Promotion of Child Health and Development Care in Pharmacy Education

Abstract

Japan is simultaneously facing both an aging society and low birth rates, causing a continuing population decline. To cope with the declining birthrate, it is urgent to make child health and development medicine a natural accompaniment to all life stages. As pharmacists and pharmacies have a major role to play in this, it is necessary to position child health and development medicine in training for student pharmacists. On the other hand, student pharmacists are young adults who may be directly involved in child health and development, and this is not only an issue for women, but also needs to be understood by men. This symposium provides an opportunity to build a consensus on the role of pharmacists in the increasingly diverse and sophisticated support for child development in terms of pharmaceutical education.