Pharmacists are uniquely positioned to help communities and patients protect themselves from vector-borne diseases (VBDs). This webinar will describe the most prevalent VBDs in the Eastern Mediterranean region, and identify the most relevant roles that pharmacists can play in their prevention (including vector-control strategies and other measures), management and optimal treatment.

Learning objectives:
1) Identify the most prevalent vector-borne diseases in the Eastern Mediterranean region.
2) Describe the characteristics and morbidity and mortality of the main vector-borne diseases in the region.
3) Identify the most relevant roles that pharmacists can play in their prevention (including vector-control strategies and other measures), management and optimal treatment

Moderators:
- Nadia Al Mazrouei, Assistant Professor, Sharjah University - United Arab Emirates (UAE)
- Wael Ali, President, President Egyptian organization of pharmacy. (EOP) - Egypt

Panellists:
- Rula Darwish, Professor, University of Jordan, Jordan
- Sherif Kamal, Director of pharmaceutical services, Children’s Cancer Hospital- Egypt
- Nidhal Marie, Prof Dr in the School of Pharmacy, Almustansirya University-Iraq - Iraq
- Yousif Adam Ahmed Sabeel, Director, Planning and Policy Department, National Medical Supplies Fund - Sudan

This webinar will present selected findings from a recent FIP survey on the regulation of the distribution of medicines and pharmacists’ role in supporting responsible self-care. It will also focus on the role of pharmacies in relation to the use of generics, as well as alternative and complementary medicines.

Learning objectives:
1: Awareness of the importance of the community pharmacists’ role in self-care
2: Identify key aspects of the pharmacist’s action in empowering patients for self care
3: Demonstrate possible positions of the pharmacist in the recommendation of alternative and complementary medicines

Moderator:
- Ronald Guse, Chair, FIP Regulators Forum- USA/Canada

Facilitator:
- Rúben Viegas, FIP Practice Development Projects Coordinator - Spain

Panellists:
- Gonçalo Sousa Pinto, FIP Lead for Practice Development and Transformation - Spain
- Sarah Dineen-Griffin, Lecturer in health services management and leadership, Charles Sturt University - Australia
- Magaly Rodríguez de Bittner, PharmD, FAPhA, FNAP, Associate Dean of Clinical Services and Practice Transformation and Vice-President Forum of the Americas, University of Maryland School of Pharmacy - USA
- Benjamin K. Botwe, President, Pharmaceutical Society of Ghana - Ghana

The FIP Pharmacy Practice Research SIG (PPR SIG) was created with the main scope of increasing pharmacy practice contributions to global health through the provision of greater access to the latest high-quality international pharmacy practice research. The PPR SIG also aims to cultivate an international forum for the dissemination of quality, international pharmacy practice research for all stakeholders and stimulate communication, discussion, networking, and collaboration between international pharmacy practice stakeholders.

Based on this objective, this PPR virtual summer meeting aims to increase the quality and quantity of pharmacy practice research by exchanging and disseminating information at an international level. New networks and collaborations will be established on major themes for experienced researchers and higher degree students. The event will involve a number of activities including research oral presentations, workshops and a networking event.

Who will be interested to attend: PhD students and their supervisors are invited to this unique international virtual meeting to present their work and to start building new global pharmacy networks. Researchers, academics, professional organisations and practitioners involved in research are also very welcome!

The programme of the virtual meeting will take from 10.00 – 14.00 CEST will be as follow:

• Opening and Welcome
• Introduction to the Pharmacy Practice Research SIG
• Three-minute presentation (in total 20)
• Break
• Three-minute presentation (in total 20)
• Workshops
  • New trends on economic evaluations
  • Systematic reviews and meta-analysis: an overview of the new PRISMA statement
  • New trends on medication adherence research
• Networking event
• Closing forum (including prizes)

Abstract submission:

You can register for three-minute research presentations by submitting an abstract of your research. All abstracts will be reviewed through a competitive selection process by the conference committee. Twenty authors will be invited to present their work in a pre-recorded three-minute presentation. They will also be invited to answer questions from the audience during the event.

