24 August 2021
The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) is holding a series of webinars entitled 'Building Health throughout the life course'. The life course approach allows us to better understand how social inequities in health are perpetuated and transmitted, and how they can be mitigated or alleviated...
25 August 2021
The complex web of regulatory processes across the African continent means it can often take years for a single health product to be approved for use. These delays hinder timely access to high-quality, safe, lifesaving vaccines, medicines, and medical devices. In response, the treaty for the...
On Wednesday 4 August 2021, the WHO Patient Safety Flagship Programme, marked the achievement of an important and historic milestone, the launch of the Global Patient Safety Action Plan 2021-2030 - a roadmap towards a vision of a world where no one is harmed in healthcare & all patients receive...
Theme: Safe maternal and newborn care With the world still facing the COVID-19 pandemic and the inequities that surfaced as a result, the most vulnerable and marginalized populations are being disproportionately affected not only due to the direct effects of the pandemic and lack of access to...
Each year, the overuse and abuse of antibiotics leads to 700,000 deaths from drug-resistant disease, and that figure could rise to as many as 10 million annually by 2050. Though the World Health Organization adopted a global action plan on what the global health community often calls the “silent...
4 August 2021
The WHO Patient Safety flagship is organizing a public event to launch and introduce the Global Patient Safety Action Plan 2021-2030 to all stakeholders. This global action plan aspires for “a world in which no one is harmed in health care, and every patient receives safe and respectful care, every...
Self-care activities are an essential component of patient-centered health care systems. The World Health Organization defines self-care as “the ability of individuals, families, and communities to promote health, prevent disease, maintain health, and to cope with illness and disability with or...
15 July 2021
The goal of this webinar is to explore the role of pharmacists in advancing self-care in Africa. This will be done through an open dialogue between pharmacists themselves, doctors, regulatory professionals and policy practitioners with the aim of reducing burden on the health care systems and...
20 July 2021 to 21 July 2021
We're delighted to invite you to join the 1st virtual African Patients Congress (APC 2021) - ‘Co-creating Better Healthcare Systems’ to be held on 20 -21 July 2021. Organised by IAPO, this patient-led regional convening will bring together IAPO's African membership with a variety of high-level...
10 June 2021
Now in its twenty second year, World Anti-Counterfeiting day aims to raise awareness and educate the general public about the consequences of counterfeiting. Counterfeiting impacts all industries but the Covid-19 crisis has led to a surge of counterfeit and substandard products globally as...

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