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25 September - World Pharmacists Day!!

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Individual pharmacists around the globe are being called on by the International Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP) to take part in World Pharmacists Day 2015 (25 September) through social media.
The slogan for this year's World Pharmacists Day is "Access to pharmacists is access to health".

FIP's new president Dr Carmen Peña says: "Access to health is not just an economic issue. It is also about access to medicines, which has big research and evidence elements, access to correct information and advice, and access to education. The current Ebola emergency provides a good illustration. Research is vital if a vaccine or cure for this deadly disease is to be found. Moreover, it is essential for people to have good information.

We have heard, for example, reports that people in Nigeria have died because they were led to believe that drinking salt water would prevent or cure infection. We know that pharmacists in affected countries are offering reliable advice and playing an important part in education and dispelling such myths."

FIP's CEO and general secretary Mr Luc Besançon added that World Pharmacists Day is a good opportunity to highlight the impact and added value of the pharmacy profession and its role in improving health to authorities, other professions and the media as well as to the general public.

ABOUT WORLD's PHARMACIST DAY:
World Pharmacists Day is in its fourth year. It was adopted by the FIP Council at the 2009 World Congress of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences in Istanbul, Turkey. September 25 was chosen because it is the date that the FIP came into existence in 1912. The purpose of World Pharmacists Day is to encourage activities that promote and advocate for the role of the pharmacist in improving health in every corner of the world.

ABOUT FIP
The International Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP) is the global federation of national associations of pharmacists and pharmaceutical scientists, and is in official relations with the World Health Organization.
Through its 132 member organisations, it represents over three million practitioners and scientists around the world. www.fip.org

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