The EuroPharm Forum is a joint network of national pharmaceutical associations and the World Health Organization Regional Office for Europe. It was founded in January 1992.
The mission of the EuroPharm Forum is to improve health in Europe according to priorities set by the WHO. This work is effected through dialogue and cooperation with and among the national pharmaceutical associations, and technical input and advice from the WHO Regional Office for Europe. The Forum aims to strengthen the position of pharmacists by showing their value to people involved in health issues.
The aims
of the Forum are:
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to improve health in the WHO European Region
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to support the implementation WHO policies in the European region
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to formulate policy statements on health issues identified at the General Assembly of the Forum
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to promote the integration of appropriate aspects of policies of WHO policies into basic, postgraduate and continuing pharmaceutical education
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to strengthen contact between the national pharmaceutical associations and between the national pharmaceutical associations and the WHO
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Vision
The EuroPharm Forum should be an organisation with the ability to react and respond to the needs of the Forum members and the WHO. As many people in Europe as possible should benefit from the best possible service managed by a pharmacist from a pharmacy from a community or hospital pharmacy, and all countries from the WHO European Region should be represented by at least one pharmaceutical association in the Forum.
Tasks
The Forum should strengthen all aspects of the pharmacist contribution to public health in Europe , especially based on the WHO documents on the role of the pharmacist
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Values
The Forum activities are especially based on the WHO documents on the role of the pharmacists and, among others, on the Good Pharmacy Practice and Pharmaceutical Care concepts.
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Main strategic areas
The Forum works within six main strategic areas. Specific objectives and activities within each strategic area are identified and described in a Strategic Plan covering a two-year period and directing all Forum activities.
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