The LLLP conferences bring together international and national colleagues with interest and research to share in the area of pharmacy education and professional development. The conference facilitates participant access to high quality educational programs, internationally significant research and development, and world-renowned leaders in the field.

Aim:
To identify how the community pharmacy team can support self-care for people with musculoskeletal pain

Learning objectives:
1. List the signs and symptoms of musculoskeletal pain;
2. Describe how to support people with musculoskeletal pain
3. Discuss appropriate management in the choice of medicines.

Moderator:
- Luis Lourenço, FIP Professional Secretary, Community Pharmacy Section, Portugal

Panellists:
- Laura Murphy, Pharmacy Clinical Leader and Clinical, University Health Network - Canada
- Philip Conaghan Director of the Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Medicine, University of Leeds, - UK
- Hilary McKee, Consultant Pharmacist Northern Health and Social Care Trust, UK

The “FIP UNITWIN Pathfinder Toolkit” is a step-by-step guide to support the global expansion of the FIP-UNESCO UNITWIN programme. It will also support academic institutions across Africa to establish an Africa-wide association of schools of pharmacy, with the leadership of African Pharmaceutical Forum and building on the experiences of similar associations around the world.

At the end of this session, participants will:

1. Learn about the FIP-UNESCO UNITWIN Programme and the value of educational partnerships
2. Share expressions of interest to join new FIP-UNESCO UNITWIN centres for excellence at their regions
3. Discuss the way forward for the establishment of an African-wide association of schools of pharmacy

Moderators:
-Ralph Altiere, Dean and Prof. University of Colorado Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, USA
-Prosper Hiag, President African Pharmaceutical Forum,
Cameroon

Panellists:
-Nilhan Uzman, FIP UNITWIN Programme Lead, FIP Lead for Education Policy and Implementation, The Netherlands
- Anne H Anderson, Vice Chair UK National Commission for UNESCO, UK
- Alison Ubong Etukakpan, FIP Educational Partnerships Coordinator, Nigeria
-Wanda Maldonado, Dean & Representative University of Puerto Rico & COIFFA, Puerto Rico, USA
-Cyril Usifoh, Prof. and former Dean University of Benin, Nigeria
- Yahya E. Choonara, Prof. and Head of the Dep. of Pharmacy and Pharmacology, University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa
-Chiluba Mwila, Lecturer & Research University of Zambia, Zambia
-Gisèle Étamé, Head of Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences University of Douala, Cameroon
- Aysu Selcuk, Lecturer Ankara University, Turkey
- Khalid Garba Mohammed, Lecturer Bayero University, Nigeria
-Arinola E. Joda, Head of Clinical Pharmacy and Biopharmacy Department, University of Lagos, Nigeria
-Reda Djidjik, President & Prof. Algerian Federation of Pharmacy, Algeria

Enhancing academic horizons in trying times is FIP’s first-ever online leadership development course and developed by FIP together with the AACP (American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy) to support current and aspiring academic pharmacy leaders to navigate pandemic responses successfully at their institutions and countries. The course programme is uploaded to the FIP online learning platform, FIPx, and FIP AIM Members are offered special registration fees to join this online course.

You can complete the course modules at your own pace and receive your certificate of completion. And after completing the course and receiving your certificate, you may still return to it and watch all the presentations again to find a new perspective and enriching information on navigating a crisis successfully.

FIP AIM Chair, Pierre Moreau says “The course includes modules on the impact of COVID-19 on pharmacy education and the needs created during this pandemic, the growing importance of digital health and digital leadership, and what does the future holds in terms of education in general and pharmacy education in particular. This 4-module series is a great opportunity for seasoned and emergent academic leaders to reflect on what we all lived during the past months and likely to experience for several months/years ahead.”

