Work With WEFPA
The Wilson Erhun Foundation for Pharmacy Administration (WEFPA) is committed to advancing pharmacy practice, pharmaceutical governance, professional excellence, and healthcare delivery across Africa.
WEFPA recognises that achieving sustainable improvements in healthcare requires more than training individuals. It requires strong institutions, competent workforces, effective policies, accountable systems, quality research, and meaningful collaboration.
Through our institutional services, WEFPA works with organisations seeking technical expertise and support to address challenges, strengthen capacity, improve systems, and achieve their strategic objectives. We provide opportunities for collaboration with government institutions, regulatory agencies, universities, professional bodies, healthcare organisations, development partners, research institutions, and private-sector organisations.
Our approach is collaborative and responsive to the needs of each institution. We seek to understand the priorities and challenges of our partners and work with them to develop practical, relevant, and sustainable solutions.
Whether your institution is seeking to develop its workforce, strengthen its systems, generate evidence to inform decisions, evaluate programmes, or advance pharmaceutical governance, WEFPA is positioned to be a trusted partner in building capacity and creating a lasting impact.
Our Institutional Services
Professional and Executive Education
A skilled and knowledgeable workforce is essential to the success of every institution. WEFPA works with organisations to provide professional and executive education programmes designed to meet the evolving needs of professionals, managers, leaders, and technical personnel. We can support institutions in developing and delivering tailored learning programmes, workshops, seminars, masterclasses, and other professional development interventions in areas relevant to their workforce and organisational goals.
How Your Institution Can Benefit
- Access tailored professional development programmes designed around their specific needs and priorities.
- Strengthen the knowledge, skills, and leadership capabilities of employees and managers.
- Keep their workforce informed about emerging trends, policies, and developments relevant to their field.
- Support continuous professional development without having to independently design and coordinate every training intervention.
- Build a culture of continuous learning, professional excellence, and improved performance.
WEFPA can work with institutions to identify learning needs and develop programmes that are relevant, practical, and aligned with organisational objectives.
Pharmacy Regulation and Jurisprudence
Effective pharmacy regulation is essential to protecting the public, maintaining professional standards, and ensuring accountability within pharmaceutical practice. WEFPA supports capacity development and knowledge advancement in areas relating to pharmacy law, regulation, professional ethics, standards, and jurisprudence.
We provide opportunities for institutions and professionals to deepen their understanding of the legal and regulatory frameworks that shape pharmacy practice and medicines management.
How Your Institution Can Benefit
- Capacity-building programmes that strengthen understanding of pharmacy laws, regulations, and professional responsibilities.
- Support for professional education and discussions around regulatory compliance and ethical practice.
- Opportunities to strengthen the knowledge of regulatory personnel, practitioners, and other relevant stakeholders.
- Access to expertise and learning platforms that promote informed decision-making on pharmaceutical regulatory matters.
- Improved awareness of the relationship between law, professional practice, patient safety, and public health.
Through collaboration, WEFPA can help institutions strengthen the human capacity and knowledge base required for effective and responsible pharmaceutical regulation and practice.
Medicines Governance
Strong medicines governance contributes to transparency, accountability, effective decision making, and improved outcomes across pharmaceutical systems. WEFPA works with stakeholders interested in strengthening the principles and practices that support responsible, accountable, and effective governance of medicines and pharmaceutical services.
Our work in this area focuses on promoting knowledge, dialogue, capacity, and institutional approaches that contribute to stronger governance systems.
How Your Institution Can Benefit
- Strengthen the capacity of personnel involved in medicines-related decision-making and administration.
- Promote greater awareness of good governance principles within pharmaceutical systems.
- Facilitate professional discussions and learning around accountability, transparency, and responsible decision-making.
- Support the development of institutional capacity for addressing governance-related challenges.
- Access research, education, and technical perspectives that can inform organisational strategies and priorities.
Our goal is to support institutions in building the knowledge and capacity needed to contribute to well-governed, accountable, and effective pharmaceutical systems.
Pharmaceutical Policy Research
Good policies require a strong understanding of the problems they are designed to address. WEFPA supports pharmaceutical policy research and analysis that can help institutions better understand emerging challenges, identify opportunities for improvement, and generate evidence to support decision-making.
We are interested in collaborating with institutions on research initiatives relating to pharmacy practice, pharmaceutical administration, medicines policy, healthcare systems, and other areas relevant to our mission.
How Your Institution Can Benefit
- Generate research and evidence on issues relevant to pharmaceutical and healthcare systems.
- Gain deeper insights into emerging policy and practice challenges.
- Support data-informed discussions and strategic decision-making.
- Collaborate with researchers and experts on areas of shared interest.
- Contribute to knowledge that can inform future programmes, policies, and interventions.
Through research partnerships, WEFPA helps institutions move beyond assumptions and toward evidence-informed understanding and decision-making.
