Pharmacy-based vaccination: Recent developments, success stories and implementation challenges (2023)

Pharmacy-based vaccination: Recent developments, success stories and implementation challenges (2023)

This report provides an update in terms of qualitative insights on recent developments and success stories of pharmacy-based vaccination in several countries, as well as an overview of some of the challenges that some countries are still facing to introduce this valuable professional service by pharmacists. The report also aims to uphold FIP’s global and regional advocacy of vaccination-related roles by pharmacists, and to provide FIP member organisations with examples that can support their own process and advocacy. The report includes a compilation of 17 case studies and country updates by FIP member organisations from countries with remarkable recent developments in this area, followed by the report from an insight board (focus group) discussion with countries that are at different stages of introducing pharmacy-based vaccination or that are facing specific challenges to achieve this goal.