News Archive: April 2018

World No Tobacco Day

Press and media
Every year, on 31 May, WHO and its partners, including the World Heart Federation, mark World No Tobacco Day to highlight risks associated with tobacco use and advocate for effective policies to reduce tobacco consumption. This year, World No Tobacco Day will focus on the important link between...

GPC2018 panel on patient empowerment in regulation 

Press and media
Margareth Ndomondo-Sigonda one of the speakers on the panel on Patient Empowerment in Regulation explains why improvement in medical products and pharmaceutical regulation is vital and how harmonization can be achieved. When it comes to medical products and pharmaceuticals, each country is required...

Apply for grants to get patient’s voices heard in low and middle income countries to stop needless suffering!

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Lucy Watt, a palliative care patient advocate, explores the importance of advocacy for palliative care based on her experience as a patient living with a neuromuscular disease and intestinal failure in the perfect context of the Worldwide Hospice Palliative Care Alliance launching grants to support...