Please visit our website from here to apply for the course and contact aim@fip.org if you have any questions.

In 2021, in our continued response to the COVID-19 global health crisis, FIP has launched a global digital events programme titled: “Collaborating through the pandemic- working & learning together”.
The programme will showcase a number of virtual events – e.g. webinars- under various and relevant topics to the pandemic and the pharmacy profession.
A special weekly programme will be delivered throughout the year, starting April 2021.
This programme is open-access to all (upon registration) and targets all members of the pharmaceutical workforce from around the world.

The FIP Development Goals Digital Programme “Setting goals for the decade ahead” is a comprehensive online event series providing coverage of the 21 goals over 21 events in 2021. Starting in March, the 21 digital events aim to provide description, direction and context for each specific goal, with a global plan for the decade ahead and how each nation, within each region can identify and prioritise which goals are the priorities and how the goals can support developments and transformation for them.

This programme is all about engaging the profession and supporting the profession to deliver in relevant and purposeful ways. By engaging our profession, members & colleagues everywhere with these relevant and applicable goals for the decade ahead, we can provide tools, monitoring and evaluation through data evidence, and identifying priorities across practice, science, and workforce & education.

Find out more about the FIP Development Goals here: www.fip.org/fip-development-goals

Episode 2 takes a life-course approach to discussing vaccination. The panelists will focus on age and explore vaccines equity and access through life’s ages and stages – from childhood (including pregnancy) to later adulthood – from a pharmacy perspective. They will focus on setting out the policy issues and immediate next steps, determining what pharmacy needs to do to singularly affect the most change in this area.

In 2021, in our continued response to the COVID-19 global health crisis, FIP has launched a global digital events programme titled: “Collaborating through the pandemic- working & learning together”.
The programme will showcase a number of virtual events – e.g. webinars- under various and relevant topics to the pandemic and the pharmacy profession.
A special weekly programme will be delivered throughout the year, starting April 2021.
This programme is open-access to all (upon registration) and targets all members of the pharmaceutical workforce from around the world.

Early career Pharmacists and Pharmaceutical Scientists have to uphold professionalism by participating in sessions and workshops that offer training/certification. This webinar seeks to enlighten young pharmacists and pharmaceutical scientists on ways to develop their skills and participate in trainings that offer certification for their chosen career paths. 

The FIP Development Goals Digital Programme “Setting goals for the decade ahead” is a comprehensive online event series providing coverage of the 21 goals over 21 events in 2021. Starting in March, the 21 digital events aim to provide description, direction and context for each specific goal, with a global plan for the decade ahead and how each nation, within each region can identify and prioritise which goals are the priorities and how the goals can support developments and transformation for them.

This programme is all about engaging the profession and supporting the profession to deliver in relevant and purposeful ways. By engaging our profession, members & colleagues everywhere with these relevant and applicable goals for the decade ahead, we can provide tools, monitoring and evaluation through data evidence, and identifying priorities across practice, science, and workforce & education.

Find out more about the FIP Development Goals here: www.fip.org/fip-development-goals

In 2021, in our continued response to the COVID-19 global health crisis, FIP has launched a global digital events programme titled: “Collaborating through the pandemic- working & learning together”.
The programme will showcase a number of virtual events – e.g. webinars- under various and relevant topics to the pandemic and the pharmacy profession.
A special weekly programme will be delivered throughout the year, starting April 2021.
This programme is open-access to all (upon registration) and targets all members of the pharmaceutical workforce from around the world.

Enhancing academic horizons in trying times is FIP’s first-ever online leadership development course and developed by FIP together with the AACP (American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy) to support current and aspiring academic pharmacy leaders to navigate pandemic responses successfully at their institutions and countries. The course programme is uploaded to the FIP online learning platform, FIPx, and FIP AIM Members are offered special registration fees to join this online course.

