Groups representing patients, healthcare professionals and pharmaceutical industry author new principle on use of AI in healthcare By IAPO, IFPMA, ICN, FIP, WMA and IHF On 26 June 2025, six leading international organizations representing patients, physicians, pharmacists, nurses, hospitals, and...

The 78th World Health Assembly (WHA78), held from 19 to 27 May 2025 in Geneva under the theme “One World for Health,” represents a historic milestone in global health diplomacy and governance. One of the key outcomes was the adoption of the first-ever WHO Pandemic Agreement after over three years...

The International Alliance of Patients’ Organizations, on behalf of the African Medicines Agency Treaty Alliance – AMATA, commends the WHO and Member States for sustained attention to the urgent public health threat posed by substandard and falsified medical products, which continue to endanger...

A huge thank you to everyone who joined and amplified the first wave of the “African Meds Agency NOW” campaign, which ran from 13 to 16 February 2025, during the African Union Summit. Together, we made a powerful call to African leaders to fully activate the African Medicines Agency (AMA) to ensure...

IAPO Board Chair and Patient Safety Champion, Ellos Lodzeni , participated in the 7th Global Ministerial Summit on Patient Safety held on 3-4 April in Manila, Philippines. The two-day event, hosted at the Asian Development Bank in Mandaluyong City, brought together representatives from 64 countries...

IAPO is involved in four side events at the 78th World Health Assembly (WHA78) taking place in Geneva in May. On the first day of WHA78, IAPO will hold its habitual hybrid side event to elevate the voice of the global patient organisation community in the discussions shaping the global health...