Workforce Development
People are at the heart of every successful institution. As industries, technologies, and professional expectations continue to evolve, organisations must continuously invest in developing the capabilities of their workforce.
WEFPA supports institutions in strengthening the competencies of their employees and professionals through targeted workforce development and capacity-strengthening initiatives.
How Your Institution Can Benefit
- Identify priority knowledge and competency areas for workforce development.
- Provide targeted training and development opportunities for employees.
- Strengthen leadership, technical, administrative, and professional capabilities where relevant.
- Prepare professionals to respond to emerging developments and changing workplace demands.
- Improve staff confidence, effectiveness, and readiness to contribute to organisational goals.
Our workforce development approach is designed to help institutions build competent, adaptable, and future-ready professionals.
Institutional Capacity Building
Strong institutions require more than committed individuals. They need effective structures, systems, processes, and organisational capabilities that enable them to deliver on their mandate.
WEFPA provides opportunities for institutions to collaborate on capacity-building initiatives aimed at strengthening organisational effectiveness and supporting long-term institutional development.
How Your Institution Can Benefit
- Identify areas where additional institutional capacity may be needed.
- Strengthen the competencies of teams and key personnel.
- Develop practical capacity-building interventions based on organisational priorities.
- Improve organisational readiness to implement programmes and respond to new challenges.
- Build sustainable capabilities rather than relying solely on short-term interventions.
WEFPA's focus is on supporting institutions to develop the knowledge, skills, and capacity required to deliver effectively and sustainably.
Programme Evaluation
Institutions invest significant time and resources in programmes and interventions. Understanding whether those programmes are achieving their intended objectives is essential for accountability, learning, and continuous improvement.
WEFPA can collaborate with institutions on programme evaluation and learning initiatives to help assess implementation, outcomes, lessons, and opportunities for improvement.
How Your Institution Can Benefit
- Assess whether programmes are achieving their intended objectives.
- Identify strengths, challenges, and areas for improvement.
- Generate lessons that can inform future programme design and implementation.
- Better understand the outcomes and potential impact of interventions.
- Strengthen organisational learning and evidence-based decision-making.
Programme evaluation can provide institutions with valuable insights that help ensure resources are used effectively and that future initiatives are better designed, implemented, and positioned for impact.
Pharmaceutical Supply Chain and Traceability Capacity
Effective pharmaceutical supply systems are essential to ensuring that medicines and health products are appropriately managed and available to the populations that need them. As pharmaceutical systems continue to evolve, institutions require personnel and systems with the capacity to understand and respond to supply-chain and traceability challenges.
WEFPA supports learning and capacity-strengthening initiatives related to pharmaceutical supply-chain systems, medicines traceability, and related areas of pharmaceutical administration.
How Your Institution Can Benefit
- Build the knowledge and capacity of relevant personnel involved in pharmaceutical supply systems.
- Improve awareness of emerging issues and best practices relating to medicines traceability.
- Support professional development in areas relevant to pharmaceutical supply-chain management.
- Create opportunities for knowledge exchange and collaboration among relevant stakeholders.
- Strengthen institutional readiness to engage with evolving technologies, systems, and approaches in pharmaceutical management.
WEFPA can serve as a knowledge and capacity-building partner for institutions seeking to strengthen their human capacity and understanding of pharmaceutical supply and traceability systems.
Research and Evidence-to-Policy Translation
Research creates knowledge, but its value is greatest when evidence can inform decisions and contribute to meaningful change. WEFPA is committed to helping bridge the gap between research, policy, professional practice, and implementation.
We work with institutions and stakeholders to support conversations and initiatives that translate relevant research findings into practical insights and actions.
How Your Institution Can Benefit
- Better understand and communicate the implications of research findings.
- Translate relevant evidence into practical recommendations and policy discussions.
- Support engagement between researchers, policymakers, professionals, and other stakeholders.
- Ensure that research findings are more accessible and useful to decision-makers.
- Strengthen the use of evidence in programme planning and institutional decision-making.
By connecting evidence with action, WEFPA seeks to help institutions ensure that valuable research does not remain only in reports or academic publications but can contribute to better policies, stronger programmes, and improved outcomes.
Who We Work With
WEFPA welcomes opportunities to collaborate with institutions and organisations that share our commitment to strengthening pharmaceutical systems, professional practice, and healthcare delivery.
Potential partners include:
- Government ministries, departments, and agencies
- Pharmacy and medicines regulatory institutions
- Universities and academic institutions
- Professional associations and professional bodies
- Pharmaceutical manufacturers and healthcare organisations
- Development partners and international organisations
- Non-governmental and civil society organisations
- Research institutions and think tanks
- Healthcare providers and health-focused organisations
- Private-sector organisations with an interest in workforce and institutional development
We recognise that meaningful change requires collaboration. We are therefore open to exploring partnerships that combine expertise, resources, research, education, and innovation to address shared challenges.
Together, we can build stronger institutions, develop capable professionals, and contribute to better pharmaceutical and healthcare systems across Africa.