Abdel Rida, N.
Mohamed Ibrahim, M. I.
Babar, Z. U. D.
Funding for this research was provided by:
Qatar University (QUST‐CPH‐SPR‐15/16‐7 & QUST-CPH-SPR\2017-18)
Article History
Received: 26 April 2019
Accepted: 10 December 2019
First Online: 18 December 2019
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: No QU IRB approval was required for the study as confirmed by the university. Prior to surveying the “public sector”, ethics approval from the concerned entities were collected in both countries. The research study was approved by the Primary Health Care Corporation (PHCC) in Qatar. A letter directed to the General Manager of the Ministry of Public Health in Lebanon seeking approval was accepted and signed. As for the private sector, a letter of support from QU was issued and shared with the pharmacy managers prior to the survey in Qatar. In Lebanon, an endorsement phone call from the local study collaborator was made before the visits.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.