News Archive: January 2021

WHO Executive Board recommends the Global Patient Safety Action Plan 2021-2030 to 74th World Health Assembly

Press and media
We at IAPO are extremely delighted that on Thursday 21st January 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) Member States and non-state actors expressed their unanimous support to the proposed Global Patient Safety Action Plan 2021-2030 as a key instrument to guide patient safety improvements at all...

Share your patient safety story – help reach ZERO HARM!

Press and media
The International Alliance of Patients’ Organisations (IAPO) collaborated with BD–Europe to amplify the voices of patients who have been afflicted with healthcare-associated infections (HAIs), sepsis, antimicrobial resistance (AMR) or medication errors. As part of this Voices of Safety campaign,...

IAPO's COVID-19 Response Activity Grant Scheme

Members
In 2020, IAPO launched the COVID-19 Response Activity Grant Scheme to support IAPO members working on the frontline to support patients during the pandemic. Through a competitive 2-stage selection process initiated via the 9th Global Patients Congress (GPC 2020) Open Call, we invited our Member...