Global health

How a global health partnership with an NHS trust has transformed care for patients in Zambia

By partnering with King’s College London, pharmacists at Ndola Teaching Hospital in Zambia have learnt from their counterparts working at St George’s Hospital infectious disease department.…

PDA begins fundraising for international campaign to send medicines to Gaza

The ‘Medicines to Gaza’ initiative was set up by the Pharmacists’ Defence Association to raise funds for medicines in Palestine.…

Contributing to global health needs: examples of roles and our top tips for those interested in global health 

World Pharmacist Day, led globally and yearly by the International Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP) on 25 September, is an opportunity to recognise the essential role pharmacists play in healthcare. The theme for 2024 is ‘Pharmacists: meeting global health needs’. Here, three pharmacists who have…

Almost 40 million deaths could occur from AMR over next 25 years, study results suggest

The researchers based their estimations on analysis of global AMR data from 1990 to 2021.…

Pharmacy teams should be integral to humanitarian organisations

Why humanitarian pharmacists and pharmacy technicians are crucial for the global management of medicines and health technologies.…

Mpox: how is the UK preparing for the latest variant?

With the first cases of a new mpox strain emerging in Europe and Asia in August 2024, the World Health Organization has declared the outbreak as a “public health emergency of international concern” for the second time in two years. So what is the ‘clade I’ mpox virus and what risk does it po…

Pharmacy organisations sign up to ‘Medicines to Gaza’ campaign

Following on from the success of the ‘Medicines to Ukraine’ model, which raised £4.5m, the Pharmacists’ Defence Association announced the new Gaza scheme at the International Pharmaceutical Federation Congress in Cape Town on 3 September 2024.…

Suicidal ideation more commonly reported as reaction to semaglutide than for all other drugs, study finds

Researchers report that, for people taking antidepressants, suicidal ideation was reported 4.45 times as likely for semaglutide compared with adverse drug reactions from all other drugs.…

Pharmacists in developing countries to be offered training as part of UK government package to tackle AMR

Funding of £210m from the UK government's aid budget will support 20,000 training sessions for pharmacists and other healthcare staff.…

World-renowned transparency expert appointed to lead pharmacy journal

Jillian Kohler takes over from Albert Wertheimer as the the new editor of the Journal of Pharmaceutical Health Services Research.…