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Pharmacist vaccinators and communicable disease management: FIP DG 16 Communicable Diseases
In this episode – “Pharmacist Vaccinators and Communicable Disease Management” – is an interview format that focuses on the FIP Development Goal 16: communicable and Vector Diseases from the perspective of vaccination by a pharmacist. The role of vaccination in the prevention and suppression of communicable and vector-borne disease, and the promise of addressing these diseases that pharmacists vaccinators will deliver.
About the Series: The second of three series is composed of 8 episodes that focus on The FIP Development Goals from the perspective of vaccination. The new FIP Development Goals and the agenda of improving vaccination worldwide come together in this series of interviews that outline how pharmacists and pharmaceutical scientists will deliver on the promise of improved vaccination rates worldwide.
Series 2 will identify the alignment of the goal of improved vaccination rates worldwide through the use of the pharmacist workforce with the FIP Development Goals.
Objective
To understand the impact of FIP Development Goal 16: Communicable and Vector Diseases in the Transformation of Vaccination Globally and Regionally
Interviewer:
Catherine Duggan, CEO, International Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP) - UK
Interviewee:
Michael Klepser, Past President - Society of Infectious Diseases Pharmacists; Professor of Pharmacy Practice, Ferris State University - USA