From Astana to Today: Celebrating Progress in Primary Health Care and Global Health Advocacy

Seven years have passed since the signing of the Astana Declaration, reaffirming global commitments to strengthen primary health care (PHC) as the foundation of universal health coverage (UNC) and the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). This digital event will reflect on the progress made, highlighting the role of pharmacy in advancing PHC, FIP’s impact and success at the recent World Health Assembly (WHA) and how FIP Strategic Plan 2025-2030 aligns with all these contributions, FIP Development Goals to PHC, and UHC. Participants will gain insights from global health leaders, WHO representatives, and member organisations on achievements, challenges, and future directions in ensuring equitable, accessible, and people-centred primary health care in achieving UHC leaving no one behind.

Moderator:

- Catherine Duggan, CEO, FIP, The Netherlands

Panellists:

- Paul Sinclair, President, FIP, Australia - Faraz Khalid, Senior Adviser, World Health Organization, Switzerland

- Jack Shen Lim, General Secretary, Malaysian Pharmacists Society, Malaysia - Charlie, Yuh-Lih Chang, President, Taiwan Society of Health System Pharmacists, Taiwan, ROC

- Luna ElBizri, Founder and manager of Lunapharm Pharmacy, Lebanese Pharmacists Association, Lebanon

- Panzu Mavwanda Glorry, National President, Order of Pharmacists, Democratic Republic of the Congo

- Michael D. Hogue, Executive Vice President & CEO, American Pharmacists Association, USA

- Susan O’Dwyer, Head of Professional Services, Irish Pharmacy Union, Ireland

-Luís Lourenço, Professional Secretary, FIP, Portugal