Events: Sep 2018

Pain Awareness Month

1 September 2018 to 30 September 2018
Events
The month of September has been declared Pain Awareness Month. Pain Awareness Month is a time when various organizations work to raise public awareness of issues in the area of pain and pain management. The first Pain Awareness Month was in 2001, when the American Pain Association (ACPA) led a...

Seventy-first Session of the Regional Committee for South-East Asia

3 September 2018 to 7 September 2018
Events
The seventy-first session of the WHO Regional Committee for South-East Asia will take place in New Delhi from 3 to 7 September 2018. Related pages WHO Regional Committees Factsheet

2nd World Sepsis Congress

5 September 2018 to 6 September 2018
Events
The 2nd World Sepsis Congress will be held on September 5th and 6th, 2018 - free of charge and completely online, so you can participate from wherever you have an internet connection. Over the course of 17 sessions, more than 100 speakers from 30 countries will discuss all aspects of sepsis and its...

Webinar "How to benefit from clinical trials and what happens after them? A patient’s story."

5 September 2018
Events
This educational webinar is organized by FindMeCure Foundation and Chronic Pain Ireland with the kind support from the International Alliance of Patients' Organizations as a part of the Pain Awareness Month established by the American Chronic Pain Association. You will benefit from this webinar, if...

Worldwide Cystic Fibrosis Day

8 September 2018
Events
Worldwide Cystic Fibrosis Day is marked annually on 8th September by patients and patient groups around the world. This year, IAPO member FIPAN (Argentine Cystic Fibrosis Association) will be marking the Day with a campaign. More details will be available soon.

68th Session of the WHO Regional Committee for Europe

17 September 2018 to 20 September 2018
Press and media
The Sixty-eighth session of the WHO Regional Committee for Europe will take place in Rome, Italy, from 17 to 20 September 2018. The WHO Regional Committee for Europe is WHO's decision-making body in the European Region. It comprises representatives of each Member State in the Region Related Pages...

Africa Stakeholder Roundtable: Trust in Healthcare Systems

19 September 2018
Press and media
This session will focus on how Trust in Health Authorities and Healthcare Professionals is paramount in implementing a fully efficient Healthcare System. Participants will address the progress Ghana and other African countries have been making in raising their standards in the Ethics and Business...

World Familial Hypercholesterolemia (FH) Day

24 September 2018
Events
Join IAPO member, the Familial Hypercholesterolemia Patients' Association , in raising awareness about Familial Hypercholesterolemia (FH)! In Brazil, a recent study indicated that 800,000 people have FH, but less than 1% of this population has been diagnosed. Therefore, on World FH Day - September...

Launch of the White Paper on Circulatory Health at the 3rd UN High-Level Meeting on NCDs

25 September 2018
Events
Driving Action for Circulatory Health at the 3rd UN High-Level Meeting on NCDs Tuesday, 25 September 2018, 17:20-17:40 The Harvard Club of New York City, 35 W 44th St, New York, NY 10036, USA Will you be in New York for the Third United Nations High-Level Meeting on NCDs? Then don't miss the launch...