You can complete the course modules at your own pace and receive your certificate of completion. And after completing the course and receiving your certificate, you may still return to it and watch all the presentations again to find a new perspective and enriching information on navigating a crisis successfully.

FIP AIM Chair, Pierre Moreau says “The course includes modules on the impact of COVID-19 on pharmacy education and the needs created during this pandemic, the growing importance of digital health and digital leadership, and what does the future holds in terms of education in general and pharmacy education in particular. This 4-module series is a great opportunity for seasoned and emergent academic leaders to reflect on what we all lived during the past months and likely to experience for several months/years ahead.”

Please visit our website from here to apply for the course and contact aim@fip.org if you have any questions.

In 2021, in our continued response to the COVID-19 global health crisis, FIP has launched a global digital events programme titled: “Collaborating through the pandemic- working & learning together”.
The programme will showcase a number of virtual events – e.g. webinars- under various and relevant topics to the pandemic and the pharmacy profession.
A special weekly programme will be delivered throughout the year, starting April 2021.
This programme is open-access to all (upon registration) and targets all members of the pharmaceutical workforce from around the world.

The FIP Development Goals Digital Programme “Setting goals for the decade ahead” is a comprehensive online event series providing coverage of the 21 goals over 21 events in 2021. Starting in March, the 21 digital events aim to provide description, direction and context for each specific goal, with a global plan for the decade ahead and how each nation, within each region can identify and prioritise which goals are the priorities and how the goals can support developments and transformation for them.

This programme is all about engaging the profession and supporting the profession to deliver in relevant and purposeful ways. By engaging our profession, members & colleagues everywhere with these relevant and applicable goals for the decade ahead, we can provide tools, monitoring and evaluation through data evidence, and identifying priorities across practice, science, and workforce & education.

Find out more about the FIP Development Goals here: www.fip.org/fip-development-goals

The YPG role in Global health report gathers information from young professionals about what is currently being done in their countries by young pharmacists and young pharmacists' groups and the expectations they have regarding their respective roles. This digital event will discuss the findings of the report and what pharmacists from different regions need from their organisations. 

Episode 3 examines inequities in gender access to vaccines to inform pharmacy policy. Various angles to vaccinations and the gender will be discussed including general gender access, terms of empowering women as caregivers to support vaccinations, the impact of COVID-19 on gender inequity, and the issues around gender inequity in the workforce (which is especially important to discuss in 2020 Year of the Health Worker).

Health systems and health care professionals are called upon to address and mitigate the impact of air pollution on people’s health and quality of life. There is an evolving role for community pharmacists, not only in reactive respiratory illness, but also in supporting proactive individual and community respiratory wellness. This webinar will provide examples of services that pharmacists can deliver to support better breathing.

Learning objectives:
- Describe the role that pharmacists can play in mitigating air pollution in the community.
- Identify the different tools available to pharmacists to enable the reduction of the impact of air pollution in the community.
- Understand the various arrays of services that community pharmacists can employ in supporting better breathing.

Is Amazon – with Amazon Pharmacy – going to disrupt the pharmacy market? Amazon is known for disrupting businesses and has a long and very solid track record of doing so. The company started by disrupting the bookstore business and did it in record time. Then, the company expanded into other products and has significantly disrupted other retailers as it continued to grow. A few years ago, the company moved into the cloud and launched Amazon Web Services and disrupted the online cloud storage industry.

Back in 2018, Amazon acquired PillPack, an online prescription drug site, and it is now ready to use it to disrupt the pharmacy business. Amazon is giving Prime Members free delivery to help kickstart the business. This step makes perfect sense for the company and once again it will likely make a huge impact in the market. At the same time Amazon has started to use modern technology, as well as acquiring health companies in order to create a one-stop-shop for health and medicines.

How will this affect the patients, the current pharmacy model, the healthcare systems?

