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

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

This event will discuss pharmacists’ roles in diabetes prevention, screening and management by showcasing best practices in pharmaceutical care, identifying needs and priorities of pharmacists, digital health applications, new trends and practices across Africa. According to WHO, diabetes in the region is a serious, chronic, and costly disease that is estimated to rise to 23.9 million cases by 2030, and up to 15% of adults aged 25 to 64 have diabetes in the African region. s. Pharmacists are uniquely positioned to provide a wide array of services to prevent, identify and manage both type 1 and type 2 diabetes as well as support the care provided by other members of the healthcare team. This event aims to improve pharmacists' knowledge, improve pharmaceutical services delivery and overall health outcomes of the public in the context of diabetes.

Learning objectives:

• Improve knowledge of pharmacists by exploring the role of pharmacists in the prevention, screening and management of diabetes within the African region;
• Showcase emerging digital health trends, new applications for patients and innovative pharmaceutical services delivery for diabetes within the African region;
• Identify the needs and priorities of pharmacists in the prevention and management of diabetes within the African region.

Moderator:
- Prosper Hiag, President African Pharmaceutical Forum, Cameroon

Guests:
- Danielle Munene, Head of Consulting African Health Business, Kenya
- Imraan Bismilla, Head of Pharmacy Centre for Diabetes and Endocrinology in South Africa, South Africa
- Mohamed Yacine Achouri, President of the scientific communication Fédération Algérienne de Pharmacie, Algeria
- Khadir Sarra, Pharmacy resident, FIP YPG remote intern, Algeria
- Gonçalo Sousa Pinto, FIP Lead for practice development and transformation, Spain

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

This event will discuss pharmacists’ roles in diabetes prevention, screening and management by showcasing best practices in pharmaceutical care, identifying needs and priorities of pharmacists, digital health applications, new trends and practices across Africa. According to WHO, diabetes in the region is a serious, chronic, and costly disease that is estimated to rise to 23.9 million cases by 2030, and up to 15% of adults aged 25 to 64 have diabetes in the African region. s. Pharmacists are uniquely positioned to provide a wide array of services to prevent, identify and manage both type 1 and type 2 diabetes as well as support the care provided by other members of the healthcare team. This event aims to improve pharmacists' knowledge, improve pharmaceutical services delivery and overall health outcomes of the public in the context of diabetes.

Learning objectives:

• Improve knowledge of pharmacists by exploring the role of pharmacists in the prevention, screening and management of diabetes within the African region;
• Showcase emerging digital health trends, new applications for patients and innovative pharmaceutical services delivery for diabetes within the African region;
• Identify the needs and priorities of pharmacists in the prevention and management of diabetes within the African region.

Moderator:
- Prosper Hiag, President African Pharmaceutical Forum, Cameroon

Guests:
- Danielle Munene, Head of Consulting African Health Business, Kenya
- Imraan Bismilla, Head of Pharmacy Centre for Diabetes and Endocrinology in South Africa, South Africa
- Mohamed Yacine Achouri, President of the scientific communication Fédération Algérienne de Pharmacie, Algeria
- Khadir Sarra, Pharmacy resident, FIP YPG remote intern, Algeria
- Gonçalo Sousa Pinto, FIP Lead for practice development and transformation, Spain