Chair

Introduction

This panel will present and discuss the following points:

• The WHO Global Influenza Surveillance and Response System (GISRS) (for seasonal and zoonotic strains) strain selection process and the criticality of WHO collaboration with influenza vaccine manufacture. Namely, the panel will describe challenges/mitigations and their potential impact on vaccine supply;
• An overview to public health importance of influenza vaccination
• The public health importance of influenza vaccination and the role/challenges pharmacists may or do face when vaccinating people against influenza
• How seasonal influenza vaccination by pharmacists adds value to the healthcare system and how this offers benefit in an influenza pandemic
• What are the barriers and challenges faced by pharmacists becoming influenza vaccinators and how might these be reduced / mitigated?
• How might flu vaccine manufacturers support broadening the understanding of pharmacists with their expanding role to become influenza vaccinators?

This event is supported through an unrestricted educational grant from IFPMA

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