Clinical Pharmacist

I am Pyentim Ponfa, a Pharmacist by profession. Graduated from the University of Jos, Plateau State, Nigeria in the year, 2000 Am also a Fellow of the West African Post Graduate College of Pharmacists. Graduated in 2011. Holds a masters Degree in Clinical Pharmacy and Pharmacy Practice from the University of Jos, Plateau State, Nigeria in 2023. Have two Publications: 1. Parasitological Assessment of Presumptive Diagnosis and Treatment of Malaria in Health Facilities within Jos, Plateau State. Published in Vol.21 -Issue 1(October 2022) of GSC Biological and Pharmaceutical Sciences (GSCBPS) and indexed at Scilit. 2. Are Health Workers in Nigeria prepared for Covid -19? A case study of selected Health Workers in Plateau State, Nigeria. IJSBAR [Internet]. 2020 Aug. 26 3. Online Survey of Covid-19 among residents of Plateau State, Nigeria. An Assessment of Knowledge, Perception and Prevention Practices. Published in International Journal of Biomedical Research 2020, 11(08): e5506. DOI: 10: 7439/ijbr. v11:8.5506. Presently, I am a member of the Plateau State Inter Professional Health Committee on Covid-19, which is saddled with the responsibilities of creating awareness and Public enlightenment on the scourge and ways of mitigating the menace of Covid-19 and other public health emergencies. Currently, I am the Focal Pharmacist for the Jos University Teaching Hospital National Malaria Elimination program of the Federal Government of Nigeria, in collaboration with the United States Presidential Malaria Initiative ( US PMI). Have under gone various workshops and training in the following areas; i. Clinical Case Management of Malaria (2023) ii. Logistic on Malaria Commodities Management (2022) iii. Clinical Pharmacy and Pharmacovigilance training organised by AIDS Prevention Initiative in Nigeria (APIN) - 2015 iv Logistics Management of Health Commodities Training organized by AIDS Prevention Initiative in Nigeria (APIN) - 2014 v. Treat the pain organised by the American Cancer Society Pain -Free Hospital Initiative (2018) vi. Grant Proposal Writing sponsored by the African Centre of Excellence In Phytomedicine Research and Development, University of Jos (2017) vii. Antibiotics Stewardship Training organised by Sanofi Pharmaceuticals (2017) viiii International Preceptor Development Workshop Organised by Department of Clinical Pharmacy and Pharmacy Practice, University of Jos in collaboration with Depchin Trans - Dimensional Services & African Centre of Excellence in Phytomedicine Research and Development (ACEPRD) - 2016 ix. Basic Pharmacy Training in HIV/AIDS organised by the AIDS Prevention Initiative in Nigeria (APIN) - 2010 x. Future of Pharmaceutical Care Practice organised by the Jos University Teaching Hospital (2010). xi. Contraceptive Technology for Service Providers sponsored by USAID, IRHIN, PPFN and Society for Family Health (2008). I am happily married and blessed with lovely children.