FIP-EquityRx Blog

Gender equality: Picking up the baton in pharmacy
Sham Moodley is a community pharmacist, a member of the FIP Community Pharmacy Section Executive Committee, and the Vice Chairperson and member of the Board of Directors of the Independent Community Pharmacy Association (ICPA), South Africa.
Social accountability in health professional education
Björg Pálsdóttir is the chief executive officer of Training for Health Equity Network: THEnet, USA
How to develop equity in customer service for immigrant populations
Eeva Teräsalm, MS in Pharmacy, is a pharmacist from Finland. Eeva has served FIP in different positions. She is FIP Foundation Director and FIP Past Vice President. She was also co-chair of the FIP Green Pharmacy Working Group on Pharmaceuticals and the Environment and is especially interested in good pharmacy practice and sustainable green pharmacy.
In a man’s world, women health professionals must be taken seriously
Annica Azad is a 6th year PharmD student and works as a pharmacy intern at Walgreens Pharmacy, New York
Inequities in health screenings
Celine Ho is a pharmacy intern and APPE student at St. John’s University, USA
Addressing occupational violence towards pharmacists at practice settings
Khalid Garba Mohammed is a lecturer at Bayero University in Kano, Nigeria
When you are the person that provides care, who takes cares of you?
Julianne Tieu is a Community Pharmacist and Medical Writer at FIP YPG
Health literacy: A neglected but powerful unifier
Rewhandamzi Boms is a Follow-Up Clinical Research Associate in Maryland Global Initiative Corporation, Nigeria
The Paediatric Medicines Gap
Hala Fadda is an associate professor of pharmaceutics in the College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, Butler University, USA
COVID-19 and Maternal Mortality
Nour Eltahla is FIP Projects Coordinator – Equity, sustainability policy and development
Equity and access to energy in pharmacies
Prosper Hiag is the president of the African Pharmaceutical Forum (APF)
Addressing the gendered barriers to COVID-19 vaccine rollout
Lynda Keeru
Towards ending immunisation inequity
Anna Sangster is a Programme Manager at the International Federation on Ageing, Canada
Equity of access to medicines
Chima Amadi is education and training personnel at the Pharmacists’ Council Nigeria
What is it to be a woman and a pharmacist in modern Russia?
Yulia Ladutko is a Dean at St. Petersburg State Chemical and Pharmaceutical University in Russia
Accessibility to pharmacists improves patient care
Michael E. Klepser is Professor of Pharmacy Practice at Ferris State University, USA
We are widening the scope of our FIP-EquityRx blog
As part of the FIP leadership team, Lina leads a number of strategic programmes that support the delivery of FIP’s mission to advance the pharmacy profession regionally and globally and, with our members, nationally.
I am a woman, I am a pharmacist, I have rights!
Silvana Nair Leite is PhD in public health and professor at the Federal University of Santa Catarina, Brazil.
Making a concerted effort to invest in women
Sandra Leal is president-elect of the American Pharmacists Association, USA.
Leaning in: Supporting our new generation of women leaders in a COVID-19 World
Sandra Carey is global president at McCann Health Global Pharmacy
The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step
Christina Chai is head of the department of Pharmacy at the National University of Singapore
The 33-minute mentoring session that changed my life
Toyin Tofade is dean and tenured professor at Howard University College of Pharmacy, Washington, USA
Being a woman in science and forming a family. Can we be successful in both?
Miranda Sertić is an assistant professor at the Faculty of Pharmacy and Biochemistry University of Zagreb, Croatia
Deeds not words: FIP WiSE’s first year and future plans
Claire Thompson is FIPWiSE chair, UK.
Empowering women for the future of pharmacy
Nsovo Mayimele is a manager of professional affairs at the South African Pharmacy Council.
Ladders and scaffolding: Building women leaders
Claire Anderson is chair of Royal Pharmaceutical Society English Pharmacy Board.
Building a flexible career pathway and mentoring system is imperative
Sherly Meilianti is FIP YPG President 2020
What should pharmacists do to support women as caregivers?
Sofía Segura Cano is professor in the Pharmacology and Clinical Toxicology Department, Medicine School, at the Costa Rica University.
Small equity initiatives can grow into big achievements
Eeva Teräsalmi is FIP vice president and owner of Seven Brothers Pharmacy, Helsinki, Finland.
Overcoming difficulties in achieving gender equity in the humanitarian sector
Lucas Ercolin is an humanitarian pharmacist. He has worked with refugees in Iraq as the mission pharmacist…
The “statutory woman”
Carwen Wynne Howells is a FIP Fellow and she was the first woman to be appointed as Chief Pharmaceutical Advisor for Wales, UK.
How do we know when someone has been empowered?
Parisa Aslani is a professor in medicines use optimisation at the University of Sydney School of Pharmacy, Australia, and…
Pursuit of the greater good in pharmacy
Dr Nadia Al Mazrouei, assistant professor in clinical pharmacy at the University Of Sharjah and vice president of the…
Gender equity — Addressing the elephant in the room in Pakistan
Nadia Bukhari, founder of NAWP Pakistan and FIP Lead, Gender Equity & Diversity
Patient engagement: A prescription for success in medicines development
Second blog was written by Paula Decola, who recently retired from 33 years at Pfizer
From Community Pharmacist to FIP President
Read the first blog post by Carmen Peña, FIP’s immediate past president.
