Sherilyn Wong (25/5/2022) Hypertension, the clinical term for high blood pressure, is the leading cause of cardiovascular mortality [1] and the main risk factor for coronary heart disease, stroke, heart failure, and chronic kidney disease. [2] It has a great global burden, with more than one billion adults in the…

Jonathan Nazari, PharmD Each year on May 31st, the World Health Organization (WHO) promotes World No Tobacco Day: an annual campaign to inform the public about the dangers of tobacco use to promote public health. The theme of World No Tobacco Day 2022 was “Tobacco: Poisoning Our Planet”, calling attention…

Received on 31/05/2022 Hello OMOLAYO, Thank you for agreeing to do this interview. Could you please tell us more about your career and what you do as a health influencer? I am a pharmacist with a deep passion for global/public health. I enjoy everything that has to do with teaching…

Received on 06/06/2022. Dear Aska, Thank you for agreeing to do this interview. Could you please tell us more about how you started out your career? First of all, thank you very much for considering me for this feature as I am truly humbled and honored. I started my journey…

SHINING THE LIGHT ON NEGLECTED TROPICAL DISEASES By: Emmanuella Nzeribe (received on 10/2/2022) The World Neglected tropical diseases (NTD) day 2022 marked the third year of celebration and a global movement to end the group of diseases that affect one in five people globally leading to about 1.7 billion disabilities…

Received on (14/05/2022) Name: Froukje Harkes-Idzinga Country: The Netherlands Current Job Position: Pharmacist at the Medicines Information Centre of the Royal Dutch Pharmacists Association (KNMP) Area of Expertise: Health and medicines information Current Role in the Health and Medicines Information Section: Treasurer in the ExCo Describe your experience in the…

Received on 06/04/2022 Name: Ryan Forrey Country: USA Current Job Position: Associate Director, Market Development and Training, Hazardous Drug Safety, Becton Dickinson (BD) Area of Expertise: Pharmacy Leadership, Hazardous Drug Safe Handling, Sterile Compounding Current Role in the SIG/Section: Treasurer, Hospital Pharmacy Section Describe your experience in the SIG/Section: I…

Received on 14/05/2022 Name: Rebecka Isaksson Country: United Kingdom Current Job Position: Postdoctoral Research Associate (PDRA) at University College London Area of Expertise: Pharmaceutical sciences — Medicinal chemistry Current Role in the SIG/Section: Chair of NGPS Describe your experience in the SIG/Section: This SIG was started officially in 2019 and…

By Antria Pavlidou, Leonor Soares and Luciana Tofi (12/05/2022) This project is an outcome of the FIP YPG mentorship program. It reflects the importance of adequate control of communication skills to optimize patients’ health results and quality of life. There are different conflict situations that pharmacists may face with patients…