Events: May 2025

Advancing Global Progress on NCDs and Mental Health

1 May 2025
Press and media
The global burden of non-communicable diseases (NCDs)—which include diabetes, cancer, cardiovascular disease, lung disease, mental health disorders, and neurological conditions—poses a critical challenge to people living with NCDs, health systems, economies, and societies worldwide. Join Foreign...

IAPO and CSEM's Side Event at the 78th World Health Assembly

19 May 2025
On the sidelines of the 78th World Health Assembly (WHA78) taking place from 19 May to 27 May 2025 in Geneva (Switzerland), IAPO and the Civil Society Engagement Mechanism for UHC2030 (CSEM) will jointly host the hybrid side event: The collaborative role of the global patient organisation community...

Advancing Inclusive Health Governance: Implementing the WHA77 resolution on social participation for UHC, health, and well-being

21 May 2025
IAPO is joining CSEM, UHC2030, The George Institute for Global Health, Global Health Council, Amref, and Save the Children, NCD Alliance and Global Mental Health Action Network (United for Global Mental Health) in a side event providing a platform for civil society to reflect on progress and...

A Seat at the Table

21 May 2025
IAPO will co-host the WHA78 side event titled "A Seat at the Table" in partnership with Harvard Medical School and Gilead Sciences . This unique art installation will feature table settings made by diverse healthcare stakeholders around the world, symbolising the importance of including voices with...

Official Side Event at UN Palais des Nations

22 May 2025
Along with with United States Pharmacopeia (USP), International Pharmaceutical Students' Federation (IPSF), and the International Federation of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers and Associations (IFPMA), IAPO will co-host an official side event to address the global crisis of substandard and falsified...