News

Reflections from the WHO EURO meeting

Policy
Jolanta Bilinska, IAPO Chair Elect, and Evgenia Starkova, from IAPO member Together Against Cancer, attended the WHO Regional Committee meeting for Europe in Copenhagen, Denmark from 15 to 18 September 2014. In what ways did you represent IAPO at your WHO Regional Committee? We shared two...

IAPO represents patient voices at WHO Regional Committee meetings

Policy
The World Health Organization (WHO) 2014 Regional Committee meetings are underway. These are to set policy, approve budgets and decide programmes of work for each of the WHO regions. IAPO representatives attended the European and Pan-American events in the past few weeks to highlight the patient...

Alzheimer’s Disease International launch World Alzheimer Report 2014

Members
“Betty Davis said famously ‘old age is no place for sissies’ and wow, was she correct.” Angela Rippon’s opening remarks at the launch of the World Alzheimer Report 2014 by IAPO member Alzheimer’s Disease International ( ADI ) set the tone for a detailed discussion on the implications and...

60 Seconds with...Andrew Spiegel, GCCA

Members
Each month we will be interviewing an IAPO member in six short questions. Our featured member of the month is Andrew Spiegel, the Executive Director of The Global Colon Cancer Association (GCCA).

Media Alert: IAPO thanks CEO who is resigning after a decade of service

Press and media
Wednesday 1 October 2014 Media alert for immediate release The International Alliance of Patients’ Organizations (IAPO) thanks Ms Jo Groves for her dedicated service as Chief Executive Officer after ten successful years with the organization. Ms Groves has resigned from the position in order to take up new challenges.

Key principles for universal health coverage

Policy
We are in the final stages of confirming a set of principles that will underpin IAPO’s work and support member advocacy on universal health coverage (UHC). Members played a key role in drafting these principles at the IAPO Congress in March and in the months since. Delivering universal health...

IAPO attends International Conference of Drug Regulatory Authorities

Partnerships
IAPO Governing Board member Eva Maria Ruiz de Castilla attended the 16th International Conference of Drug Regulatory Authorities in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil in August 2014, and a pre-conference on 'Ensuring Quality and Safety of Biosimilars for Patients Worldwide'. Eva Maria spoke during a plenary...

60 Seconds with... Dr Sunil Prakash, Consumers' Forum

Members
Each month we will be interviewing an IAPO member in six short questions. Our featured member of the month is Dr Sunil Prakash, who works with Consumers' Forum in India.

IAPO Latin America Meeting report available

Events
In August 2014, we held our fourth regional meeting in Latin America to coincide with the 16th International Conference of Drug Regulatory Authorities in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The meeting report is now available.

Press release: It's time for drug regulators and patient groups to work together

Press and media
There was widespread consensus that drug regulators and patient groups need to work more closely together in Latin America at a multi-stakeholder seminar held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil yesterday.

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