The 2020 FIP digital programme, entitled: Transforming Vaccination Globally and Regionally was the first FIP outcome-based online programme of its kind, which culminated in the signing of a FIP Commitment to Action on Improving Vaccination Coverage Through Pharmacies by FIP and member organisations to transform vaccinations globally and regionally. Building on the outcomes of the 2020 programme, the FIP 2021 digital programme focuses on supporting FIP members in accelerating programmes of equity, access and sustainability of vaccinations through policy development and implementation.

Building on World Health Professions Alliance (WHPA), Positive Practice Environments Campaign, the “FIPWiSE toolkit for positive practice environments in education & science” is developed to identify and address inequalities in the workplace environments which affects women in pharmaceutical science and pharmacy education, with transferable learnings across the pharmaceutical workforce. The toolkit is designed to raise awareness and provide possible solutions for individuals, employers and institutions that can enable positive practice environments for women in pharmaceutical science and pharmacy education.

Learning objectives:
1. Explore the key factors that enable positive practice environments for women in pharmaceutical science and pharmacy education, and the entire pharmaceutical workforce

2. Learn about practical solutions for professionals, employers and policy makers in creating positive practice environments for women in pharmaceutical science and pharmacy education

3. Discuss with the toolkit authors and high-level speakers how to take action and stand up for positive practice environments

This event will focus on the role that pharmacists can play in providing pharmaceutical care for people with hearing impairment or a disability linked to hearing loss. Pharmacists must provide clear messages and adapt their communication strategies to this particular population group to ensure optimal use of medicines and medical devices, and they need to have the knowledge and skills to do so. Also, people with hearing loss face different challenges and this problem becomes more relevant with age. Pharmacists can support patients in detecting early signs of hearing loss and taking the appropriate actions.

The new FIP Development Goals which have just launched are set to transform global pharmacy by providing a systematic and integrated framework that can support the transformation of pharmacy practice, science and workforce & education. Of the 21 Goals, FIP Development Goal 10 impacts us all. The Equity & Equality Goal calls for clear strategies to address inequalities in the pharmaceutical workforce, widen access and equity of pharmaceutical care services & access, as well equity in global capacity in pharmaceutical sciences development. Together we will deconstruct Goal 10 for pharmacy, discuss ways we can implement them and how FIP-EquityRx (FIP’s programme on Equity & Equality) is supporting FIP DG 10’s global implementation.

Together we will explore the following questions… and so much more!

1. What is FIP Development Goal 10 and how it came to be? How will FIP-EquityRx drive this Goal? FIP’s Catherine Duggan & Lina Bader will showcase the birth of FIP DG10… and our plans to tackle global priorities through FIP EquityRx
2. How FIP DG 10 fits within the global quest for equity in health, women in health and access to quality care? What more should pharmacy do? We will hear from – and be challenged by – Roopa Dhatt (Executive Director, Women in Global Health)…
3. What is the impact of inequities to access to medicines & pharmaceutical care on lives and nations? Through a regional lens, Adi Nuseirat (Technical Officer, World Health Organization) shows us the realities in the Eastern Mediterranean region..
4. Why we need equity in pharmacy now! FIP’s ex-President Carmen Peña calls on all of us to amp up the action…
5. What does equity in pharmacy (workforce, practice and science) REALLY MEAN? We will explore this question & more through a virtual roundtable with panelists from around the world including Claire Thompson, Nilhan Uzman, Nadia Bukhari, Vibhuti Arya, and Shane Desselle, Angie Lim Hui Li, Isaac Nii Ofoli Anang, Sherly Meilianti & many more joining us

Event Info:

Women are often on the frontlines in delivering health care, but health care policy is often led by Men. In an effort to change the narrative during the COVID-19 pandemic, we highlight women taking on leadership roles around the world to make a difference in caring for COVID patients.

Learning objectives:

1. Describe the gender equity gap in health care according to the WHO report
2. Describe examples of ways women and men are challenging the narrative during the COVID-19 pandemic
3. Discuss opportunities to continually recognize women who may take on formal or informal leadership roles during the COVID-19 pandemic to “change the narrative”