Arlington, VA – The National Association of Chain Drug Stores (NACDS) is calling attention to a landmark resource released today by the prestigious Milken Institute.
The Milken Institute’s bold new Action Plan – “Catalyzing Action for Pharmacist-Provided Food Is Medicine Care” — establishes the vital role of the pharmacy in advancing Food Is Medicine, and the actionable steps that public and private stakeholders should take to leverage pharmacist-provided Food Is Medicine (FIM) care to effectively address nutrition, hunger, and health. NACDS supported the Milken Institute’s independent work on “Catalyzing Action for Pharmacist-Provided Food Is Medicine Care.”
Notably, the Action Plan underscores the fact that pharmacies are cornerstones of local healthcare. Not only are they uniquely positioned to provide access to vaccines, screenings, treatments, and chronic disease management services — but also to deliver Food Is Medicine interventions and access to the most vulnerable Americans.
“Catalyzing Action for Pharmacist-Provided Food Is Medicine Care” comes as part of NACDS’ commitment to the White House Challenge to End Hunger and Build Healthy Communities (the Challenge), which the Association jointly submitted with the Milken Institute in March 2023 and which was subsequently announced in February 2024.
The Challenge was a nationwide call-to-action to stakeholders across the nation to build on the commitments made at the historic White House Conference on Hunger, Nutrition, and Health in September 2022 — and to help advance President Biden’s goal to end hunger and reduce diet-related diseases by 2030.
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