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El resumen de políticas de este mes está centrado en el acceso que es el segundo “tema clave” del plan de compromiso y empoderamiento 2017 ( 2017 engagement and empowerment plan ). El acceso y el apoyo también figuran entre los cinco principios de la Declaración de la IAPO sobre la asistencia...
We are pleased to announce that our side event " safety for the multi-transfused patients” has been confirmed to take place on Friday 26 May 2017 at the 70th World Health Assembly. Linked to WHA70 agenda item of “Principles for global consensus on the donation and management of blood, blood...
At the 69th World Health Assembly in Geneva in May 2016, IAPO raised the issue of access to health services by chronically ill refugees, migrants and internally displaced people. This issue will be revisited during the forthcoming World Health Assembly in Geneva, Switzerland from 22-27 May, 2017.
IAPO will take on the management of the Patient Research Exchange (PRE) platform from Novartis. This is in effort to allow IAPO member organizations to fully engage with the pharmaceutical industry through research and ‘be the change they wish to see in the pharmaceutical world!’ The Patient...
IAPO is proposing to hold four side-events with various partners this year to celebrate WHO’s contributions made over 70 years towards eradication and controlling diseases, and more importantly, marking the great contribution made by WHO in promoting patient-centred health care and improving evidence based medicine through research, policy development, technical assistance and diplomatic advocacy. The side-events will also trigger the start of patient engagement in the long march towards achieving patient-centred universal health coverage by all Member States by 2030.
Without transparent and accountable health systems, patients are less able to take the proactive role that is needed for patient-centred care to be achieved. National procurement and drug pricing systems that lack robust monitoring mechanisms can become open to corruption and exploitation, posing a...
El resumen de políticas de este mes está centrado en la información del paciente. La información del paciente es uno de los pilares sobre los cuales se fundamenta el concepto de asistencia sanitaria centrada en el paciente. Cuando la información es exacta, completa y fácil de entender los pacientes pueden fortalecer su conocimiento sobre los procesos sanitarios y sus mecanismos.
You know your meeting is going to make a difference globally when two of the most powerful medical regulators turn up at your event. IAPO member, Consumer Online Foundation , pulled off this feat when it hosted a two day International Forum on Patient Safety and Safe Access to Online Pharmacies in...
Contributed by Thong Meow-Keong, Malaysian Rare Disorders Society (IAPO member) Rare diseases particularly birth defects are a major causes of disability in developing countries (1,2). There is lack of data on birth defects from large population-based studies in the Asia-Pacific region (3). The...

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