About us

The African Pharmaceutical Forum was founded in 2004, in Harare, Zimbabwe. Its inaugural meeting took place on 6 and 7 April 2004 with 15 countries in attendance (Cameroon, Cote D’Ivoire, Ghana, Guinea Conakry, Lesotho, Mali, Mozambique, Niger, Nigeria, Republic of the Congo, Senegal, South Africa, Tunisia, Zambia and Zimbabwe) along with FIP president Mr Jean Parrot and the World Health organization representative for Zimbabwe Dr Everist Njelesani. Click here for more about this meeting and history of the forum.

Our priority FIP Development Goals are:

•    DG 16 (Communicable diseases)
•    DG 17 (Antimicrobial stewardship)
•    DG 18 (Access to medicines, devices and services)

Other key priorities are:

1. Producing a report (“Africa situation report”) providing an overview of pharmacy practices in the sub-Saharan region and addressing the critical healthcare areas aligned with the World Health Organization’s global health priorities. The collected insights will provide an update on the current landscape regarding workforce development and shortages, the role of pharmacy in managing and preventing both communicable and non-communicable diseases, pharmacies’ contributions to humanitarian efforts, and the implementation of sustainable pharmacy practices.
2. Leading the transition of the FIP-UNESCO UNITWIN Centre for Excellence in Africa to an Africa-wide association of schools of pharmacy. This will be the first of its kind on the continent and bring together academic institutions to deliver on initiatives to transform education and facilitate the sharing of resources and best practices.
3. Working with the FIPWiSE initative as well as FIP’s Early Pharmaceutical Career Group to identify gaps/needs/solutions for inequalities for women in science and education and for early career pharmacists across the region. There will be a survey to assess these, then follow-up actions will be set for the region.

How we work

Our executive committee is as follows:

President Ms Jocelyn Chaibva, Zimbabwe
Vice president Dr Didier Mouliom Ngambe, Cameroon
Vice president & treasurer Dr Arinola Joda, Nigeria
Secretary of pharmaceutical practice Mr William Adjabui, Ghana
Secretary of pharmaceutical sciences Dr Henri Charles Aïnadou, Benin

The current statutes of the African Pharmaceutical Forum were adopted in April 2024. Click to download the APF statutes in a pdf.

Contact us at apf@fip.org

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Elected APF Executive Committee in Brisbane, 2023	After the APF meeting in Brisbane 2023
APF at the Algerian Pharmaceutical Federation (FAP) Conference 2022	Delegates at the APF Regional Workshop 2021

Pharmacy organisations in the African region

The following list contains organisations in the region that are known to FIP. This list is non-exhaustive and FIP is continuing to add to this list.