Walgreens Opens Hundreds of HIV Care Stores Throughout U.S.

pozliving:

“Under a program launched in 2011, the Walgreens pharmacy chain has opened more than 500 “HIV Centers of Excellence” (COEs) in areas of the nation where CDC has found high rates of HIV infection.

Though many customers may not notice a difference, COE stores are “stocked in every kind of HIV drug and all kinds of supplemental products — nutrition, health care products, topical products — they might need to deal with side effects,” said Collen Armstrong Grosek, a Walgreens specialty pharmacy territory manager. Regular Walgreens stores do not stock many of these items, she said.

COE pharmacists complete the University of Buffalo pharmacy school’s HIV/AIDS pharmaceutical care education program, which includes social and cultural training and annual renewals to keep their knowledge current…”

via The Body

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