has the right to decide
not to take a medicine
2. Patient is a social being: Incorporating in the approach
the 5 dimensions of Adherence as determined by the
WHO
 POOR MEDICATION
ADHERENCE
Socioeconomic factors
Therapy-related factors
Health system/healthcare team (HCT)-related factors
Patient-related factors
Condition-related factors
POOR MEDICATION ADHERENCE
No gold standard to measure adherence
 OBJECTIVES
To determine general and specific needs
To tap and maximize available resources in
supporting pharmacists end-to-end in providing
true patient-centered care
STRATEGY FRAMEWORK

Capacity System
building in place
- Tools
- Campaign
- Policy
 OUTPUTS AND APPROACHES

HEALTH PROMOTION
SOCIAL MARKETING
CAPACITY BUILDING

#AlagangPharmacist
BENEFICIARIES AND IMPACT

Patients Health Education

Pharmacist Capacity Building
Health Systems Health Promotion
 INITIAL IMPLEMENTATION PLAN
YPG Botika Social Media
- sustainability model
a mobile medication counseling #AlagangPharmacist
station that aims to reimagine - To promote dialogue
the Filipino drugstore
- To have two-way promotion of
3 roll-outs pages like PPhA
Roll-out toolkit
Formed YPG Chapters
Training plan and funding
INITIAL IMPLEMENTATION PLAN

Presentatio
Adoption by
Developme Program Practice n to Change of
Advocacy local
nt Pilot Package model stakeholder practice
chapters
s
PROPOSED BUDGET
Still finalizing