Only one week until the 77th World Health Assembly (WHA77) in Geneva (27 May – 1 June 2024)!
IAPO and The Synergist’s Side Event “Leveraging patient organizations as key partners in the delivery of universal health coverage” is taking place on Monday 27 May 2024, from 18:00 to 20:00 CEST (welcome drinks will be served from 18:00 to 18:30 and dinner from 20:00 to 21:00), at the Novotel Genève Centre (Rue de Zurich 19, 1201, Geneva, Switzerland). It will also be broadcast via IAPO’s YouTube channel [https://www.youtube.com/@IAPOPatientVoice] from 18:30 CEST.
Featuring very inspiring speakers, the Side Event will discuss the importance of social participation in the delivery of universal health coverage (UHC) and the fundamental role patient organizations play in shaping patient-centred health systems.
Event speakers include:
Dani Mothci, CEO, IAPO (moderator)
Amanda Bok, Chief Strategy Officer, The Synergist (moderator)
Justin Koonin, President, ACON & Member, Political Advisory Panel for the UHC Movement
Pamela Cipriano, Steering Committee Co-Chair, UHC2030
Lara Bloom, President and CEO, The Ehlers-Danlos Society
Brian O’Mahony, CEO, Irish Haemophilia Society
Mark Barone, Founder and General Manager, Intersectoral Forum of NCCs/NCDs in Brazil (ForumCCNTs)
Antoine Boivin, Canada Research Chair in Partnership with Patients and Communities, Université de Montréal
Click below to learn about the event and the speakers' biographies.
Learn more [https://www.iapo.org.uk/node/15670]
Our Side Event seeks to motivate the patient community and other healthcare stakeholders to unite in advancing the patient partnership agenda. By highlighting instances where small-scale changes initiated by patient organizations globally have had significant system-level impacts, we aim to demonstrate the potential for collective action to drive meaningful progress.
Register here [https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/IAPO-TS_WHA77SideEvent]
This event also aims to inspire the patient community and other health stakeholders to join forces and garner political endorsement for the draft resolution on social participation for universal health coverage, health and well-being [https://apps.who.int/gb/ebwha/pdf_files/EB154/B154_CONF10-en.pdf], thereby augmenting its prospects for adoption by Member States at WHA77.
Speaking about the resolution, UHC2030 [https://www.uhc2030.org/] is coordinating a campaign to showcase countries and leaders championing social participation to inspire others to promote participatory governance in their health systems.
Click here [https://www.iapo.org.uk/node/15674] to learn more about the UHC2030 campaign on social participation.
We look forward to seeing you at our Side Event, whether in person or online!
Warm regards,
IAPO Team
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