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"Shaping pharmacist’s future: overcoming educational challenges" 

Excerpt: Something must be done about pharmacy education. Pharmacy leaders and stakeholders, are to meet and address educational challenges at a first-of-its-kind Global Conference on Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences Education, held in Nanjing in China, November 2016. Here, key attendees and organizers, tell us why this conference is so important for the future of pharmaceutical science.

"How will the future pharmacy workforce look? Have your say!" 

Excerpt: The World Health Organization and World Bank Group recently predicted that 40 to 50 million new health and social care workers are needed if “universal health coverage” is to be achieved — greater than all previous projections. A meeting of minds in Nanjing, China, is set to create a global vision for pharmacy education and workforce. Later this year, FIP will hold a unique international meeting: the Global Conference on Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences Education. Joana Carrasqueira explains why.

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