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Africa Stakeholder Roundtable: Trust in Healthcare Systems

19 September 2018
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This session will focus on how Trust in Health Authorities and Healthcare Professionals is paramount in implementing a fully efficient Healthcare System. Participants will address the progress Ghana and other African countries have been making in raising their standards in the Ethics and Business...

69th session of the World Health Organization Regional Committee for the Western Pacific

8 October 2018 to 12 October 2018
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The sixty-ninth session of the World Health Organization Regional Committee for the Western Pacific will be held from 8 to 12 October 2018 in Manila, Philippines.

IAPO member appointed health minister in Punjab Province, Pakistan.

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We would like to congratulate IAPO member Dr Yasmin Rashid , Secretary General of Thalassaemia Society of Pakistan, for her appointment as Health Minister in Punjab Province, Pakistan. Dr Rashid, who most recently spoke at IAPO’s 8th Global Patients Congress , highlighted the need to super-...

8th APEC High-Level Meeting on Health & the Economy

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IAPO CEO, Kawaldip Sehmi, recently represented IAPO at the 8th APEC High-Level Meeting on Health & the Economy in Papua New Guinea. He shares the main take aways with us. The 8th Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) high level meeting was an important milestone in leveraging the growing...

Raising awareness on Chronic Pain is a message for everyone

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To mark International Pain Awareness Month, Chronic Pain Ireland Chair Deirdre Ryan shares how they are striving to advocate at Local, National and European levels for improvement of life for those living with pain. At Chronic Pain Ireland your pain is our priority… We offer daily support to...

Painaustralia to develop a National Strategic Action Plan for Chronic Pain Management

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This September marks the 16th year that organisations and countries around the globe will be marking the International Pain Awareness Month. This year again, Painaustralia joins all our international colleagues in taking the time to spread awareness about this all too common yet neglected public...

Inside Out Campaign for Pain Awareness Month

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Pain is something that many of us feel, but it cannot be seen. That does not mean it is not real. It is for the most part inside our bodies, often preventing us from enjoying life, working, or even sleeping. One of the most difficult things to do is to have others understand what it is like to live...

68th Session of the WHO Regional Committee for Europe

17 September 2018 to 20 September 2018
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The Sixty-eighth session of the WHO Regional Committee for Europe will take place in Rome, Italy, from 17 to 20 September 2018. The WHO Regional Committee for Europe is WHO's decision-making body in the European Region. It comprises representatives of each Member State in the Region Related...

September is Pain Awareness Month

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As we approach September, Penney Cowan, IAPO Chair and Founder of the American Chronic Pain Association, calls on the community of people with pain and those who care for them, to start building the momentum of the campaign which aims to draw attention to the need for better understanding of what a...

Creating guidelines on self-initiated interventions for sexual reproductive health and rights

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The World Health Organization (WHO) invites you to participate in an online survey contributing towards the development of a normative guidance around self-initiated interventions for sexual reproductive health. In this article, Katthyana Aparicio, Programme Officer in the Department of Service...

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