Spotlight: Patient safety and NCDs (17) IAPO Webinar: World Patient Safety Day 2026: What can we do to make NCD care safer? (3)

15 September, 2026

Below is a reminder for the IAPO webinar, 16 September 2026. We encourage HIFA members to participate (free) and share your observations with us.

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Dear all,

Last chance to join us!

Our global webinar to mark World Patient Safety Day 2026 is taking place TOMORROW!

"Partners in Safe Care: Lived Experience and Collective Action for Safety in Noncommunicable Diseases"

Date: Wednesday 16 September 2026

Time: 11:00-12:30 CEST

Online via Zoom

Register here https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN__UZ8dt1lT7Oe9IkeGPps1w#/regi...

Join the below distinguished panel to explore how we can work together to make care safer for everyone living with NCDs:

�� Dr Blerta Maliqi (opening address), Head of the Patient Safety and Quality of Care Unit at World Health Organization HQ

�� Dr. Ratna Devi (Moderator) - IAPO Board Member and CEO of DakshamA Health

�� Klaus B Von Pressentin - Chair of the World Organization of Family Doctors (WONCA) Working Party on Quality and Safety

�� Ferdinant M. Sonyuy - CSEM for UHC2030 in Cameroon, and President/CEO of Reconciliation and Development Association (RADA)

�� Lydia E Makaroff - CEO of Multiple Sclerosis International Federation (MSIF)

�� Ikram Eseghir - Member of the Our Views, Our Voices Advisory Committee, representing the NCD Alliance, and Founder/President of NABD-BC2 Association (Best Care for Breast Cancer) in Morocco

We hope to see you there!

The IAPO team

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HIFA profile: Neil Pakenham-Walsh is coordinator of HIFA (Healthcare Information For All), a global health community that brings all stakeholders together around the shared goal of universal access to reliable healthcare information. HIFA has 20,000 members in 180 countries, interacting in four languages and representing all parts of the global evidence ecosystem. HIFA is administered by Global Healthcare Information Network, a UK-based nonprofit in official relations with the World Health Organization. Email: neil@hifa.org

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Neil Pakenham-Walsh