News Archive: December 2014

Calls for universal health coverage at WHO meetings in 2014

Events
IAPO representatives shared the patient voice at four WHO Regional Committee meetings during 2014.

Job alert: IAPO Operations Director needed

Other
IAPO is looking for an Operations Director to support the governance and operational work of IAPO over the next six months.

Sharing the patient voice on a global scale

Events
IAPO will attend and make interventions on behalf of patients at the World Health Organization’s Executive Board meeting in Geneva, Switzerland in January 2015.

Job alert: IAPO Chief Executive Officer

Other
Job vacancy: IAPO is looking for a new Chief Executive Officer to start in 2015. The closing date for applications is Monday 19 January 2015.

Patient Solidarity Day a big success!

Events
Patient Solidarity Day 2014 was a big success, with hundreds of people taking part all around the world. See our story of the day!

Does a healthy breakfast decrease the risk of diabetes?

Events
IAPO Chair Elect Jolanta Bilinska recently represented IAPO at World Diabetes Day 2014 . She shared her experiences with us.

Reflections from the WHO EMRO meeting

Events
IAPO Governing Board member Hussain Jafri attended the WHO Regional Committee meeting for the Eastern Mediterranean region in Tunis, Tunisia from 19 to 22 October 2014. He shared a few thoughts with us.

Patient Solidarity Day has nearly arrived!

Events
IAPO, together with more than 50 patients’ organizations and hundreds of patients from across the world, are uniting to make patient-centred healthcare a reality this Saturday.

IAPO member CHEN advocates for patients at Government meeting

Members
More than 75 delegates from patients associations (including IAPO member CHEN - Patient Fertility Association), health funds and hospitals gathered in the Knesset for a day of patients' rights with members of Knesset (MK).

New policy collaborations and UHC principles

Policy
The IAPO Governing Board recently signed up to several collaborative campaigns and our universal health coverage principles are now available.

CEO and staff changes

Other
We say goodbye to our Chief Executive Officer Jo Groves and our Operations Director Linda Craig. We welcome Stephen McMahon as our interim Chief Executive Officer.