Furthermore, technology is reshaping the relationship between patients, healthcare providers, and the health system. Mobile will play a crucial role, as it has become the patient’s constant companion – which has been evident during the pandemic. By connecting patients and healthcare providers, treatments can be improved due to non-stop real-time gathered data. By providing access to such accurate information, healthcare providers are able to take immediate action if necessary. This will prevent conditions from worsening and therefore improve quality of life. The transformational change in the healthcare industry is thus only taking place because patients are empowered by using digital tools on every step of their journey.

In 2021, in our continued response to the COVID-19 global health crisis, FIP has launched a global digital events programme titled: “Collaborating through the pandemic- working & learning together”.
The programme will showcase a number of virtual events – e.g. webinars- under various and relevant topics to the pandemic and the pharmacy profession.
A special weekly programme will be delivered throughout the year, starting April 2021.
This programme is open-access to all (upon registration) and targets all members of the pharmaceutical workforce from around the world.

The FIP Development Goals Digital Programme “Setting goals for the decade ahead” is a comprehensive online event series providing coverage of the 21 goals over 21 events in 2021. Starting in March, the 21 digital events aim to provide description, direction and context for each specific goal, with a global plan for the decade ahead and how each nation, within each region can identify and prioritise which goals are the priorities and how the goals can support developments and transformation for them.

This programme is all about engaging the profession and supporting the profession to deliver in relevant and purposeful ways. By engaging our profession, members & colleagues everywhere with these relevant and applicable goals for the decade ahead, we can provide tools, monitoring and evaluation through data evidence, and identifying priorities across practice, science, and workforce & education.

Find out more about the FIP Development Goals here: www.fip.org/fip-development-goals

This event will have a focus on the issues around health literacy and access to information. The societal influences on the ‘’infodemic’’ will be laid out, also the role of health care professionals, health workers and be vaccine hesitant people. We will consider all the policy elements that need to be addressed to overcome this, identifying tools to overcome these issues from a range of angles and the role pharmacy can play.

Difficulties arise when young pharmacists seek to explore new career paths. This event digital will provide the details on strategies for successfully switching from one area of practice to a different one of interest. 

The FIP Development Goals Digital Programme “Setting goals for the decade ahead” is a comprehensive online event series providing coverage of the 21 goals over 21 events in 2021. Starting in March, the 21 digital events aim to provide description, direction and context for each specific goal, with a global plan for the decade ahead and how each nation, within each region can identify and prioritise which goals are the priorities and how the goals can support developments and transformation for them.

This programme is all about engaging the profession and supporting the profession to deliver in relevant and purposeful ways. By engaging our profession, members & colleagues everywhere with these relevant and applicable goals for the decade ahead, we can provide tools, monitoring and evaluation through data evidence, and identifying priorities across practice, science, and workforce & education.

Find out more about the FIP Development Goals here: www.fip.org/fip-development-goals

A Forum on Human Resources for Health Supply Chain Management.

https://ptdevents.org.za/

There is an evolving role for community pharmacists, not only in reactive respiratory illness, but also in supporting proactive individual and community respiratory wellness. However, what needs to change in terms of policy and regulation for these roles to become part of mainstream pharmacy practice? This symposium will mark the United Nations' International Day of Clean Air for Blue Skies, by addressing the drivers and barriers for the full deployment of these services, and discuss the key points of the FIP call to action on this global health priority.

learning objectives:
- Identify prevailing barriers limiting the deployment of services to reduce the impact of air pollution by community pharmacists.
- Describe facilitators and enablers that can influence air pollution service delivery by community pharmacists.
- Understand the policy and regulatory landscape that needs to be established to promote air pollution mitigation services by community pharmacists.

The FIP Development Goals Digital Programme “Setting goals for the decade ahead” is a comprehensive online event series providing coverage of the 21 goals over 21 events in 2021. Starting in March, the 21 digital events aim to provide description, direction and context for each specific goal, with a global plan for the decade ahead and how each nation, within each region can identify and prioritise which goals are the priorities and how the goals can support developments and transformation for them.

