**4. Community pharmacy as primary healthcare facilities**

Stimulating a professional relationship between a pharmacist and patient begins at the community level because patients must perceive pharmacists as necessary experts within the healthcare system [28]. The role of a pharmacist in dealing with minor health problems is well established, and pharmacists are also viewed as professionals who are an accessible source of information and advice [24]. This, therefore, implies that the community's health is in the hands of the community pharmacists; hence their practice should be well regulated and monitored. **Figure 1** depicts the scope of pharmacy in Lesotho in terms of regulation, education practice and research.

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**Figure 1.** *The scope of pharmacy practice in Lesotho.*
