FIP webinars on pharmacists

Join these FIP Digital Events:

Long COVID, also known as “post COVID-19 condition”, is estimated to affect 10–20% of people who develop COVID-19. While the majority go on to fully recover, this group of people suffer a variety of physical, physiological and cognitive symptoms for many weeks, months and sometimes longer. The condition can be debilitating, and recovery requires a holistic and personalised care approach, including pharmaceutical care.

Join our webinar on 30 November at 12:00 CET to explore in more depth what long COVID is, what the key characteristics and symptoms are and how these symptoms can be managed in the pharmacy. The panellists include a public health expert on long COVID, a clinical pharmacist who is recovering from long COVID, a physiotherapist and more. Register here.

1 December is World AIDS Day and this year FIP will join the campaign by launching a toolkit for pharmacists on HIV prevention, screening and management. It is now possible to effectively prevent the transmission of HIV through pharmacological strategies (pre-exposure and post-exposure prophylaxis). New HIV tests have also become available, including point-of-care tests and self-tests. Pharmacists’ expertise and accessibility can be leveraged for a variety of important roles in the prevention and screening of HIV infections. Join our event on 1 December at 13:00 CET to learn about these roles.

This webinar will offer translation to Spanish in Zoom. Register here.

Our FIP Digital Event on 2 December, at 11:00 CET explores pharmacists’ roles in infectious and tropical disease prevention and management in the African context.

This event will improve pharmacists’ knowledge of these diseases as well as showcase practices with regard to policy, pharmaceutical care and services delivery and digital health applications across Africa in the context of infectious and tropical diseases.

This webinar will offer translation to French in Zoom. Register here.

Sore throat is generally a self-limiting condition that usually has no significant long-term harmful effects on health and consists of a painful, dry or scratchy feeling in the throat. Throat pain is one of the most commonly encountered symptoms in the community pharmacy, especially during winter, and accounts for a high number of general practitioner visits each year, therefore placing a considerable burden on health systems.

With recent variants of SARS-CoV-2, sore throat is increasingly reported as a symptom of COVID-19 infection. The routine use of antibiotics for sore throat increases the global threat of antimicrobial resistance. Sore throat is one of the most common upper respiratory tract infections where inappropriate and unjustified antibiotics use occurs.

With this background in mind, FIP has produced a series of six videos on the management of sore throat in the community, focusing on the following aspects:

FIP webinars on pharmacists

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