{"id":135,"date":"2025-12-16T10:02:51","date_gmt":"2025-12-16T10:02:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/worldpatientsalliance.org\/staging\/?page_id=135"},"modified":"2026-01-02T11:51:36","modified_gmt":"2026-01-02T11:51:36","slug":"1st-world-patients-conference","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/worldpatientsalliance.org\/staging\/1st-world-patients-conference\/","title":{"rendered":"1st World Patients Conference"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"135\" class=\"elementor elementor-135\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4e5bcf95 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"4e5bcf95\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2ea21153 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" 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data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">1st World Patients Conference<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d06d043 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"d06d043\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">15 \u2013 16 Oct 2022 Rome, Italy<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cc0c52c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"cc0c52c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-597282 kc_text_block\"><p>The 1st World Patients Conference brought together patient leaders from all over the world to the beautiful city of Rome from 15 \u2013 16 Oct 2022. The objectives of the conference were to provide patients the platform\u00a0 and opportunity to network, exchange information, share experiences, learn from each other, raise voice and advocate for patients cause internationally.<\/p><p>Over 645 delegates from over 101 countries participated in the hybrid conference both in person and virtually. Delegates consisted of global patients advocates, patient advocacy organizations leaders, patients and caregivers, healthcare stakeholders, healthcare regulators, industry, researchers and scientists.<\/p><blockquote><p>The theme of the conference was \u201cNew Normal, New Challenges for Patients\u201d. The healthcare has changed a lot since hit by pandemic globally. Both patients and healthcare providers have experienced unpresented challenges in the last few years and there is a new normal that is emerging. Patients and healthcare providers are adjusting to this new normal.<\/p><\/blockquote><p>This two-day conference brought together global leaders of non-profit organizations, medical experts and leaders in the field of patient advocacy. The leading global healthcare stakeholders that attended and presented at the conference included World Health Organization, International Committee of the Red Cross, International Council of Nurses, International Hospital Federation, FDA, European Medicine Agency and World Federation of Public Health Associations.<\/p><p>The conference programme covered a wide range of important topics concerning patients worldwide that included:<\/p><ul><li><h5><strong>New Normal, New Challenges<\/strong><\/h5><\/li><li><h5><strong>What is new Normal: How could patient expectations be met<\/strong><\/h5><\/li><li><h5><strong>Universal Health Coverage (UHC)<\/strong><\/h5><\/li><li><h5><strong>WPA Regional Meetings<\/strong><\/h5><\/li><li><h5><strong>Patient Safety<\/strong><\/h5><\/li><li><h5><strong>Healthcare Emergencies<\/strong><\/h5><\/li><li><h5><strong>Patient Engagement with Regulators<\/strong><\/h5><\/li><li><h5><strong>Digital Health<\/strong><\/h5><\/li><li><h5><strong>Members Discussion: Open Forum<\/strong><\/h5><\/li><\/ul><p>The conference also provided WPA members, patient advocates and healthcare stakeholders to set up booths both virtually and in person and showcase their services, activities, programmes and initiatives to global audience including patients organizations, leading patients advocates, healthcare providers and international healthcare organizations.<\/p><\/div><div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-394605 kc-title-wrap \"><h4 class=\"kc_title\">Thank you our Sponsors<\/h4><\/div><div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-455173 kc_text_block\"><p>The World Patients Alliance is extremely grateful for your sponsorship and support of the 1st World Patients Conference.<\/p><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b33dd2d e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"b33dd2d\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-67e2174 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"67e2174\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"330\" src=\"https:\/\/worldpatientsalliance.org\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/sponsors-wpc1-1024x422.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-235024\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/worldpatientsalliance.org\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/sponsors-wpc1-1024x422.png 1024w, https:\/\/worldpatientsalliance.org\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/sponsors-wpc1-300x124.png 300w, https:\/\/worldpatientsalliance.org\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/sponsors-wpc1-768x316.png 768w, https:\/\/worldpatientsalliance.org\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/sponsors-wpc1.png 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>1st World Patients Conference Home 1st World Patients Conference Conference Programme Speakers Conference Highlights Pictures Post Conference Survey Conference Committee Sessions Recording 1st World Patients Conference 15 \u2013 16 Oct [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-135","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/worldpatientsalliance.org\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/135","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/worldpatientsalliance.org\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/worldpatientsalliance.org\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/worldpatientsalliance.org\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/worldpatientsalliance.org\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=135"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/worldpatientsalliance.org\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/135\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":235027,"href":"https:\/\/worldpatientsalliance.org\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/135\/revisions\/235027"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/worldpatientsalliance.org\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=135"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}