Parallel session 6: Beating non-communicable diseases (NCDs) in pharmacy

Chair

Dominique Jordan, President of FIP (Switzerland)
Lama Nather, King Hussein Cancer Center (Jordan)

Programme

Showcase presentations:

09:00 – 09:20 NCD priorities and challenges in EMR
Adi Al-Nuseirat, Technical Officer, Essential Medicines and Pharmaceuticals, Department of Health System Development, WHO EMRO

09:20 – 09:40 FIP on NCDs: NCD report in community
Luna El Bizri, Lebanese Order of Pharmacists & Member of FIP NCDs Working Group (Lebanon)

09:40 – 10:00 Collaboration with WHO to advance the role of pharmacists in managing Hypertension
Arman Uney, General Secretary, Turkish Pharmacists Association (Turkey)

10:00 – 10:20 Influence of pharmaceutical care on health outcomes in diabetes: evidence from the UAE
Nadia Al Mazrouei (UAE)

10:20 – 10:30 Q&A

10.30 – 11:00 Coffee break

Parallel Session 6 Continued

Driving Outcomes Workshop
Moderator
: Luna El Bizri, Lebanese Order of Pharmacists & Member of FIP NCDs Working Group (Lebanon)

Key questions to discuss:

  • What are our main regional priorities in delivering NCD-related care?
  • What are barriers and solutions?