Health In Action Community Pharmacy (“HIA Community Pharmacy”) is established by the Hong Kong-registered non-profit organization Health In Action. Run by a team of pharmacists, HIA Community Pharmacy provides community dispensing services and personalised medication guidance to the public. It also offers regular medication talks and health education for local communities.
We actively collaborate with other social service organizations, professional groups and academic institutions to promote the development of primary medical and pharmaceutical services in Hong Kong in a medical-social collaboration a, cross-discipline approach , on the basis of the “service, research, advocacy and cultivation” cyclical model, thereby achieving the vision of a healthy society for all.
Since its establishment, the pharmacy has been working closely with the Department of Pharmacology and Pharmacy of the University of Hong Kong, and became its first teaching community pharmacy in 2021. It is committed to cultivating talents for community pharmacy services, integrating the concepts of primary care and health equity into local pharmacist training, and promoting primary healthcare through knowledge exchange, teaching and research.
Committed to primary health care, we provide support towards population aging and alleviate the pressure on public healthcare, promoting the development of primary healthcare and pharmaceutical services in Hong Kong in a medical-social symbiosis and inter-professional model, and then achieving the vision of a healthy society for all. We are committed to:
- Providing affordable and accessible medicines and medical supplies to Hong Kong citizens;
- Promoting community health, self-care, disease prevention and medication safety;
- Enhancing the health autonomy and self-management capabilities of chronic disease patients and their caregivers;
- Connecting people in need to community services and resources , and promoting the integration of pharmaceutical health services into community services through medical-social symbiosis and inter-professional models.
