كتاب : دور الصيدلاني في اعطاء و إدارة اللقاحات.

FIP STATEMENT OF POLICY The role of pharmacy in life-course vaccination

Executive summary

لمعرفة المزيد بالإمكان تنزيل المرفق المعد من الاتحاد الدولي للصيادلة. FIP

Vaccination is a highly effective and cost-efficient health intervention that not only keeps vaccinated individuals healthy but also improves the health of the entire population through direct and indirect impacts. Routine vaccination has helped control and eliminate several infectious diseases, preventing millions of deaths annually. Vaccination also reduces the burden on healthcare systems and curbs antimicrobial resistance. However, limited and inequitable access to vaccines in some countries, as well as vaccine misinformation and hesitancy, remain significant challenges. The COVID-19 pandemic exacerbated these access problems and strained health systems, highlighting the importance of proper information, and storage, handling and distribution of vaccines to ensure public confidence and trust in vaccination.

Pharmacists are increasingly involved in vaccine development, promotion and delivery. They perform a variety of roles in vaccination advocacy, awareness and advice, and in many countries they administer and prescribe vaccines. Through their expertise and trust-based relationships, pharmacists combat misconceptions surrounding vaccines and provide evidence-based information to patients. Pharmacists are uniquely positioned to support the vaccination of various population groups and to remove barriers to achieving high vaccination coverage rates, including hard-to-reach or high-risk population groups.

In addition to pharmacists, the pharmacy workforce includes pharmacy technicians, pharmacy assistants, pharmacist interns and pharmacy students, who also have an important role in vaccination. In some countries, pharmacy technicians and pharmacy assistants are certified or registered through approved educational programmes and have additional responsibilities at the practice site. Along with pharmacist interns and pharmacy students, they may be authorised to provide vaccines information and services.

This statement discusses the importance of expanding vaccination schedules and strategies beyond infancy to ensure access to vaccines for all age groups, including adults and older persons. Pharmacists should be integrated into patient immunisation pathways and provide vaccines to special-risk groups, such as those with long-term conditions, pregnant individuals, healthcare professionals, underserved populations and caregivers. Vaccine- preventable diseases are a significant cause of morbidity, including loss of functional ability, and mortality in older people because a gradual deterioration of the immune system brought on by increased age makes them more susceptible to infections.

This statement also discusses the important role of pharmacists in building vaccine

confidence and addressing vaccine hesitancy. Pharmacists are accessible, have expert

knowledge and interact frequently with patients within the community and hospitals,

making them uniquely positioned to engage in meaningful conversations and increase

vaccination coverage rates. However, regulatory requirements and policies are needed to

ensure the pharmacy workforce is adequately and appropriately trained and that required

لتحميل نسخة

او من

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ZxyustGtwvUXUkMVOrKD7FNNLjHSy9tv/view?usp=drivesdk