World Patients Alliance

World Patients Alliance The World Patients Alliance is an umbrella organization of patients and patients organizations around the globe. Learn more at www.WorldPatientsAlliance.org
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The WPA provides the platform to empower and raise the voice for the provision and access to safe, quality and affordable healthcare. We work toward ensuring patients have an active role in all stages of healthcare that includes planning, provision, monitoring, research and evaluation of health services. We represent patients from all world regions and across all disease areas.

09/05/2026

๐…๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐จ๐ง๐ž ๐ง๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฌ๐ž ๐ญ๐จ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ง๐ž๐ฑ๐ญ, ๐œ๐ฅ๐ž๐š๐ซ ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ก๐ž๐ฅ๐ฉ๐ฌ ๐ค๐ž๐ž๐ฉ ๐œ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐œ๐จ๐ง๐ง๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ž๐.

Nursing handovers are an important part of continuity of care. Clear communication can help ensure that relevant information, patient needs and care priorities are carried forward as responsibility moves between nurses, teams and care settings.

Patients and families can also play an important role by sharing information, asking questions and communicating what matters to them throughout their care journey.

Through every transition, nurses help support care that remains connected, coordinated and centered on the patient.

Through the ๐‡๐ž๐š๐ซ๐ญ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐‡๐ž๐š๐ฅ๐ญ๐ก๐œ๐š๐ซ๐ž: ๐‚๐ž๐ฅ๐ž๐›๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐Ž๐ฎ๐ซ ๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฌ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ฃ๐ž๐œ๐ญ, ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐–๐จ๐ซ๐ฅ๐ ๐๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ ๐€๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐š๐ง๐œ๐ž continues to recognize the essential contribution nurses make to patient care every day.

09/04/2026

Join World Patients Alliance on World Patient Safety Day 2026 Global Webinar, โ€œSafe Care for Life: A Global Call to Action for Safer NCD Care,โ€ on 16 September 2026 at 08:00 AM ET.

World Patient Safety Day 2026, under the theme โ€œSafe care for noncommunicable diseasesโ€ and slogan โ€œSafe care for life!โ€, highlights the patient safety risks people with NCDs may face throughout their care journey.

Register here: https://bit.ly/4cn240d

09/04/2026
09/04/2026
09/02/2026

๐€ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐ž๐๐ข๐š๐›๐ž๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ ๐๐ข๐š๐ ๐ง๐จ๐ฌ๐ข๐ฌ ๐œ๐š๐ง ๐›๐ž ๐š๐ง ๐ข๐ฆ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐š๐ง๐ญ ๐จ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ญ๐š๐ค๐ž ๐ž๐š๐ซ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐š๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง.

Healthy eating, regular physical activity and appropriate professional support can help reduce the risk of developing type 2 diabetes. Emerging long-term evidence also suggests that structured lifestyle action may support broader health over time.

The goal is not perfection. It is about identifying realistic and sustainable actions that work for you, with appropriate guidance from a healthcare professional.

Through the ๐–๐จ๐ซ๐ฅ๐ ๐๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ ๐€๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐š๐ง๐œ๐ž ๐๐ซ๐ž๐๐ข๐š๐›๐ž๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ ๐€๐ฐ๐š๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐€๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ˆ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž, we are supporting greater awareness, informed action and access to practical resources for people at risk of or living with prediabetes.

๐‘ฌ๐’™๐’‘๐’๐’๐’“๐’† ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐‘พ๐‘ท๐‘จ ๐‘ท๐’“๐’†๐’…๐’Š๐’‚๐’ƒ๐’†๐’•๐’†๐’” ๐‘จ๐’˜๐’‚๐’“๐’†๐’๐’†๐’”๐’” ๐’‚๐’๐’… ๐‘จ๐’„๐’•๐’Š๐’๐’ ๐‘ฐ๐’๐’Š๐’•๐’Š๐’‚๐’•๐’Š๐’—๐’†:

https://www.worldpatientsalliance.org/prediabetes-awareness-action-initiative/

WPA IS pleased to contribute to the discussion on equitable access to pharmacy-led care at the ๐Ÿ–๐Ÿ’๐ญ๐ก ๐…๐ˆ๐ ๐–๐จ๐ซ๐ฅ๐ ๐‚๐จ๐ง๐ ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐จ...
09/02/2026

WPA IS pleased to contribute to the discussion on equitable access to pharmacy-led care at the ๐Ÿ–๐Ÿ’๐ญ๐ก ๐…๐ˆ๐ ๐–๐จ๐ซ๐ฅ๐ ๐‚๐จ๐ง๐ ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐๐ก๐š๐ซ๐ฆ๐š๐œ๐ฒ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐๐ก๐š๐ซ๐ฆ๐š๐œ๐ž๐ฎ๐ญ๐ข๐œ๐š๐ฅ ๐’๐œ๐ข๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ž๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐Œ๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ฅ, ๐‚๐š๐ง๐š๐๐š.

Representing the World Patients Alliance, ๐๐ซ๐จ๐Ÿ. ๐‡๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฌ๐š๐ข๐ง ๐‰๐š๐Ÿ๐ซ๐ข, CEO, highlighted the importance of advancing patient partnership in pharmaceutical services. From the WPA perspective, pharmaceutical care creates greater value when patients and caregivers are meaningfully involved in the design, delivery and evaluation of services.