This programme is all about engaging the profession and supporting the profession to deliver in relevant and purposeful ways. By engaging our profession, members & colleagues everywhere with these relevant and applicable goals for the decade ahead, we can provide tools, monitoring and evaluation through data evidence, and identifying priorities across practice, science, and workforce & education.

Find out more about the FIP Development Goals here: www.fip.org/fip-development-goals

The FIP Development Goals Digital Programme “Setting goals for the decade ahead” is a comprehensive online event series providing coverage of the 21 goals over 21 events in 2021. Starting in March, the 21 digital events aim to provide description, direction and context for each specific goal, with a global plan for the decade ahead and how each nation, within each region can identify and prioritise which goals are the priorities and how the goals can support developments and transformation for them.

This programme is all about engaging the profession and supporting the profession to deliver in relevant and purposeful ways. By engaging our profession, members & colleagues everywhere with these relevant and applicable goals for the decade ahead, we can provide tools, monitoring and evaluation through data evidence, and identifying priorities across practice, science, and workforce & education.

Find out more about the FIP Development Goals here: www.fip.org/fip-development-goals

In 2021, in our continued response to the COVID-19 global health crisis, FIP has launched a global digital events programme titled: “Collaborating through the pandemic- working & learning together”.
The programme will showcase a number of virtual events – e.g. webinars- under various and relevant topics to the pandemic and the pharmacy profession.
A special weekly programme will be delivered throughout the year, starting April 2021.
This programme is open-access to all (upon registration) and targets all members of the pharmaceutical workforce from around the world.

Episode 5 will focus on intra and interprofessional alliances to ensure that we can work together to deliver the areas of policy addressed in this series.   Panelists will also discuss working together with other agencies and policymakers to establish sustainable policies on vaccines access and equity, including how pharmacy can be a force of good in supporting vaccinations for all health workers.

The FIP Development Goals Digital Programme “Setting goals for the decade ahead” is a comprehensive online event series providing coverage of the 21 goals over 21 events in 2021. Starting in March, the 21 digital events aim to provide description, direction and context for each specific goal, with a global plan for the decade ahead and how each nation, within each region can identify and prioritise which goals are the priorities and how the goals can support developments and transformation for them.

This programme is all about engaging the profession and supporting the profession to deliver in relevant and purposeful ways. By engaging our profession, members & colleagues everywhere with these relevant and applicable goals for the decade ahead, we can provide tools, monitoring and evaluation through data evidence, and identifying priorities across practice, science, and workforce & education.

Find out more about the FIP Development Goals here: www.fip.org/fip-development-goals

In the first of six regions we dissect, event 6 focuses on the regional needs and drivers for transforming vaccination in the Americas. This involves identifying priorities in the region’s countries with regards equity and access to vaccinations. We also discuss barriers and challenges and regional needs in relation to policy setting. FIP members, stakeholders and partners from the Americas region join us for a true regional perspective.

In 2021, in our continued response to the COVID-19 global health crisis, FIP has launched a global digital events programme titled: “Collaborating through the pandemic- working & learning together”.
The programme will showcase a number of virtual events – e.g. webinars- under various and relevant topics to the pandemic and the pharmacy profession.
A special weekly programme will be delivered throughout the year, starting April 2021.
This programme is open-access to all (upon registration) and targets all members of the pharmaceutical workforce from around the world.

In the second of six regions we dissect, event 7 focuses on the regional needs and drivers for transforming vaccination in the Eastern Mediterranean region. This involves identifying priorities in the region’s countries with regards equity and access to vaccinations. We also discuss barriers and challenges and regional needs in relation to policy setting. FIP members, stakeholders and partners from the Eastern Mediterranean region join us for a true regional perspective.

