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World Diabetes Day

14 November 2021

Established in 1991 by the International Diabetes Federation with support from WHO in response to growing concerns about the health and economic threat posed by diabetes, World Diabetes Day (WDD) became an official UN day in 2006.WDD is the world’s largest diabetes awareness campaign reaching a...

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The role of patient value and patient-centred care in health systems

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Patient-centred care, with its emphasis on patient value, is a widespread health system goal. To examine the progress of the evolution towards more patient-centred health care and draw lesson for the future, The Economist Intelligence Unit conducted a survey and interviews on patient...

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2nd International Congress of Person Centered Medicine

7 November 2014

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With the theme of 'Advancing Humanistic and Interdisciplinary Health Care' the 2nd International Congress of Person Centered Medicine will be unfolded in a friendly, interactive and collegiate atmosphere through lectures, symposia, workshops, oral and poster presentations and a range of timely...

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Nothing About You Without You

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Contributed by Camilla Krogh Lauritzen, Chief Patient Officer, LEO Pharma 28 February is Rare Disease Day. Hardly any surprise to anyone who is committed to changing the status quo for the millions of people affected by one or more of the 7000+ rare diseases. But then again, it may be news for many...

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New patient-led roadmap provides blueprint to tackle the burden of asthma

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A new roadmap has been published identifying key priority areas that need to be addressed to tackle the burden of asthma. The roadmap, which has come out of the European Asthma Research and Innovation Partnership (EARIP) , suggests that a unified approach to research is urgently needed to address the challenge of asthma in Europe and improve the lives of people living with the condition.

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IAPO collaborates with iPRI to access epidemiology and statistical support

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The International Prevention Research Institute (iPRI) President Professor Peter Boyle signed an important Memorandum of Understanding with our Chair of the Board Jolanta Bilińska to mark the World Cancer Day. The role of patients’ organizations is morphing rapidly from its initial lobbying focus...

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New WHO Designated Technical Officer for IAPO

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New Year is a great time for change and growth. Nittita Prasopa-Plaizier, our designated technical officer (DTO) for the WHO-IAPO official relationship, will move on to bigger and better things in 2017. Many of you met Nittita at our Global Patient Congress in April 2016. Nittita was the Programme...

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Global patient movement welcomes new United Nations Secretary General

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On 1st January 2017, a new era begins at the United Nations. Mr. António Guterres, the former Portuguese prime minister, will become the next UN Secretary General, replacing Ban Ki-moon. http://bit.ly/2hhWEpq Mr. Guterres was the Prime Minister of Portugal from 1995 to 2002 and the UN High...