La Organización Mundial de la Salud ha considerado la reticencia a la vacunación o la negativa a vacunarse a pesar de la disponibilidad de vacunas, como uno de los diez asuntos globales que requiere de la máxima atención, ya que amenaza con revertir los progresos realizados en la lucha contra las enfermedades prevenibles por vacunación. En este webinar se abordarán el concepto, las causas y las consecuencias de este fenómeno y se establecerá el importante rol del farmacéutico como educador en temas de inmunización, dada la facilidad de acceso y la confianza que tienen los pacientes y la comunidad en este profesional sanitario.

1) Distinguir el concepto de reticencia a la vacunación.

2) Reconocer las actuaciones de los movimientos antivacunas y como afectan la vacunación.

3) Determinar el papel clave del farmacéutico como educador en vacunación.

Event chair: Yajaira Quesada Rojas, Secretaria Técnica, Foro Farmacéutico de las Américas

Panelistos: Eduardo Savio Quevedo, Presidente de Foro Farmacéutico de las Américas - Uruguay Nuria Montero Chinchilla, Directora de Práctica Farmacéutica, Foro Farmacéutico de las Américas - Costa Rica Roberto Debagg, Médico pediatra infectólogo - Argentina

In this episode – “Vaccination: From Specialist Practice to Everyday Practice” – is an interview format that focuses on the FIP Development Goal 4: Advanced & Specialist Development from the perspective of vaccination by a pharmacist. We discuss the process required to take vaccination by pharmacists from a specialized field that few pharmacists deliver in some jurisdictions, to a standard part of pharmacists’ care in all settings and locations.

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 4: Advanced & Specialist Development in the Transformation of Vaccination Globally and Regionally

Moderators:
Arit Udoh, Clinical Project Manager University of Birmingham-United Kingdom
Desak Ketut Ernawati, Academic and Researcher Faculty of Medicine Universitas Udayana-Indonesia

Speakers:
1. Hanne Merete Andresen, Director Pharmaceutical Affairs Norwegian Pharmacy Association - Norway
2. Andi Shirtcliffe, Clinical Chief Advisor – Pharmacy, Quality Use of Medicines, Allied Health Ministry of Health - New Zealand
3. Greg Eberhart, Registrar Alberta College of Pharmacy-Canada
4. Jorge Batista, International Affairs Lead Portuguese Pharmaceutical Society - Portugal

The World Health Organization (WHO) and the International Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP) have clearly described the significant role of pharmacists in the increasing demands for health. The emergence of the Global Pharmacist aims to define, promote and recommend the need to go beyond the pharmacist’s traditional role of drug dispensing to being an integral part of the health care team. This means that pharmacists feel the need to pursue advanced knowledge and competencies to be adept in addressing global health threats such as antimicrobial resistance, medicine shortages, poor quality of medicines, and more.

Empower School of Health, along with FIP, are hosting a webinar on 29 October on "Transforming Global Health and the Role of the Global Pharmacist". The objective of this webinar is to breakdown the different roles that can be played by a pharmacist and explore how they can develop relevant competencies to aid them in this career transformation