2nd September 2021. The opening session of the programme focused on the positioning nationally of the role of the pharmacist as a driver of life course vaccination in the community by learning about the organizational and professional experience of international  and European peers. Messages and Presentations  included were by the FIP, PGEU and CPA, tog...

2nd September 2021. Due to technical difficulties, the presentation by Professor John Papastergiou (Canada) was recorded separately and is presented in this session.

9th September 2021. This session focused on communicable diseases and on the risks of morbidity and mortality in the absence of life course vaccination. Emphasis was placed on the gynaecological risks of HPV infection, paediatric infections and respiratory conditions.

14th September 2021. In this session, state of the art aspects on immunology and infectious diseases and the evolution of vaccinology development were  presented and discussed. An overview of development of vaccines was given. The importance of adjuvants and of vaccine administration technique were also addressed. The regulatory process in the evaluation and approval was di...

16th September 2021. This session consisted of presentations on and discussion of childhood and adolescent vaccination. The national immunisation schedule was presented and its raison d’etre explained. Special attention was given to consideration of paediatric pneumococcal, rotavirus, and varicella zoster vaccination.

23rd September 2021. This session addressed in depth adult and elderly vaccination. In this context presentations and discussion centred on the national seasonal influenza immunization campaigns, adult travel immunization, and the use of PCV 13 vaccine, and the new herpes zoster vaccine in adults over 50 yrs and the elderly.

28th September 2021. This session was fully dedicated to prognosis scenarios of the Covid-19 pandemic. The symptomatology of Covid-19 infection and available treatment modalities were explained. The aftermath of Covid -  19 infection including “long covid “ was also addressed. The role of the different sars-cov-2 variants, reported to date, in perpetuating the Covid-19 pand...

30th September 2021. The session, which brought to a close the CPD programme, centred on the role of the community pharmacists in life course vaccination, enabling and empowering them, by the international data presented, and with the  structure that the Kamra envisions, including certified hands on training provision, specific professional practice protocols and criteria; ...