In the third of six regions we dissect, event 8 focuses on the regional needs and drivers for transforming vaccination in the European region. This involves identifying priorities in the region’s countries with regards equity and access to vaccinations. We also discuss barriers and challenges and regional needs in relation to policy setting. FIP members, stakeholders and partners from the European region join us for a true regional perspective.

As diverse as the pharmacy profession is, each area of practice comes with its perks. This digital event seeks to provide attendees with information on diverse career paths and opportunities in pharmacy and the pharmaceutical sciences. 

The FIP Development Goals Digital Programme “Setting goals for the decade ahead” is a comprehensive online event series providing coverage of the 21 goals over 21 events in 2021. Starting in March, the 21 digital events aim to provide description, direction and context for each specific goal, with a global plan for the decade ahead and how each nation, within each region can identify and prioritise which goals are the priorities and how the goals can support developments and transformation for them.

This programme is all about engaging the profession and supporting the profession to deliver in relevant and purposeful ways. By engaging our profession, members & colleagues everywhere with these relevant and applicable goals for the decade ahead, we can provide tools, monitoring and evaluation through data evidence, and identifying priorities across practice, science, and workforce & education.

Find out more about the FIP Development Goals here: www.fip.org/fip-development-goals

In the fourth of six regions we dissect, event 9 focuses on the regional needs and drivers for transforming vaccination in the South East Asian region. This involves identifying priorities in the region’s countries with regards equity and access to vaccinations. We also discuss barriers and challenges and regional needs in relation to policy setting. FIP members, stakeholders and partners from the South East Asian region join us for a true regional perspective.

The FIP Development Goals Digital Programme “Setting goals for the decade ahead” is a comprehensive online event series providing coverage of the 21 goals over 21 events in 2021. Starting in March, the 21 digital events aim to provide description, direction and context for each specific goal, with a global plan for the decade ahead and how each nation, within each region can identify and prioritise which goals are the priorities and how the goals can support developments and transformation for them.

This programme is all about engaging the profession and supporting the profession to deliver in relevant and purposeful ways. By engaging our profession, members & colleagues everywhere with these relevant and applicable goals for the decade ahead, we can provide tools, monitoring and evaluation through data evidence, and identifying priorities across practice, science, and workforce & education.

Find out more about the FIP Development Goals here: www.fip.org/fip-development-goals

In the fifth of six regions we dissect, event 10 focuses on the regional needs and drivers for transforming vaccination in the Western Pacific region. This involves identifying priorities in the region’s countries with regards equity and access to vaccinations. We also discuss barriers and challenges and regional needs in relation to policy setting. FIP members, stakeholders and partners from the Western Pacific region join us for a true regional perspective.

In the final sixth of six regions we dissect, event 11 focuses on the regional needs and drivers for transforming vaccination in the African region. This involves identifying priorities in the region’s countries with regards equity and access to vaccinations. We also discuss barriers and challenges and regional needs in relation to policy setting. FIP members, stakeholders and partners from the African region join us for a true regional perspective.

The FIP Development Goals Digital Programme “Setting goals for the decade ahead” is a comprehensive online event series providing coverage of the 21 goals over 21 events in 2021. Starting in March, the 21 digital events aim to provide description, direction and context for each specific goal, with a global plan for the decade ahead and how each nation, within each region can identify and prioritise which goals are the priorities and how the goals can support developments and transformation for them.

This programme is all about engaging the profession and supporting the profession to deliver in relevant and purposeful ways. By engaging our profession, members & colleagues everywhere with these relevant and applicable goals for the decade ahead, we can provide tools, monitoring and evaluation through data evidence, and identifying priorities across practice, science, and workforce & education.

Find out more about the FIP Development Goals here: www.fip.org/fip-development-goals

The Leadership Summit– the programme finale – is a high-level event in which we recap the primary outcomes of the 12-event digital series. Together, we will adopt the FIP Commitment to Action on sustainable and equitable access to vaccines through pharmacy which will be launched during the Summit. Global leaders from health and pharmacy join this landmark event.

