Monday, August 31, 2026

2:30 PM - 4:00 PM

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Organised by the FIP Regulatory Advisory Group in collaboration with the FIP Community Pharmacy section and the World Patients Alliance Chair(s) Mr Greg Eberhart, National Association of Pharmacy Regulatory Affairs, Canada & Ms Carolina Martinez Berganza, Member, the FIP Regulatory Advisory Group, Spain Introduction: Health equity requires active collaboration among regulators, governments, professionals, and citizens to build more inclusive, sustainable, and coherent health systems, ensuring equal access to quality care regardless of geography. Through national examples, the session will highlight cases where collaboration between professional’s representatives and policy makers has enabled the development of regulatory frameworks, protocols, and training programmes that expand the scope of community pharmacy and strengthen healthcare access. The session will explore how collaboration among regulators, governments, professionals, and patients can drive health equity by building more inclusive, sustainable and consistent health systems, ensuring equal access to quality care regardless of geography social status, and financial status of the individual or the country in which they reside with a focus on rural and underpopulated areas. Programme: Learning objectives: 1. To show best practices where partnerships involving authorities, regulators, patients and community pharmacy representatives improved health outcomes and reduced inequities effectively and sustainably. 2. To encourage participants to apply collaborative practices as actionable strategies that build fairness, trust, and meaningful impact within their own health systems locally and globally. 3. To explore key enablers, mechanisms, and frameworks that strengthen collaboration, fostering inclusive, sustainable health policies and enhancing equitable access to quality care. Take home messages: Collaboration among regulators, governments, professionals, and citizens/patients drives equitable and sustainable health systems that deliver value to patients. The sustainability of rural community pharmacies is key for ensuring access to health care. Regulatory innovation improves health outcomes, supports community pharmacies, and provides transferable lessons for global health equity. FIP Development Goals: To learn more about these FIP Development Goals, click on the links below. FIP Development Goal 8: Working with Others FIP Development Goal 10: Equity and Equality FIP Development Goal 18: Access to Medicines, Devices & Services

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