Events

The manufacture and distribution of falsified medicines is a growing public health risk with an untold cost to lives. However, the implementation of the safety features of the Falsified Medicines Directive (FMD) on February 9 2019, is a major advance that will greatly help to protect patients from...

The 144th session of the WHO Executive Board will meet at WHO headquarters, Geneva, from Thursday, 24 January to Friday, 1 February 2019, commencing at 09:30.

The 7th Annual World Patient Safety, Science & Technology Summit will be co-convened by the American Society of Anesthesiologists and the European Society of Anaesthesiology. The 2019 Summit will gather international hospital leaders, medical and information technology companies, the patient...

On Friday 7th December 2018, health stakeholders from all over the world will stand together, united in a celebration of Patient Solidarity Day (PSD). This will be the sixth year running that we have joined hands to mark the Day. On PSD 2018, IAPO members, patients, various healthcare organizations...

This day aims to raise awareness internally among the Fight the Fakes partners' collegues on the Fight the Fakes Campaign . Greater awareness among staff and members of partner organisation of Fight the Fakes and greater understanding on how to support the campaign should lead to further...

World AIDS Day takes place on the 1st December each year. It’s an opportunity for people worldwide to unite in the fight against HIV, to show support for people living with HIV, and to commemorate those who have died from an AIDS-related illness. Founded in 1988, World AIDS Day was the first...

The campaign draws attention to issues of paramount importance to the diabetes world and keeps diabetes firmly in the public and political spotlight. The World Diabetes Day campaign aims to: be the global driver to promote the importance of taking coordinated and concerted actions to confront...

"The mission of this conference is to provide safe & quality health services to all patients in Pakistan." To initiate and support this journey of patient safety in Pakistan, top leaders in patient safety from across the world and relevant local stakeholders will come together to...

The 4th Global Ministerial Patient Summit will be held in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, March 2-3, 2019 under the theme: Universal Health Coverage & Patient Safety. The global event will bring together health ministers from more than 50 countries, the Director-General of the World Health Organization (...

World Population Day, which seeks to focus attention on the urgency and importance of population issues, was established by the then-Governing Council of the United Nations Development Programme in 1989, an outgrowth of the interest generated by the Day of Five Billion, which was observed on 11...