This event will run twice on the same day so that we provide a uniting set of outcomes and provide equitable times for attendance across hemispheres.

The Leadership Summit– the programme finale – is a high-level event in which we recap the primary outcomes of the 12-event digital series. Together, we will adopt the FIP Commitment to Action on sustainable and equitable access to vaccines through pharmacy which will be launched during the Summit. Global leaders from health and pharmacy join this landmark event.

This event will run twice on the same day so that we provide a uniting set of outcomes and provide equitable times for attendance across hemispheres.

The FIP Development Goals Digital Programme “Setting goals for the decade ahead” is a comprehensive online event series providing coverage of the 21 goals over 21 events in 2021. Starting in March, the 21 digital events aim to provide description, direction and context for each specific goal, with a global plan for the decade ahead and how each nation, within each region can identify and prioritise which goals are the priorities and how the goals can support developments and transformation for them.

This programme is all about engaging the profession and supporting the profession to deliver in relevant and purposeful ways. By engaging our profession, members & colleagues everywhere with these relevant and applicable goals for the decade ahead, we can provide tools, monitoring and evaluation through data evidence, and identifying priorities across practice, science, and workforce & education.

Find out more about the FIP Development Goals here: www.fip.org/fip-development-goals

The FIP Development Goals Digital Programme “Setting goals for the decade ahead” is a comprehensive online event series providing coverage of the 21 goals over 21 events in 2021. Starting in March, the 21 digital events aim to provide description, direction and context for each specific goal, with a global plan for the decade ahead and how each nation, within each region can identify and prioritise which goals are the priorities and how the goals can support developments and transformation for them.

This programme is all about engaging the profession and supporting the profession to deliver in relevant and purposeful ways. By engaging our profession, members & colleagues everywhere with these relevant and applicable goals for the decade ahead, we can provide tools, monitoring and evaluation through data evidence, and identifying priorities across practice, science, and workforce & education.

Find out more about the FIP Development Goals here: www.fip.org/fip-development-goals

The Global Advanced development framework (GADF) was developed to support the professional development and recognition of the pharmacy workforce everywhere and the Global Competency Framework (GbCF) was developed by the FIP as a focused support structure for early career pharmacists.  This digital event seeks to create more awareness for the GADF and GbCF and to enable young pharmacists and pharmaceutical scientists have a better understanding of their structure.

The FIP Development Goals Digital Programme “Setting goals for the decade ahead” is a comprehensive online event series providing coverage of the 21 goals over 21 events in 2021. Starting in March, the 21 digital events aim to provide description, direction and context for each specific goal, with a global plan for the decade ahead and how each nation, within each region can identify and prioritise which goals are the priorities and how the goals can support developments and transformation for them.

This programme is all about engaging the profession and supporting the profession to deliver in relevant and purposeful ways. By engaging our profession, members & colleagues everywhere with these relevant and applicable goals for the decade ahead, we can provide tools, monitoring and evaluation through data evidence, and identifying priorities across practice, science, and workforce & education.

Find out more about the FIP Development Goals here: www.fip.org/fip-development-goals

Come to the 2022 FIP congress in Seville, Spain, where pharmacy practitioners, pharmaceutical scientists and educators from around the world will discuss and help you prepare for these new technologies that will empower our profession.

Previous industrial revolutions liberated humans from reliance on animal power, made mass production possible and brought digital capabilities to billions. This latest industrial revolution is, however, fundamentally different. It is characterised by a range of technologies that are fusing the physical, digital and biological worlds, impacting on all disciplines, economies and industries, and even challenging ideas about what it means to be human.

Digitalisation is already allowing the keeping of structured patient records, facilitating electronic prescribing, dispensing and administration of medicines, automating the handling of medicines in the supply chain, and providing tools for monitoring the efficacy and safety of medicines in use. Further advances will enable pharmacists to interact with patients through the creation of a common platform for accessing data and information in new, more efficient way.