News Archive: December 2018

The rising tide of falsified medicines – a major public health threat

Press and media
The Alliance for Safe Online Pharmacy (ASOP EU) is on a mission to create and promote an environment that enables patients to safely buy their medicines online in a space permitted by law. Mike Isles, Executive Director ASOP EU explores this further. The manufacture and distribution of fake...

Cultivating trust in the healthcare system

Press and media
Patients need to be able to trust in the interactions between pharma, healthcare professionals and medical representatives By Thomas Cueni, IFPMA Director General and co-chair of the APEC Biopharmaceutical Working Group on Ethics An efficient healthcare system depends on mutual trust between...

Checking the authenticity of medicines at home

Press and media
The manufacture and distribution of fake medicines is an enormous and growing public health risk with an untold cost to lives. According to a report published by the World Health Organisation , one in ten medical products circulating in low- and middle-income countries are estimated to be either...

The Ugandan community marks PSD2018

Members
On the 6th of September 2018, Community Health and Information Network (CHAIN) in partnership with Uganda Alliance for Patients Organisation (UAPO), organized the Patient Solidarity Day (PSD) 2018, in Kiwenda Nabitalo, Wakiso district. The participatory event brought together over 200 participants...

Achieving safer healthcare for all: The world unites for PSD2018

Press and media
Patient Solidarity Day 2018 has come and gone and we couldn’t be more pleased with the results. Our goal this year was to elevate the momentum in the conversation around Safe healthcare and we are excited to see patient safety continue to receive global prioritisation and look forward to...

IAPO members’ PSD2018 photo competition winner is...

Press and media
We are pleased to announce that the overall winner of our Patient Solidarity Day 2018 photo competition is Uganda Alliance of Patients Organizations (UAPO) Congratulations,UAPO! UAPO was successful in submitting a photo that majority of the criteria set out in the photo competition here. For their...

Patient Safety Movement Foundation on a mission of getting to zero preventable deaths

Press and media
Patient Safety Movement (PSM) a non-profit organization committed to eliminating the more than 4,800,000 preventable deaths that occur in hospitals across the world every year joined us in marking PSD2018. They do this through encouraging hospitals to implement Actionable Patient Safety Solutions (...

IAPO member celebrated as a heart hero for World Heart Day

Members
We would like to congratulate IAPO member Migdalia Denis, President and Founder of Pulmonary Hypertension Latin Society who was celebrated as a heart hero for World Heart Day. Migdalia shares her story with us. I’ve been an advocate for Latin American patients since the foundation of Sociedad...