Tuesday 24 September 2019

D25 Hot Topic: Vaccines demystification in the era of ‘fake news’

Conference Hall A - Section A
Good health for all starts with immunisation. Following the decade’s lowest number of infectious cases in 2016, we are witnessing a dramatic increase in infections and extended outbreaks. In 2018, the global number of ...
D - Targeting special interests
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B2 Navigating changes in the scope of the pharmacist: Pharmacy as a gateway to care

Conference Hall A - Section B & C
“Pharmacy is changing from a product-focused profession to one that is patient-focused – a profession that works more collaboratively with patients and their other health care providers. The pharmacy profession can ...
B - New roles, opportunities and responsibilities
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C3 Tackling the equity issue: Global challenges for women in pharmacy and the pharmaceutical sciences

Conference Hall B1
Achieving gender equity in the health workforce is a global priority as set by the World Health Organization, the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development and the International Labour Organization. FIP is a ...
C - Health now! Responding to the challenges of today
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D2 Part 1 10th AIM Global Academic Leaders Forum

Capital Suite 7
Every academic has a leading role in transforming the pharmaceutical education at their institution. All academic leaders should unify, to facilitate collaboration that leads to excellence. To create a complete and ...
D - Targeting special interests
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D17 What’s new in practice? Part 1

Conference Hall B2
Short oral presentations selected from submitted abstracts
D - Targeting special interests
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Community Pharmacy Section Steering Committee Meeting

D15 The Namibia Project: A Basel Statement hospital pharmacy practice survey of hospitals

Conference Hall A - Section A
The Basel Statements, which are aspirational standards of hospital pharmacy practice, were developed by FIP’s Hospital Pharmacy Section. Several countries have used the statements to survey their current practices ...
D - Targeting special interests
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B3 Gamification – The pharmacist as playmaster

Conference Hall A - Section A
The key to success is time commitment or loyalty to a subject. Both can be hard to achieve, but there are factors that can make things easier. Some people are motivated by a feeling of community and socialising, others ...
B - New roles, opportunities and responsibilities
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C4 One approach doesn’t fit all: Need for country specific interventions to promote appropriate use of antibiotics

Conference Hall A - Section B & C
Antibiotic resistance (ABR) is an important global health problem, especially in low and middle-income countries. It has been estimated that the economic burden of antimicrobial resistance has led to additional ...
C - Health now! Responding to the challenges of today
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D21 SIGN 2: Sharing Ideas in a Global Network: Re-thinking medicines and their use

Conference Hall B1
FIP member organisations will present their best initiatives and challenges. Presentations will include the winning projects of the FIP Health Promotion Campaign Award and the FIP Pharmacy Practice Improvement Award.
D - Targeting special interests
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Hospital Pharmacy Section Assembly

Health & Medicines Information Section Business Meeting

Capital Suite 5
SEC - Section meeting
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A2 Pharmacists’ role in medical devices: From diagnosis to monitoring of therapy

Conference Hall A - Section A
Medical devices, like medicines and other health technologies, are essential for patient care — at the bedside, at the rural health clinic or at the large, specialised hospital. With innovation and the rapid ...
A - New trends in science, practice and education
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B1 Empowering women as agents of better health

Conference Hall A - Section D
Although there are different perceptions between men and women as to what is considered social responsibility, it is always considered as the primary responsibility of women across societies. Most of the time, across ...
B - New roles, opportunities and responsibilities
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B4 Working together to score the goals: How are the FIP Workforce Development Goals being globally implemented?

Conference Hall A - Section B & C
Following the Global Conference on Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences Education in Nanjing, China, FIP has committed to the development of the global pharmaceutical workforce and FIP Ed has been charged with enabling ...
B - New roles, opportunities and responsibilities
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C5 Adapting to change – Implications on the profession of pharmacy

Conference Hall B1
Organisational, professional and cultural change is a force of nature, occurring as a result of evolution and advancement of the human race. However, change does not happen in a vacuum. For every incremental or major ...
C - Health now! Responding to the challenges of today
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D2 Part 2 10th AIM Global Academic Leaders Forum

Capital Suite 7
Every academic has a leading role in transforming the pharmaceutical education at their institution. All academic leaders should unify, to facilitate collaboration that leads to excellence. To create a complete and ...
D - Targeting special interests
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D18 What’s new in practice? Part 2

Conference Hall B2
Short oral presentations selected from submitted abstracts
D - Targeting special interests
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Meet the SIGs Meeting

Capital suite 3
To advance the pharmaceutical sciences, the FIP special interest groups (SIGs), led by the  Board of Pharmaceutical Sciences  (BPS), develop initiatives to help FIP and its member organisations achieve this goal. ...
SIG
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