About us

The Pharmaceutical Forum of the Americas (Foro Farmacéutico de las Américas, FFA) was founded on 29 November 1999 by the Pan American Health Organization Regional Office of the World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO), the International Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP), 3 regional and 14 national pharmaceutical organisations in the Americas region. More about the history of the FFA can be found here.

Our priority FIP Development Goals are:

• DG 5 (Competency development)
• DG 13 (Policy development)
• DG 17 (Antimicrobial stewardship)
• DG 18 (Access to medicines, devices and services)
• DG 21 (Sustainability in pharmacy)
• Other key priorities are developing a roadmap for pharmacy in Latin America, promoting self-care, expanding vaccination in pharmacies, and improving quality and clinical focus and addressing capacity challenges in pharmacy education.

How we work

Our executive committee is as follows:

• President Mr. Ricardo Pesenti, Argentina
• Vice president Mr. Marco Dehesa, Ecuador
• Vice president & treasurer Mr Andrés Escotto, Uruguay
• Secretary of pharmaceutical practice Dr Eve Rivero, Bolivia
• Secretary of Pharmaceutical Sciences: Dr Josélia Frade, Brazil
• Secretary of pharmaceutical education and workforce development Prof Gladys Lugo, Paraguay

The current statutes of the Pharmaceutical Forum of the Americas were adopted on April 2024. Click to download the FFA statutes in a pdf.

Contact us! Email ffa@fip.org

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Pharmacy organisations in the Americas region

The following list contains organisations in the region that are Member Organisations, Allied Organisations or Observer Organisations of FIP. This list is non-exhaustive and FIP is continuing to add to this list.