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Le rôle des pharmaciens dans la prévention de la grippe et l'augmentation de la couverture vaccinale

1 September 2022

This event will focus on pharmacists’ roles in influenza prevention through vaccination and increasing influenza vaccination coverage rate. The event will focus on the risks of influenza and showcase good practices from pharmacists across the continent on pharmacists’ public health role through influenza vaccination, digital health solutions in pharmacy on influenza vaccination and effective communication with patients to deliver flu vaccines on the right time. This event aims to improve pharmacists' knowledge, improve pharmaceutical services delivery and overall health outcomes of the public in the context of influenza vaccination.

Learning objectives:
1. Improve knowledge of pharmacists on the risks of influenza
2. Exploring pharmacists’ roles in influenza prevention through vaccination and increasing influenza vaccination coverage rate within the African region;
3. Showcase country cases from pharmacists across the continent on influenza vaccination, digital vaccination solutions and patient communication on vaccines.

Moderator:
Arinola Joda, Assistant Secretary and Editor-in- Chief, African Pharmaceutical Forum, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Lagos, Nigeria


Guests:
- Cheryl Cohen, Professor & Head Centre for Respiratory Disease and Meningitis, National Institute for Communicable Diseases and School of Public Health, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa, South Africa
- Gonçalo  Sousa Pinto, Lead for practice development and transformation, FIP, Portugal
- Redouane Soualmi, Chairperson of external relations Algerian Pharmaceutical Federation - Fédération Algérienne de Pharmacie, Algeria
- Merilynn Steenkamp, General Manager Sanofi Vaccines, South Africa
- Wael Ali, General Secretary, EMRPharm Forum , President Egyptian organization of pharmacy, Egypt

Facilitators:
- Nilhan Uzman, Lead for Education and Primary Health Policies, FIP, Turkey
- Alison Etukakpan, Educational Partnership Specialist, FIP, Nigeria