Implementation of a Pharmacist Managed Anticoagulation Clinic in Eldoret, Kenya (Research Article) (Report‪)‬

Introduction The United States Agency for International Development-Academic Model Providing Access to Healthcare (USAIDAMPATH) has been providing healthcare in rural western Kenya since 1989. Initially, the USAID-AMPATH model focused on providing care for the public health crisis encompassing human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) USAID-AMPATH has recently broadened its scope and now provides healthcare to over 108,000 patients living with HIV in Western Kenya. However, USAID-AMPATH has recently broadened its scope of practice to address all areas of healthcare, with a growing emphasis on developing infrastructure for primary care and chronic disease management. With this expanded focus on chronic disease management, there is a growing need for a shift in the role of pharmacists in resource-constrained settings from the dispensing role to a more clinical, patient focused role to address the healthcare workforce shortage. It is within this imperative need that the Purdue University College of Pharmacy (PUCOP), in conjunction with USAID-AMPATH, Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital (MTRH), and Moi University School of Medicine in Eldoret, Kenya has developed a model for providing anticoagulation services (1).