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News is posted here regularly on IAPO's activities and development, our member patients' organizations, and patient-centred healthcare in general.
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11:06AM Friday 10 September 2010
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At our Annual General Meeting (AGM) in February this year, three new Board Members were elected onto the IAPO Governing Board and officially began their terms on 1 August 2010. We are delighted to welcome Dr. Abdurrahman Ariman of AHA Access to Healthcare Association, Turkey, Robert Johnstone of National Voices, UK and Eva Maria Ruiz de Castilla of Esperantra, Peru.
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11:05AM Friday 10 September 2010
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As part of IAPO’s Strategic Plan 2010-2014 we have committed to strengthening our networks and presence regionally in order to strengthen the global patient voice. As part of this we are supporting increased patient involvement at the World Health Organizations (WHO) in a variety of ways such as bringing the patient perspective on important health policy issues to the WHO’s Regional Committee Meetings.
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11:04AM Friday 10 September 2010
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 In May 2010 a group of IAPO Members held a meeting for patient groups in Uganda to follow up from the 4th Global Patients Congress in Istanbul in February this year. The meeting was an important opportunity for IAPO Members who were unable to attend the meeting to hear about important issues that were highlighted at the Congress and to discuss common issues within the group. This meeting is an excellent example of how patient groups are working together across disease areas to promote patient-centred healthcare and to gain better recognition of the issues that affect them all.
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11:04AM Friday 10 September 2010
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The theme for World Alzheimer's Day™ 2010 is 'Dementia: It's time for action!' IAPO Member Alzheimer's Disease International (ADI) have developed materials and activities that will focus on the need for governments and the general public to take any action they can to raise awareness of dementia and improve service provision for people with dementia and their carers.
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11:03AM Friday 10 September 2010
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Jeremiah Mwangi, IAPO’s Policy and External Affairs Director, is currently at the World Health Organization’s (WHO) First Global Forum on Medical Devices in Bangkok. Jeremiah is speaking in the session on Improving Access, Quality, and Affordability of Medical Devices and his presentation is on the Role of Patient Organizations in all aspects of medical devices from research to delivery. Jeremiah has recommended that "WHO should help strengthen patient involvement in all medical devices processes (design, research, provision, etc.) to improve health outcomes and ensure patients' needs are met." This was ranked as the number one recommendation from the session.
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11:03AM Friday 10 September 2010
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In February this year, Jeremiah Mwangi, IAPO’s Policy and External Affairs Director participated in the World Health Organization (WHO) and Health Professional Global Network (HPGN) Virtual Global Discussion Forum as an expert. The report for this forum has now been published and includes an important section based on IAPO’s principles of patient-centred healthcare. This report, entitled "Working Together for Health: How can interprofessional collaboration in education and practice contribute to better health outcomes?" highlights the importance of health professionals working together across boundaries of disciplines, professions and conventions to ensure the provision of equitable, patient-centred, affordable, efficient, and community driven health services.
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11:02AM Friday 10 September 2010
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In May, Jo Groves, IAPO’s Chief Executive Officer (CEO), spoke at the Third Geneva Conference on Person Centered Medicine. A summary report has now been published for this entitled: Collaborations across Disciplines, Specialities and Programs. The conclusions from the meeting recognized that there is a need to broaden the engagement of health organizations, academic institutions, and experts across the world in person centered medicine.
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11:02AM Friday 10 September 2010
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Ella Fearon-Low, IAPO’s Capacity Building Director recently attended the World Alliance for Citizen Participation (CIVICUS) 9th World Assembly in Montreal, Canada. The World Assembly brought together more than 500 delegates from across the globe for a three and half day conference to consider how to tackle the global challenges of economic and climate justice.
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11:01AM Friday 10 September 2010
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Hussain Jafri, the Chair of the IAPO Governing Board will bring the patient perspective to the Forum on the Quality of Care at the Organization for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD) which is being held prior to the OECD Health Ministerial Meeting which will focus on Health Priorities in the Aftermath of the Crisis. It will be a high-level policy Forum including Ministers and leading experts will discuss how to develop and use quality indicators to improve health care.
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11:01AM Friday 10 September 2010
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Prior to their 27th International Conference, the International Society for Quality in Health Care (ISQua) will be holding a Pre-Conference on Indicators. The theme of the pre-conference is measuring and acting on what’s important for the patient in terms of quality of healthcare and Jeremiah Mwangi, IAPO’s Policy and External Affairs Director, will be presenting on the effectiveness of patient-centred measures.
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