WPA continues to advocate for patient-centered, equitable and people-focused healthcare systems, including in pharmaceutical care.
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๐‘๐ž๐š๐ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐ž ๐จ๐ง ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ฐ๐ž๐›๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ๐ž.

https://www.worldpatientsalliance.org/news/291111/

08/29/2026

๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐œ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐œ๐ก๐ž๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐š๐ซ ๐›๐ž๐ฒ๐จ๐ง๐ ๐ก๐จ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ข๐ญ๐š๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฌ.

Across hospitals, primary care, clinics, homes and communities, nurses work close to the people they serve. They support prevention, coordinate care, provide health information and help connect people with the services they need.

The ๐ˆ๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ง๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐‚๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐œ๐ข๐ฅ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฌ identifies this closeness to patients and communities as the power of proximity, one of the many ways nursing contributes to person-centered and accessible healthcare.

Through ๐‡๐ž๐š๐ซ๐ญ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐‡๐ž๐š๐ฅ๐ญ๐ก๐œ๐š๐ซ๐ž: ๐‚๐ž๐ฅ๐ž๐›๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐Ž๐ฎ๐ซ ๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฌ, ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐–๐จ๐ซ๐ฅ๐ ๐๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ ๐€๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐š๐ง๐œ๐ž continues to recognize nurses and call for the support and conditions they need to deliver their full contribution to patient care.

๐‘ฉ๐’†๐’„๐’‚๐’–๐’”๐’† ๐’“๐’†๐’„๐’๐’ˆ๐’๐’Š๐’›๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ ๐’๐’–๐’“๐’”๐’†๐’” ๐’”๐’‰๐’๐’–๐’๐’… ๐’„๐’๐’๐’•๐’Š๐’๐’–๐’† ๐’†๐’—๐’†๐’“๐’š ๐’…๐’‚๐’š.

08/27/2026

๐€ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐ž๐๐ข๐š๐›๐ž๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ญ ๐ฌ๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ ๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐ž๐ง๐ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐œ๐จ๐ง๐Ÿ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง. ๐ˆ๐ญ ๐ฌ๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ ๐›๐ž๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐š ๐œ๐ฅ๐ž๐š๐ซ ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐š๐ง.

Knowing what comes next can help people feel more informed and better prepared. Ask what your result means for you, whether repeat testing is needed, when follow-up should happen, and which practical changes to priorities first.

Prediabetes does not mean type 2 diabetes is inevitable. Early action, regular follow-up, and appropriate support can make a difference.

Explore the ๐–๐๐€ ๐๐ซ๐ž๐๐ข๐š๐›๐ž๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ ๐€๐ฐ๐š๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐€๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ˆ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž for patient-friendly information and practical next steps.

08/22/2026

๐’๐š๐Ÿ๐ž ๐ง๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฌ๐ž ๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐š๐ฅ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐›๐จ๐ญ๐ก ๐ง๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฌ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ช๐ฎ๐š๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐œ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐ฉ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ซ๐ž๐œ๐ž๐ข๐ฏ๐ž.

In ๐…๐ž๐›๐ซ๐ฎ๐š๐ซ๐ฒ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ”, ๐–๐‡๐Ž/๐„๐ฎ๐ซ๐จ๐ฉ๐ž published its first policy brief on safe nurse staffing, highlighting the importance of having the right number and mix of appropriately educated and supported nurses to respond to patient needs.

Safe staffing is about more than numbers. It also requires the right skills, supportive working conditions, effective workforce planning and strong nursing leadership.

When nurses are appropriately supported, they are better positioned to provide safe, responsive and high-quality care.

Through ๐‡๐ž๐š๐ซ๐ญ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐‡๐ž๐š๐ฅ๐ญ๐ก๐œ๐š๐ซ๐ž: ๐‚๐ž๐ฅ๐ž๐›๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐Ž๐ฎ๐ซ ๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฌ, the ๐–๐จ๐ซ๐ฅ๐ ๐๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ ๐€๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐š๐ง๐œ๐ž continues to recognize the vital role nurses play in delivering patient centered care and strengthening health systems.
WHO Regional Office for Europe
๐‘บ๐’๐’–๐’“๐’„๐’†: ๐‘พ๐‘ฏ๐‘ถ/๐‘ฌ๐’–๐’“๐’๐’‘๐’†, ๐‘บ๐’‚๐’‡๐’† ๐’๐’–๐’“๐’”๐’† ๐’”๐’•๐’‚๐’‡๐’‡๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ: ๐’‘๐’๐’๐’Š๐’„๐’š ๐’ƒ๐’“๐’Š๐’†๐’‡, 18 ๐‘ญ๐’†๐’ƒ๐’“๐’–๐’‚๐’“๐’š 2026.

08/19/2026

๐€ ๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ญ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐จ๐ง๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฉ๐จ๐ข๐ง๐ญ. Clear follow-up can help people better understand what the result means, what may need monitoring, and what practical next steps may support health over time.

Through the ๐–๐๐€ ๐๐ซ๐ž๐๐ข๐š๐›๐ž๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ ๐€๐ฐ๐š๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐€๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ˆ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž, we are sharing patient-friendly information to support awareness, informed decision-making, and early action.

Learn more through ๐–๐๐€โ€™๐ฌ ๐๐ซ๐ž๐๐ข๐š๐›๐ž๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ ๐€๐ฐ๐š๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐€๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ˆ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž, and help spread awareness by sharing this post.

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