News Archive: August 2018

Fight the Fakes: ´Making each dose count´

Members
On Saturday 21st July 2018, IAPO member Mary Lynne Van Poelgeest-Pomfret of World Federation of Incontinent Patients represented IAPO and the Fight the Fakes campaign at the 22nd International AIDS Conference in Amsterdam at the Imperial Health Sciences’ Pre-Conference Side-Event. Here she joined a...

Meeting new board members: Ya Hsin Wang

Members
We welcome Ya Hsin Wang, Secretary General of Psoriasis Association Taiwan and the executive director of Taiwan Alliance of Patients' Organizations, to our Governing Board starting from August 2018. Ya Hsin answered a few questions about her work, what she brings to IAPO and why she is involved in...

Meeting new board members: Ellos Ellard Lodzeni

Members
We welcome Ellos Ellard Lodzeni, Patron and Founder Trustee of Patient and Community Welfare Foundation of Malawi, to our Governing Board starting from August 2018. Ellos answered a few questions about his work, what he brings to IAPO and why he is involved in patient advocacy work. Why are you...

September is Pain Awareness Month

Press and media
As we approach September, Penney Cowan, IAPO Chair and Founder of the American Chronic Pain Association, calls on the community of people with pain and those who care for them, to start building the momentum of the campaign which aims to draw attention to the need for better understanding of what a...

Creating guidelines on self-initiated interventions for sexual reproductive health and rights

Press and media
The World Health Organization (WHO) invites you to participate in an online survey contributing towards the development of a normative guidance around self-initiated interventions for sexual reproductive health. In this article, Katthyana Aparicio, Programme Officer in the Department of Service...

IAPO member, Psoriasis New Life El Salvador advance their efforts towards patient centred healthcare

Members
Evelyn de Aguirre of Psoriasis New Life El Salvador shares her organization’s experience in their advocacy for people with Psoriasis and Psoriatic Arthritis in El Salvador which has culminated in a working alliance between them and the Ministry of Health of El Salvador. Psoriasis New Life El...

Meeting new board members: Karen Alparce-Villanueva

Members
We welcome Karen Alparce-Villanueva, Vice-President of the Philippine Alliance of Patient Organizations (PAPO) and founder of Rare Cancers Philippines, to our Governing Board starting from August 2018. Karen answered a few questions about her work, what she brings to IAPO and why she is involved in...