The South African Pharmacy Council is committed to its mandate to ensure that pharmacists have the necessary knowledge and skills to deliver the best possible pharmaceutical services to the people of South Africa. Pharmacists are involved in ensuring the safe supply and of appropriate medicines, therapy and or other interventions for sexual and reproductive health, in line with the Primary Health Care (PHC) Standard Treatment Guidelines (STG) and the Essential Medicine List (EML) published by the National Department of Health (DoH) from time to time.

In recent years, competency mapping has been identified as a way of ensuring that pharmacy professionals are equipped with the specific skills, knowledge, abilities, and behaviours that are needed to work effectively.