The theme of World Pharmacists Day on 25 September 2025 will be ‘Think Health, Think Pharmacist’, the International Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP) has announced.
Championing the pharmacy profession’s essential contribution to stronger, more sustainable health systems, this year’s World Pharmacists Day campaign will seek to raise awareness among policymakers and the public about the urgent need to fully integrate pharmacists into health strategies.
This comes after FIP warned that workforce shortages and financial pressures in many countries have led to concerning trends in healthcare staffing, with non-professional workers sometimes filling pharmacy roles. This undermines the quality and safety of care, threatens medicine optimisation and jeopardises public trust in health systems, FIP said.
Highlighting this concerning development, FIP president Paul Sinclair said: ‘Pharmacy without the pharmacist is a risk to health. Such short-sighted measures threaten the safety, quality and efficiency of care. Investing in trained pharmacists is not only smarter spending, but also a commitment to public trust and better outcomes.’
As such, FIP aims to address ‘one of the most critical issues of our time’ by using this year’s World Pharmacists Day campaign to celebrate and showcase the profession’s contributions to better health outcomes.
It will encourage policymakers to prioritise invest in pharmacists to safeguard health amid growing financial constraints and healthcare demands.
A united voice for World Pharmacists Day 2025
Commenting on the upcoming World Pharmacists Day campaign, Mr Sinclair said: ‘As the world faces rising healthcare demands, economic uncertainty and growing threats like antimicrobial resistance and climate change, pharmacists remain key to ensuring safe, cost-effective and accessible care.
‘From improving health literacy and delivering vaccinations to ensuring the safe use of medicines, pharmacists are an indispensable part of our health systems, especially in underserved communities.’
FIP is encouraging pharmacists to take part in the campaign, with further information and resources available to help ‘remind policymakers and the public: to truly think health, you must think pharmacist’.
Mr Sinclair added: ‘World Pharmacists Day 2025 is a chance for our united voice to be heard loud and clear. Let’s use this moment to show the value pharmacists bring every day – and to call for investment in their vital role, now and into the future.’
World Pharmacists Day has been led by FIP every year since 2009, and it takes place on 25 September to mark the anniversary of the inception of the organisation in 1912.
In 2024, the campaign’s theme was ‘Pharmacists: meeting global health needs’.
