Spain, world capital of Pharmacy

Spain, world capital of Pharmacy

From left to right: Lars-Åke Söderlund, Vice President of the International Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP), Dominique Jordán, President of FIP; Jesús Aguilar, President of the General Council of Pharmacists and Raquel Martínez, General Secretary of the General Council of Pharmacists. / CR

Seville will receive five thousand apothecaries at the World Pharmacy Congress, from September 18 to 22

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Spain will be the world capital of Pharmacy in September. The presidents of the General Council of Pharmacists, Jesús Aguilar, and of the International Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP), Dominique Jordan, presented this Thursday in Madrid the 22nd National Pharmaceutical Congress and the 80th World Pharmacy Congress, which will be held jointly from 18 to September 22 in Seville. Both events will welcome 5,000 professionals during the conference to review the role of the pharmaceutical profession during the pandemic and the contribution it can make to more effective and efficient health systems.

During the press conference broadcast to the whole world, the president of the General Council pointed out "we arrived in Seville two years later, but we do it stronger, with more enthusiasm and, above all, with the experience and conviction of being a health profession that, both in Spain and throughout the world, has been essential to successfully overcome the greatest health crisis of the last century. Likewise, President Jesús Aguilar has stated that “today's world is very different from how it was two years ago. As humanity, we have assumed our collective vulnerability, and we have verified that only science, research and medicines have allowed us to overcome this emergency, which has demonstrated the need to strengthen health systems.

“The end of the pandemic will not be the end point. It must be a starting point to start a new path and take on new challenges»

Jesus Aguilar

President of the General Council of Pharmacists

Aguilar stated that “Seville represents an extraordinary opportunity to continue showing the world the greatness of the pharmaceutical profession. The end of the pandemic will not be the end point. It must be a starting point to start a new path, take on new challenges and implement new services that will benefit patients and health systems.

For his part, the president of the FIP, the Swiss Dominique Jordan, has drawn attention to the role of the profession in the last two years and its "firm dedication to the service of our communities, which has shown that pharmacists and pharmacies are an integral part of health systems, a profession that is advancing at an unprecedented rate, expanding the scope of its activities to provide more services”. For all these reasons, he ended by pointing out the importance of meetings such as the one in Seville to "share the experiences carried out by pharmacists in the pandemic so that countries can learn from each other." Jordan wanted to acknowledge the opportunity for this important event to be held in Spain, "a country that is an international example for its achievements in advancing Pharmacy both before and during covid."

Eleven round tables

With the slogan 'Pharmacy, united in the recovery of health care', the 80th World Congress of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences of the International Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP) will have participants from more than one hundred countries, will take advantage of and review the lessons learned by around the world during the pandemic to prepare for future emergencies. All this through three large thematic blocks: Never miss a crisis, lessons to face the future; The science and evidence supporting the COVID response; and How to deal with new and unique ethical challenges.

With the motto 'We are pharmacists: Welfare, social and digital', the 22nd National Pharmaceutical Congress will feature 11 round tables or debates, 4 innovation sessions and 25 technical sessions, in which the most current professional issues such as home pharmaceutical care, patient safety in the digital environment, professional opportunities or current clinical and therapeutic aspects related to covid.

On the front lines against the mental health pandemic

The General Council of Pharmaceutical Associations has launched the 'Lumens: giving birth to mental health' project, which seeks to achieve a paradigm shift to position the pharmacy as a reference center from which it can contribute to the fight against mental health pandemic. Its first action is specific training for pharmacies. In addition, a survey of the population has been carried out that shows that almost 85% of Spaniards recognize emotional problems during the last two years of the pandemic. 7 out of 8 interviewees see pharmacists as professionals trained to help in certain aspects of mental health such as recommending medical assistance, identifying symptoms and providing emotional support to the patient. The project is developed in collaboration with Neuraxpharm.

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