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Take our Global Survey on Access to Healthcare

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IAPO is conducting a series of global surveys to shadow and assess the roll out of Universal Health Coverage and factors affecting patients' access to safe , quality, acceptable and affordable healthcare globally. We are inviting you to participate in it. The level of access to healthcare that...

WHO South-East Asia Regional Meeting

2 September 2019 to 6 September 2019
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World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Committees are decision-making bodies comprising representatives of Member States of each WHO Region. The Committees meet annually to discuss and endorse regional policies, activities and financial plans related to the public health of all six regions. The...

IAPO at the 72nd World Health Assembly

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Patients in full support of the development of gene and cell therapy The 72nd annual World Health Assembly ( #WHA72) took place in Geneva from 20-28 May. The IAPO team was represented throughout the WHA and hosted an event on the side-lines of the 72nd World Health Assembly. Here’s our wrap...

World Health Statistics 2019 disaggregated by sex for the first time

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The World Health Statistics series is the World Health Organization’s (WHO) annual compilation of health statistics for its 194 Member States. The series is produced by WHO’s Division for Data, Analytics and Delivery, in collaboration with WHO technical departments and regional offices...

Patient Organizations at the 72nd World Health Assembly

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In the lead up to the 72nd World Health Assembly happening between 20 - 28 May, IAPO will be doing a series that aims is to provide insight into how the WHO works with patients’ organizatons and the benefits of these collaborations as well as how they are established. This series aims to...

Highlights of the 4th Global Ministerial Summit on Patient Safety

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Momentum continues to be built for the global patient safety agenda as health stakeholders gathered in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia between 2-3 March 2019 for the 4th Global Ministerial Summit on Patient Safety. The focus of this year’s summit was to develop and define strategies that would support...

Rare Diseases and Universal Health Coverage : a mutually reinforcing agenda

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Rare Disease Day 2019,a day to raise awareness amongst the general public on rare diseases and encourage researchers and decision makers to address the needs of patients with rare diseases was this year marked with a lot of activity. One notable activity was the NGO Committee for Rare Disease...

IAPO member celebrated as a heart hero for World Heart Day

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We would like to congratulate IAPO member Migdalia Denis, President and Founder of Pulmonary Hypertension Latin Society who was celebrated as a heart hero for World Heart Day. Migdalia shares her story with us. I’ve been an advocate for Latin American patients since the foundation of Sociedad...

Renewable energy and healthcare: IAPO at IRENA

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Kawaldip Sehmi, IAPO CEO, attended the First International Conference on Renewable Energy for Healthcare (IRENA) in Singapore 2 November 2018 where a stimulating discussion took place around the availability of reliable, affordable and safe electricity supply that powers 90% of the health devices...

The expert patient is a resource that primary health care must utilise

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IAPO as a global patients' organisation must appreciate the globalism of health care initiatives and their links with the global economic, social, political and technological developments. The Declaration on Primary Health Care Astana adopted on 25 October 2018 in Astana Kazakhstan must be...

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