THE International Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP) will highlight the huge diversity of healthcare roles played by pharmacists, with the theme of World Pharmacists Day 2017 to be "From research to healthcare, your pharmacist is at your service".
Set to take place on 25 Sep this year, FIP has released a range of collateral which can be downloaded by pharmacists to celebrate World Pharmacists Day this year.
"This theme was chosen to reflect the numerous contributions the pharmacy profession makes to health," said FIP president Dr Carmen Pea.
"From research and development of medicines, to educating future pharmacists and pharmaceutical scientists and providing direct care, we do all this in the service of our patients and communities".
Pea said FIP aimed to emphasise that pharmacists were the backbone of healthcare in many different settings - not just in hospital or community pharmacies.
"Taking care of patients starts with recognising the health issues of populations and developing medicines, policies and education to handle them.
"We pharmacists are often there at the very beginning of the process - when the first molecule that effectively treats a disease is identified," she added.
World Pharmacists Day is used by FIP members across the globe to showcase the profession and its impact on improving health to authorities, other professions and the general public.
Resources to promote the celebration are available in Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian and Spanish as well as English, and include an animation and a range of other materials suitable for use in print, on websites and on social media channels.
FIP is urging pharmacists to take part in the commemoration by creating social media profile pictures using an official FIP "Twibbon" with all materials now available for download at www.fip.org/worldpharmacistsday.
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