Gender equality: Picking up the baton in pharmacy
Sham Moodley is a community pharmacist, a member of the FIP Community Pharmacy Section Executive Committee, and the Vice Chairperson and member of the Board of Directors of the Independent Community Pharmacy Association (ICPA), South Africa.
Social accountability in health professional education
Björg Pálsdóttir is the chief executive officer of Training for Health Equity Network: THEnet, USA
How to develop equity in customer service for immigrant populations
Eeva Teräsalm, MS in Pharmacy, is a pharmacist from Finland. Eeva has served FIP in different positions. She is FIP Foundation Director and FIP Past Vice President. She was also co-chair of the FIP Green Pharmacy Working Group on Pharmaceuticals and the Environment and is especially interested in good pharmacy practice and sustainable green pharmacy.
In a man’s world, women health professionals must be taken seriously
Annica Azad is a 6th year PharmD student and works as a pharmacy intern at Walgreens Pharmacy, New York
Inequities in health screenings
Celine Ho is a pharmacy intern and APPE student at St. John’s University, USA
Addressing occupational violence towards pharmacists at practice settings
Khalid Garba Mohammed is a lecturer at Bayero University in Kano, Nigeria
When you are the person that provides care, who takes cares of you?
Julianne Tieu is a Community Pharmacist and Medical Writer at FIP YPG
Health literacy: A neglected but powerful unifier
Rewhandamzi Boms is a Follow-Up Clinical Research Associate in Maryland Global Initiative Corporation, Nigeria
The Paediatric Medicines Gap
Hala Fadda is an associate professor of pharmaceutics in the College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, Butler University, USA
COVID-19 and Maternal Mortality
Nour Eltahla is FIP Projects Coordinator – Equity, sustainability policy and development
Equity and access to energy in pharmacies
Prosper Hiag is the president of the African Pharmaceutical Forum (APF)
Towards ending immunisation inequity
Anna Sangster is a Programme Manager at the International Federation on Ageing, Canada
Equity of access to medicines
Chima Amadi is education and training personnel at the Pharmacists’ Council Nigeria
What is it to be a woman and a pharmacist in modern Russia?
Yulia Ladutko is a Dean at St. Petersburg State Chemical and Pharmaceutical University in Russia
Accessibility to pharmacists improves patient care
Michael E. Klepser is Professor of Pharmacy Practice at Ferris State University, USA
We are widening the scope of our FIP-EquityRx blog
As part of the FIP leadership team, Lina leads a number of strategic programmes that support the delivery of FIP’s mission to advance the pharmacy profession regionally and globally and, with our members, nationally.
I am a woman, I am a pharmacist, I have rights!
Silvana Nair Leite is PhD in public health and professor at the Federal University of Santa Catarina, Brazil.
Making a concerted effort to invest in women
Sandra Leal is president-elect of the American Pharmacists Association, USA.
Leaning in: Supporting our new generation of women leaders in a COVID-19 World
Sandra Carey is global president at McCann Health Global Pharmacy
The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step
Christina Chai is head of the department of Pharmacy at the National University of Singapore
The 33-minute mentoring session that changed my life
Toyin Tofade is dean and tenured professor at Howard University College of Pharmacy, Washington, USA
Being a woman in science and forming a family. Can we be successful in both?
Miranda Sertić is an assistant professor at the Faculty of Pharmacy and Biochemistry University of Zagreb, Croatia
Deeds not words: FIP WiSE’s first year and future plans
Claire Thompson is FIPWiSE chair, UK.
Empowering women for the future of pharmacy
Nsovo Mayimele is a manager of professional affairs at the South African Pharmacy Council.
Ladders and scaffolding: Building women leaders
Claire Anderson is chair of Royal Pharmaceutical Society English Pharmacy Board.
What should pharmacists do to support women as caregivers?
Sofía Segura Cano is professor in the Pharmacology and Clinical Toxicology Department, Medicine School, at the Costa Rica University.
Small equity initiatives can grow into big achievements
Eeva Teräsalmi is FIP vice president and owner of Seven Brothers Pharmacy, Helsinki, Finland.
Overcoming difficulties in achieving gender equity in the humanitarian sector
Lucas Ercolin is an humanitarian pharmacist. He has worked with refugees in Iraq as the mission pharmacist…
The “statutory woman”
Carwen Wynne Howells is a FIP Fellow and she was the first woman to be appointed as Chief Pharmaceutical Advisor for Wales, UK.
How do we know when someone has been empowered?
Parisa Aslani is a professor in medicines use optimisation at the University of Sydney School of Pharmacy, Australia, and…
Pursuit of the greater good in pharmacy
Dr Nadia Al Mazrouei, assistant professor in clinical pharmacy at the University Of Sharjah and vice president of the…
Gender equity — Addressing the elephant in the room in Pakistan
Nadia Bukhari, founder of NAWP Pakistan and FIP Lead, Gender Equity & Diversity
Patient engagement: A prescription for success in medicines development
Second blog was written by Paula Decola, who recently retired from 33 years at Pfizer
From Community Pharmacist to FIP President
Read the first blog post by Carmen Peña, FIP’s immediate past president.