In developing countries, small commercial drug shops have long been recognized as the first point of contact for health care, especially in rural areas that have very few private or public clinics. A Regional Workshop in this regard titled as ‘Partnering with Drug Shops & Pharmacies (DSP) to Strengthen Health Systems’ was held on May 7-9, 2019 in Abuja, Nigeria to support knowledge sharing among participants, determine the priority challenges and nature of support needed to improve engagement of DSP by country and develop preliminary country action plans to improve engagement of DSP for Ghana, Liberia, Nigeria and Uganda. The workshop was organized by USAID, WHO, the Alliance for Health Policy & Systems Research and Implementing Best Practices Initiative. SMC was represented in the workshop by Mr. Md. Ali Reza Khan, MD & CEO and Mr. Toslim Uddin Khan, Chief of Program Operations, who participated as resource persons. Mr. Md. Ali Reza Khan chaired a plenary session of panel discussion in the workshop regarding current status of DSP, overarching needs and major challenges to achieve it. Mr. Toslim Uddin Khan made a presentation on sharing experience on ‘Engaging DSP in the Public Health Program of Bangladesh’ where he shared the views and experiences of the Blue Star Program and its contribution to the society. This program can also play an effective role by formulating action plans for these countries.