OHBP co-founder Sharon Pfleger (NHS Highland) served as Guest Editor for the International Journal of Pharmacy Practice (IJPP). Her term as Guest Editor (2024-2025) included the call for papers for a special themed collection on the climate, nature and pollution crises and how sustainable medicines use can make a difference. The call welcomed original research articles (both primary and secondary research) that provide new evidence, commentaries, and letters on topics related to any aspect along the lifecycle of a pharmaceutical which is trying to make medicines use more sustainable.
The purpose of this themed collection of papers from the International Journal of Pharmacy Practice is to share what we know already, what we have studied, and what solutions we propose to achieve a sustainable global pharmaceutical future. In times of increased demand for healthcare services and medicines alongside increased pressure on workforce capacity and resource allocation, how can research help inform future climate-friendly pharmacy practice ensuring access to medicines for everyone who needs them in a way that is sustainable for healthcare systems and the planet and mitigates the climate and nature emergency as well as helping people stay healthy? Let us prove that pharmacy is standing up to climate change and prescribing the desperately needed treatment to address our greatest-ever health emergency.
The OHBP will promote the publications from the IJPP special themed collection as the articles become available.
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