The College of Pharmacy discussed the higher diploma thesis entitled “Attitudes and Perceived Barriers of Iraqi Community Pharmacists towards Pharmaceutical Care Provision for Pregnant Women” by the student Mays Neamah Zidane and the supervisor, Lecturer Dr. Ali Lateef Jassim, at the Clinical Pharmacy Department. The study aimed to evaluate the attitudes and barriers that the community pharmacists face against providing pharmaceutical care provision for pregnant women in Iraqi community pharmacies. The study revealed an overall positive attitude of the participating community pharmacists towards the provision of pharmaceutical care for pregnant women; the participants agreed that there is no, till now, effective pharmaceutical care provided to pregnant women in Iraqi community pharmacies. The study also recorded the general agreement of the participants about the perceived barriers to providing pharmaceutical care to pregnant women in community pharmacies, especially the lack of documentation and access to patient medical records.
