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The Rheumatoid Arthritis Foundation of Panama, together with the Panamanian Association for the Prevention of Sickle Cell Anaemia and the Panama Psoriasis Foundation, came together to carry out activities in commemoration of Patient Solidarity Day. These three Panamanian patient organizations all...

The Global Colon Cancer Association (GCCA) is a proud member of IAPO and supporter of Patient Solidarity Day. The GCCA is the only international nonprofit patient organization dedicated to colorectal cancer. The vision of the GCCA is to create a global community in which people around the world can...

In the time leading up to and on the actual day of the Patient Solidarity Campaign day, send us your photographs that best capture the patient empowerment experience from your perspective. By doing this you enter our PSD 2017 photo competition that gives you the chance to be the Patient Solidarity...

Isabel Saraiva chair of the European Lung Foundation discusses what effective patient involvement is. I recently started my three year term as chair of the European Lung Foundation (ELF), an organisation that brings together patients, the public with respiratory healthcare professionals to...

This is an interactive online course, which is aimed at anyone interested in knowing more about opportunities and challenges for the use of real-world evidence in medicine development. It is an ideal resource for anyone who wishes to become familiar with the key issues in the areas of real-world...

This month’s policy briefing focuses on pain management. IAPO’s Declaration on Patient-Centred Healthcare outlines that, despite representing patients from many different disease backgrounds, the focus must be on addressing the common needs of all patient communities, regardless of their disease area.

The 2017 Patient Solidarity Day theme is: Patient empowerment.

Samvel Azatyan, Group Lead, Regulatory Networks and Harmonisation,World Health Organization, explores medicine regulation and harmonisation highlighting the role that the WHO is playing. Access to health care and medical products is one of the fundamental human rights. WHO is committed to enhancing...

Don't just sit there, September is pain awareness month. Regardless of your priorities, the campaign can be easily adapted for use in your local and national activities. Through a global effort we can together achieve increased awareness among relevant stakeholders so that chronic pain can be recognised, effectively treated and managed.

On 4 th - 5 th July 2017, 30 of IAPO’s member organizations and stakeholders, representing ten African countries, came together in Entebbe, Uganda, to attend our African Regional Meeting. The meeting culminated in delegates making a united call for a patient-centred African Medicines Agency (...