FIP’s work on vaccination is based on the conviction that improving vaccination coverage and promoting a life-course approach to vaccination are global imperatives to which pharmacists can greatly contribute. Of the 21 FIP Development Goals launched in September 2020, vaccination is linked to 17 goals, which clearly indicates the high priority vaccination holds not only for pharmacy and FIP, but also for global health. In particular, Development Goal 16, focusing on communicable diseases, is overtly linked to the prevention of this group of diseases, in which vaccination plays a prominent role.

With adequate training, pharmacists are competent to perform a series of roles that can significantly contribute to improving vaccination coverage, from providing evidence-based advice on vaccines and addressing vaccine hesitancy and complacency, to administering vaccines and managing vaccination records. Although pharmacists have administered vaccines in several countries for years, this role is still new or even unknown to the profession in many parts of the world. With the resources in this microsite, FIP aims to support its member organisations and pharmacists

This microsite is a resource hub aggregating FIP’s publications, partnerships and events in the area of vaccination, to support FIP’s members and individual pharmacists around the world in promoting vaccination awareness and confidence and expanding vaccination coverage globally across all ages and population groups.