Interested parties have emphasized that creating a sustainable future for the practice of pharmacy can be achieved more effectively through intra and interprofessional collaboration, patient -centered care and the adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) and telefarmacy.
They declared that global medical care is evolving rapidly due to several factors, including pandemics, resistance to antimicrobials and the growing burden of non -communicable diseases, so Nigeria's health landscape requires a fundamental revolution in the practice of pharmacy.
Professor Peace Babalola, former Vice Chancellor at the University of Chrisland, who delivered the opening speech in the pharmaceutical society of the scientific branch of the state of Nigeria, the scientific week 2025, with the issue of “building a sustainable future for the practice of the pharmacy,” said this requires that pharmacists work more intelligent: specific, measurable, measurable, relevant, relevant, relevant, relevant, relevant, relevant, relevant, relevant, relevant, relevant, relevant, relevant, relevant, relevant, relevant, relevant, relevant, relevant, relevant, relevant, relevant, relevant, relevant, relevant, relevant, relevant, relevant, relevant, relevant, relevant, relevant, relevant, relevant, relevant, relevant, relevant and tied to time.
Babalola, professor of pharmacy at the University of Ibadan, declared: “These three interconnected pillars, collaboration (rooted in the vibrant triple propeller ecosystem), care and patient -centered technology, form a cohesive, indispensable and synergistic strategy for our future.
“By genuinely strengthening teamwork, we exponentially amplify our collective impact on public health. By meticulously focusing our practice on the unique needs of each patient, we improve the results and cultivate trust.
The Health Commissioner, Dr. Oluwaserimi Ajetunmobi, declared that in the light of unbridled misinformation, poor adherence to treatment and increased pocket expenses, pharmacists must adopt a more proactive approach. This includes monitoring therapy, getting involved with families, advocating policies and protecting patient rights.
According to her, the change is urgent and necessary to establish a sustainable future for the practice of pharmacy, especially as world medical care experiences significant transformations and technology reformulate the rules of participation in the field.
Dr. Ajetunmobi reiterated the commitment of the state government of Oyo with continuous collaboration with pharmacists to improve the health system and urged the importance of the pharmacist's experience in supporting the Oyo Medicines and Health Medicines Management Agency, which will soon be launched to ensure that the supply chain remains free of superfolved products.
President of the Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria, branch of the state of Oyo, Pharmacist (Colonel) Victor Ajanaku (retired), in his welcome speech, declared that the pharmacy is an endangered profession within the Nigeria health sector. He emphasized the need for professionals to reinvent, innovate and maintain their relevance in the evolving global panorama.
According to him, “from training to research and service, we are entering a new era in our practice; new skills and knowledge have emerged, and therefore, we must find ways to ascend as pharmacists if we want to remain relevant in the great scheme of things.”
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The president of the event, the pharmacist Anthony Oyawole praised Nafdac for closing the open drugs and eliminating counterfeit drugs and lower quality valued in more than one billion Naira in his efforts to disinfect the drug market.
He said that, as men of honor, pharmacists must join to group their resources and speak with one voice in the search to maintain our pharmacy practice.