WORLD PHARMACISTS: Meeting Global
PHARMACISTS DAY health needs
25 September
PHARMACIST:
“UNITED IN ACTION "Thanks to community pharmacists,
A health-care professional licensed
FOR patients around the world have access to
to engage in pharmacy with duties
HEALTHIER WORLD.” including dispensing prescription
vital health information and medication
management, improving overall public
drugs, monitoring drug interactions,
health outcomes."
administering vaccines, and
counseling patients regarding the
"Thanks to clinical pharmacists,
effects and proper usage of drugs
healthcare teams are able to optimize
and dietary supplements.
t treatments, ensuring that patients
receive the best possible care with safe and
Pharmaceutical Market: effective therapies.“
The global pharmaceutical market was
valued at around $1.6 trillion in 2023 "Thanks to pharmacists in humanitarian
settings, essential medicines reach
vulnerable populations during times of
History: crisis, helping save lives in
challenging circumstances.“
Oldest Pharmaceutical records 2900 B.C.
in Egypt. "Thanks to pharmacists working in
research, we are continuously developing new
Father of pharmacy: therapies and advancing pharmaceutical
innovations to combat global diseases.”
Galen is the father of Pharmacy. He was a famous
Greek physician who further developed the ideas
of Hippocrates. The title of the "father of
"Thanks to pharmacists involved in
pharmacy history" is often attributed to William public health campaigns, we are
Procter Jr., an American pharmacist and educator better equipped to prevent diseases
who made significant contributions to the field of through vaccination drives, education, and
pharmacy and pharmaceutical history in the 19th health promotion efforts.".
century.
