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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.
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We are pleased to announce that we held a very successful AGM. The agenda included the adoption of the 2008 annual financial report, review of 2008 activities and 2009 plans, and board member elections.
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Your Chance to Get Involved!
Would you like to help plan or deliver IAPO’s 4th Global Congress in Istanbul, Turkey, next February?
We are currently inviting applications to submit a proposal for IAPO’s ‘Open Call’ for sessions, presentations and posters on the theme of the Congress. Details of the process to submit a proposal through the Open Call to lead a session, make a presentation or present a poster, are available here. The deadline for the Open Call process is Thursday 30 June 2009.
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IAPO was delighted to invite members to participate in a capacity building session following the 2009 IAPO Annual General Meeting, using the patient safety toolkit to advocate for safer care. Addressing global patient safety continues to be a high priority for IAPO Members. Patients’ organizations worldwide are playing a key role in tackling safety issues by highlighting concerns from a patient perspective.
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As part of the process to develop an IAPO Policy Statement on Patient Information, IAPO Member Representatives were sent a copy of the IAPO Background Paper on Patient Information with a draft IAPO Policy Statement, for consultation. It is very important that we receive the feedback of all members so that the Policy Statement reflects the views of a wide range of patients’ organizations and to ensure it is a strong advocacy tool. Therefore, in order to give more time for detailed consideration of the document, we are extending the deadline for comments until Friday 3 July 2009.
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IAPO is pleased to have been able to provide patients and patients' organizations' from all over the world the opportunity to attend this year’s World Health Organization’s (WHO) World Health Assembly (WHA). The IAPO Patient Workshop: Working Effectively with the WHO, was held in Geneva, Switzerland from Monday 18 May to Wednesday 20 May 2009, coinciding with the World Health Assembly (WHA) that took place during the same week.
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The 62nd session of the World Health Assembly took place in Geneva during 18-22 May 2009. It was agreed that the Assembly, which is usually held over 9 days, would be curtailed to 5 days, due to the current influenza outbreak.
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Jeremiah Mwangi, IAPO Senior Policy Officer, gave a presentation entitled “International Perspectives on Person-centered Medicine” at the Second Geneva Conference on Person-centered Medicine in Geneva, Switzerland.
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Durhane Wong Reiger, IAPO Board Member, and Esther Thompson, IAPO Senior Membership Coordinator, attended the first All-Party Parliamentary Group Meeting on Chronic Pain at the House of Commons, London, UK.
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Jeremiah Mwangi, IAPO Senior Policy Officer, will be participating at the DIA Annual Meeting as a panel discussant on ‘Improving Safety with Every Step: Pillars of the Pharmaceutical Landscape’.
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IAPO CEO, Jo Groves, will be attending the Global consultation on the contribution of health professions to primary health care and the global health agenda, which has been convened by the World Health Organization.
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