Partners
Working in partnership with global healthcare organisations to strengthen pharmacy services
CPA partnersÂ
Our vision is to lead and develop the Pharmacy profession across the Commonwealth.
Our mission is to empower pharmacists to improve health and wellbeing throughout the Commonwealth.
Our goals are:Â
- Develop pharmacy workforce and build capacity through education and training
- Support pharmacists to strengthen healthcare systems through the safe and effective USE of medicines, prevention of disease and promotion of healthier lifestyles
- Advocate for improved ACCESSÂ and QUALITY of medicines and vaccines by embedding pharmacists at all levels of medicines management
Our areas of work are
Capacity development and health systems strengthening
- CPD Online Platform
- Global Health Partnerships e.g. CwPAMS
- Global Health Fellows
Practice resources
Key Areas of Focus
- Access to medicines and vaccines
- Non-communicable diseases: Diabetes, Cardiovascular disease, Cervical Cancer
- Communicable diseases: Antimicrobial Resistance, Malaria, Tuberculosis, HIV, Trachoma
- Supply chain management: Substandard and falsified medicinal products
- Pharmacy workforce development
- Sustainable pharmacy
Advocacy Avenues
- Civil Society Policy Forum (CSPF)
- Commonwealth Health Ministers Meetings (CHMM)
- Commonwealth Heads of Government Meetings (CHOGM)
- The People’s Forum
The CPA invites global healthcare organisations who share our mission to partner with us. Contact us to start a conversation.
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The CPA and Novartis strategic partnership
The strategic partnership between the CPA and Novartis is another step towards progressing our shared common goal of improving access to healthcare and ensuring the quality of medicines and vaccines for patients across the globe.
As a key player in the global health space, Novartis brings its experience and expertise across many disease areas to support this initiative, and the development and capability-building of pharmacists.
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