Jeremiah Mwangi, Policy and External Affairs Director of IAPO

Listening to the thought leaders of safe medicines
at the 2010 Interchange

Jeremiah Mwangi, Policy and External Affairs Director of International Alliance of Patients’ Organizations (IAPO), will sit on “The Role of Patients and Healthcare Professionals” panel at 1:45pm at the Partnership for Safe Medicine’s Interchange on October 27, 2011 at the National Press Club in Washington, DC.

IAPO is a unique global alliance that represents patients of all nationalities across all disease areas and promotes patient-centered healthcare around the world.  IAPO’s members are patients’organizations working at the international, regional, national and local levels to represent and support patients, the families of patients, and caregivers.

Mwangi joined IAPO in October 2006 as Policy and Website Officer. Jeremiah’s responsibilities include developing and managing the implementation of IAPO’s  policy strategy as part of the next strategic plan, coordinating IAPO’s policy activities, communicating IAPO’s policy to a wide audience and identifying relevant stakeholders to collaborate with. Jeremiah’s work has included developing IAPO’s Policy Statement on Patient Information, developing a series of case studies exemplifying patient-centred healthcare in practice, supporting the development of IAPO’s Advocacy Toolkit on Patient Safety and coordinating IAPO’s monthly newsletter. 

Learn more about how agencies and industry fight medicine counterfeiting and sales at the 2011 Interchange on October 27 at the National Press Club.