By Brian Kennedy, Executive Director of the Global Alliance for Patient A ccess. In December I had the pleasure of participating in the Latin American Patient Summit on Biotherapeutics, where I offered the assembled advocates some unexpected advice: tell stories.

Tomorrow, the WHO Global Coordination Mechanism on the Prevention and Control of Non-Communicable Diseases (WHO GCM/NCDs) is launching a Virtual Global Discussion Forum on NCDs and they want to hear your views.

We welcome Victoria Gilbert, our new Member Engagement and Policy Officer, who will be working to increase consultation and involvement with all of our members in the coming months.

A judge has ruled that a daughter can give consent to refuse treatment on behalf of her mother in a ‘vegetative state’.