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Patient Solidarity Day 2013
   
Welcome to the website of the International Alliance of Patients' Organizations (IAPO).

IAPO is a unique global alliance representing patients of all nationalities across all disease areas and promoting patient-centred healthcare around the world.

Our members are patients' organizations working at the international, regional, national and local levels to represent and support patients, their families and carers. A patient is a person with any chronic disease, illness, syndrome, impairment or disability.



UPDATE - IAPO's Annual General Meeting 2013

At IAPOs Annual General Meeting (AGM), four members were re-elected to the IAPO Governing Board. They are Carol Bennett from the Consumers Health Forum in Australia, Robert Johnstone from National Voices in the UK, Eva Maria Ruiz de Castilla from Esperantra in Peru and Durhane Wong-Rieger from the Consumer Advocare Network in Canada.


Congratulations to Carol, Robert, Eva Maria and Durhane!

Update from the World Health Organization’s Sixty-sixth World Health Assembly
IAPO [News] 1:36PM Tuesday 04 June 2013

In May, IAPO attended the World Health Organization’s (WHO) Sixty-sixth World Health Assembly (WHA). At the WHA, IAPO made three interventions on universal health coverage, counterfeit medical products and WHO’s Draft Twelfth General Programme of Work (GPW12).

This was an opportunity for IAPO to put forward the patient perspective on important healthcare issues at the international level. Here we share IAPO's activities and the key outcomes from the WHA.

World Health Organization (WHO) Patient Safety
IAPO [News] 1:36PM Tuesday 04 June 2013

Patient Engagement in Medication Safety - Geneva, Switzerland - 23 May 2013  

On 23 May 2013, IAPO held a joint side meeting at the World Health Organization's (WHO) 66th World Health Assembly with the Government of Australia and WHO Patient Safety Programme.

Biosimilar Medicines
IAPO Member Story: Vida Augustinienė
6th Geneva Conference on Person-Centered Medicine - Geneva, Switzerland - 27 April-1 May 2013

IAPO CEO, Jo Groves, and IAPO member representative, Hana Konečná, recently attended the 6th Geneva Conference on Patient-Centered Medicine, organised by the International College of Person-Centered Medicine (ICPCM). Here, Hana shares her feedback on this event:

"As a representative of the patients' organization Adam Czech Republic, and at the same time, an academic expert, I took a part in the 6th Geneva Conference on Person-Centered Medicine. I am very interested in this topic, not only as a past and future patient fighting for "good practice", but as an expert.

Llamado a los pacientes para una mayor participación en la medicación segura
IAPO [News] 1:10PM Friday 31 May 2013

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Ginebra, Suiza, 24 Mayo 2013 – Este llamado se hizo en una Reunión Paralela a la Asamblea Mundial de la Salud que realiza la Organización Mundial de la Salud (OMS) en Ginebra, Suiza. La reunión titulada: Participación del Paciente en la Medicación Segura, fue presentada por el Gobierno de Australia,  la Alianza Internacional de Organizaciones de Pacientes (IAPO) y sostenida en colaboración con el Programa de la OMS para Seguridad del Paciente (PSP).

Patients call for a greater role in medication safety
IAPO [News] 4:44PM Friday 24 May 2013

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Geneva, Switzerland, 24 May 2013 – This call was made at a Side Meeting to the World Health Organization’s (WHO) World Health Assembly in Geneva, Switzerland. The meeting entitled: Patient Engagement in Medication Safety, was hosted by the Government of Australia, the International Alliance of Patients’ Organizations (IAPO) and was held in collaboration with the WHO Patient Safety Programme (PSP).

IAPO calls for WHO Member State action on counterfeit medical products
IAPO [News] 12:46PM Friday 24 May 2013

Geneva, Switzerland,  May 2013 – The International Alliance of Patients’ Organizations (IAPO) today urged the World Health Organization (WHO) Member States to involve patients in strategies to tackle the proliferation of counterfeit medication products. This request was central to an intervention made by IAPO on Substandard/spurious/falsely-labelled/falsified/counterfeit medical products at the Sixty-sixth session of the WHO World Health Assembly in Geneva, Switzerland. The following is taken from IAPO’s statement:

IAPO calls on WHO to define universal health coverage
IAPO [News] 11:00AM Friday 24 May 2013

Geneva, Switzerland, 24 May 2013 – The International Alliance of Patients’ Organizations (IAPO) today urged the World Health Organization (WHO) to define universal health coverage and support countries in its implementation worldwide. This request was central to an intervention made by Carol Bennett, IAPO Board Member, on universal health coverage at the Sixty-sixth session of the WHO World Health Assembly in Geneva, Switzerland. The following is taken from IAPO’s statement:

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