The Role of Pharmacist Vaccinators in improving access to and equity in healthcare outcomes: FIP DG 10 Equity & equality and FIP DG18 Access to Medicines & Services

In this episode – “Pharmacist Vaccinators as a way to improve access to medicines” – is an interview format that focuses on the FIP Development Goal 18: Access to Medicines and Services from the perspective of vaccination by a pharmacist. The role of pharmacists in ensuring that vaccinations are widely and easily accessible by all people in all areas of the world, and the expertise of pharmacists in delivering the logistics and services needed to increase vaccination rates.

About the Series: The second of three series is composed of 8 episodes that focus on The FIP Development Goals from the perspective of vaccination. The new FIP Development Goals and the agenda of improving vaccination worldwide come together in this series of interviews that outline how pharmacists and pharmaceutical scientists will deliver on the promise of improved vaccination rates worldwide.

Series 2 will identify the alignment of the goal of improved vaccination rates worldwide through the use of the pharmacist workforce with the FIP Development Goals.

Objective
To understand the impact of FIP Development Goal 18: Access to Medicines and Services in the Transformation of Vaccination Globally and Regionally

Moderator:
Catherine Duggan, CEO, International Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP) - UK

Panellists:
Jane Barratt, Secretary General, International Federation on Ageing - Canada
Alexandra Ruth, Doctoral Student, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health - USA