This event will discuss the societal benefit of vaccines, including health gains, disease prevention and saved lives, but also increased productivity and educational outcomes, less burden on health systems, economic growth and humanistic benefits and quality of life. It will address the concept of and the strategies leading to herd immunity and how individual choices and policies affect collective health. And it will also discuss the particular benefits of vaccination for special population groups (adults/older adults, pregnant women, people with non-communicable diseases, etc.) - including the importance of a life-course approach to vaccination. Finally, it will discuss the role that pharmacists may play in COVID-19 vaccination, when vaccines become available, as mass immunisation will be both urgent and essential.

After this webinar the participants should have a better understanding of the following topics:
1. Social and economic value of vaccines
2. Life-course vaccination
3. Special populations (adults/older adults, maternal, NCDs)
4. Herd immunity
5. COVID-19: role of pharmacists when vaccines become available

In this special event which will kick off World Pharmacy Week (21 – 25 September), FIP is launching the FIP Development Goals (FIP DGs). The FIP DGs will be a key resource for transforming our profession globally, regionally and nationally. These goals build on the work already done to develop and launch the FIP Pharmaceutical Workforce Development Goals (PWDGs), and they align with our mission to support global health by enabling the advancement of pharmaceutical practice, sciences and education.

The event will feature special speeches and messages from FIP President, leaders and more!

This Sharing Information session will start with a contextual introduction on the FIP Workforce Transformation Programme and present new & updated workforce development frameworks. During this session, Member Organisations from Jordan and Indonesia will showcase their Transformation progress after a year of collaboration with FIP for a commitment in the transformation programme in pharmacy workforce in their countries. The event will also include the launch of newly updated FIP Frameworks: the FIP Global Competency Framework and the FIP Global Advanced Development Framework; we will discuss the importance of these frameworks, relevance and ways of implementation.

On the occasion of World Pharmacists Day and within Hospital 57357’s leading role in advancing and disseminating the principles of clinical pharmacy in Egypt, the 57357 Institution is organizing and hosting a celebration event on Thursday 24 September 2020 from 10:00 am to 05:00 pm.

The event is set up in coordination with The Ministry of Health and under the patronage of the Arab Pharmacists Union with the support of a number of companies, institutions, Banks and Faculties of Pharmacology.

Hospital 57357 invites FIP EMRO to attend and discuss the action plan in the EMRO region 

The event will be broadcasted live online zoom

Fight against antimicrobial resistance (AMR) has been a priority for FIP for many years. FIP and pharmacists globally are committed to being the part of the solution. FIP is continuing its leadership on AMR and building on all the work done to date, FIP Bureau has set up the FIP Commission on Antimicrobial Resistance. The Commission will further develop what pharmacy offers in AMR fight and explore opportunities to increase its impact across all settings and scopes of practice. It will drive the new FIP Pharmacy AMR Roadmap, which will guide actions globally, sustaining momentum and tracking and evaluating progress of this global health priority for pharmacy. The Commission will also focus on the implementation of the AMR-specific FIP Development Goal that looks at the role of pharmacists, pharmaceutical scientists and pharmaceutical educators in reducing AMR.   

The launch webinar will be hosted by EC officials and Helpdesk Experts. The Helpdesk, with other free-of-charge services, aims to directly Support EU Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs), interested in doing legitimate business with Iran, to comply with EU sanctions legislation.

The launch webinar to be delivered on 6th of October, 2020 will cover the following topics:

• Scope of the free-of-charge services of the Helpdesk
• A general overview of  EU sanctions legislation concerning trade and investment between the EU and Iran
• Real-time expert advice on whether the sector and proposed activity of EU SMEs is likely to present risks that should be further investigated through sanctions Due Diligence.
• An opportunity for EU SMEs to receive first-hand information from our team of experts