Addressing inequities in pharmacy education due to COVID-19 – Learnings from Africa, Asia and Latin America

The COVID-19 pandemic has brought much attention to the gaps and challenges in all world systems including the educational sphere.
Inequities in education have not been new to the world but due to the pandemic, there have been greater disparities in education and training of the pharmacy and pharmaceutical sciences students globally.
Inequities arising from socioeconomic standing, infrastructural differences, policies, student welfarism, race, gender or disabilities of individuals, academic institutions and countries will be discussed during this session.
The session seeks to highlight how these inequities affect the process of pharmacy education, and provide good practices from colleagues in Africa, Asia and Latin America.
At the end of this session, participants will be able to:
• Identify the existing inequities in pharmacy education
• Learn good practices to curb different inequalities affecting pharmacy education due to COVID-19
• Strengthen advocacy efforts for all-inclusive educational policies and resources

Moderator:
Ralph Altiere, Dean University of Colorado Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences - USA

Facilitator: Nilhan Uzman, Lead for Education Policy and Implementation, FIP -the Netherlands

Panellists:
1. B Suresh, Chairman Indian Association of Colleges of Pharmacy - India
2. Derick Munkombwe, Lecturer Department of Pharmacy, School of Health Sciences, University of Zambia - Zambia
3. Alison Williams, Chairperson of Pharmacy Education International Pharmaceutical Students Federation - Nigeria
4. Patricia Acuna-Johnson, School of Chemistry and Pharmacy, University of Valparaiso - Chile
5. Nguyen Van Hung, Acting-President, Hai Phong University of Medicine and Pharmacy - Vietnam
6. Jennie Lates, Head of Department: Pharmacy UNAM, School of Pharmacy - Namibia