FIP world congress 2025, themed “Pharmacy Forward: Performance, Collaboration, and Health Transformation,” aims to explore the evolving role of the pharmacy profession in the context of modern healthcare challenges. The congress will explore how pharmacists can drive forward the performance of healthcare systems, foster meaningful collaboration across sectors, and catalyse transformative changes in health outcomes globally. The congress is structured around three subthemes, each addressing key facets of this overarching theme.
The subtheme “Making it sustainable” focuses on enhancing global health through sustainable resource use, innovative health solutions, and robust policy frameworks. It addresses key challenges like supply chain efficiency and antimicrobial resistance while emphasising preventive care and digital health. It also highlights the importance of professional development, aiming to integrate sustainability into pharmacy education and practice, thereby reinforcing the profession’s global health impact.
“Making the system work” emphasises pharmacists’ roles in enhancing healthcare efficiency through integrated care, patient safety and innovations like telepharmacy and AI. It highlights pharmacoeconomics, policy development, and collaboration among healthcare providers. This congress track advocates for ongoing training, health literacy, adaptive regulatory frameworks and technological advancements to create an effective, safe and patient-centred healthcare system.
“Making it personal” explores personalised medicine’s impact on health care, emphasising pharmacists’ crucial role in tailoring treatments to improve patient outcomes. It underscores the pharmacist-patient relationship as pivotal for optimising healthcare delivery. The theme highlights patient education, communication strategies and technological innovations like telepharmacy, empowering pharmacists to enhance medication adherence and safety. It also promotes the pharmacy profession’s evolution, aiming to influence treatment choices and global health outcomes effectively.
