Abstract
Planning and development of the pharmaceutical workforce is fundamental to achieving universal health coverage and the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals by 2030. The International Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP) has recognized the importance of constructing mechanisms for transforming the global workforce. FIP has launched a developmental road map in order to support and facilitate global, regional and national transformations of pharmaceutical education and the workforce. Literature on the pharmaceutical workforce in the WHO Eastern Mediterranean Region is limited but what there is reports persistent workforce challenges. This necessitates stronger engagement across all countries of the Region to develop workable and sustainable strategic plans for workforce and educational development by adopting and adapting approaches to national transformation needs and the FIP roadmap. Countries have an opportunity to engage with FIP in collaborative programmes to implement the FIP roadmap locally, and provide proof of concept and a leadership model for other WHO regions.
Highlights
In September 2015, the United Nations (UN) General Assembly launched seventeen Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) that included targets relating to health and health care delivery
Considering the UN targets, World Health Organization (WHO) policy building blocks, and the WHO Global Strategy on the health workforce, it can be argued that the planning and development of the pharmaceutical workforce – collectively the healthcare experts in medicines – is fundamental in strengthening health systems, and for achieving the SDGs and Universal Health Coverage (UHC) by 2030 [4]
The roadmap is composed of three major elements: a Global Vision for Education and the Workforce; a set of Pharmaceutical Workforce Development Goals (PWDGs); and a set of Statements on Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences Education [10]
Summary
In September 2015, the United Nations (UN) General Assembly launched seventeen Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) that included targets relating to health and health care delivery. Considering the UN targets, WHO policy building blocks, and the WHO Global Strategy on the health workforce, it can be argued that the planning and development of the pharmaceutical workforce – collectively the healthcare experts in medicines – is fundamental in strengthening health systems, and for achieving the SDGs and UHC by 2030 [4].
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