A unique event for leading patient advocates from around the world

In 2005 IAPO held its first Global Patients Congress in London, United Kingdom.  This was followed by our 2006 Congress in Barcelona, Spain.  IAPO is pleased to announce that we are holding the next Congress in Budapest, Hungary between 20 & 22 February 2008.  To read more about the programme for the next Global Patients Congress, please click here. As we develop another exciting event, we welcome the involvement of our members, partners and supporters. If you would like to register your interest in attending congress, please do not hesitate to congress IAPO's Congress secretariat by emailing iapo@profileproductions.co.uk If you are interested in supporting the congress organizing committee, please contact Esther at membership@patientsorganizations.org.  If you are interested in sponsoring IAPO's Global Patients Congress 2008, please click here. 

The 2006 Congress brought together over 120 patient leaders from around the world, alongside healthcare representatives including the global health professionals associations and the World Health Organization (WHO), to work together to develop strategies to bring patients to the centre of healthcare systems. Click here to see photos of the event, here to read speakers' presentations and here to read the evaluation report from the event.