FIP’s work on non-communicable diseases aiming to highlight the multiple and important roles that pharmacists can play in this area and support FIP member organisations and individual pharmacists to develop and provide services that improve the quality of life of people living with non-communicable diseases, and contribute to the efficiency, resilience and sustainability of healthcare systems. Over the years, FIP has produced multiple resources on NCDs, including policy and position statements, reference papers, calls to action and other advocacy pieces, but also practice support guidelines, survey reports and data and digital events.

The exposure to NCDs and their complications could be reduced if affordable, evidence-based preventive actions were implemented efficiently, and therapy directed to a broader population. Measures include community awareness of NCD risk factors and education and initiatives to support individual behavioural changes, screening and early detection of diseases; promoting access to medicines; promoting and supporting evidence-based therapies and their responsible use; offering disease state management services to monitor outcomes and drug-related problems and adjust therapies as necessary; fostering adherence to treatments and providing mental health support as needed.

On this section you will find all the content that is transversal to all NCDs, including the five areas highlighted in the other sections of this website but also from other disease areas and resources that support pharmacists’ work on NCDs.