APPIS SUMMIT 2024
The 4th APPIS Summit took place on 19-20 March 2024 and brought together attendees from over 59 countries across the healthcare ecosystem with the common goal of accelerating patient access and prioritizing action towards better health outcomes in Asia Pacific, the Middle East, and Africa.
The Summit consisted of lively panel sessions, fireside discussions, and presentations, focused on the key themes of health literacy, shaping health policy, and future readiness. With over 40 speakers, including healthcare experts, patient leaders, policymakers and health journalists, these sessions explored a wide breadth of topics, from the challenges patients face to the importance of collaboration across health systems.
APPIS 2024 COUNCIL
A special thanks to our APPIS 2024 Council Members who co-created this year’s program:
Rod Padua
President, Touched By
Max Inc Philippines; Chair,
CML Advocates Network
*Strategic Advisor
Nam Soohyoun
Journalist, Korea
JoongAng Daily
Mervat Mattar
Professor, Department
of Hematology, Cairo
University
Meredith Cummins
CEO, NeuroEndocrine
Cancer Australia
Julie Cini
Global Legacy Lead,
Advocacy Beyond Borders
Rania Azmi
President, Fadia Survive and
Thrive International Cancer
Association
Liu Chang
Founder & CEO,
ASK Health Asia
Adam Chee
Associate Professor, Saw
Swee Hock School of Public
Health, National University
of Singapore
Mahira El Sayed
Professor, Department of
Dermatology and
Venereology, Ain Shams
University, Egypt
Dilek Ural
Professor, Department of
Cardiology, Koc University,
Türkiye
Ruth Kuguru
Executive Director,
Communications & Engagement,
Novartis Asia Pacific, Middle
East & Africa
Sharon Hsiao Fei Yuan
Professor and Director,
Graduate Institute of
Clinical Pharmacy,
National Taiwan University
Key Themes for APPIS Summit 2024
Health Literacy
Health Policy Shaping
Future Readiness
APPIS Region-Wide Summit 2024: Agenda & Recordings
For more information on the respective speakers, please click on their photos.
What’s Next?
Beyond the Summit, the APPIS Innovator Program, which aims to partner with patient organizations to scale innovative patient solutions, will be open for submissions for qualifying patient organizations from 20 March - 5 April 2024.
Every year, a panel of patient leaders and healthcare experts will assess the submissions using the criteria of impact, innovation, potential to scale, fit to category, and progression. Winners of the APPIS Innovator Program will enter a one-year partnership with Novartis that will provide coaching from topic experts, increased visibility via the APPIS platform, and financial support to scale their innovative patient solutions.
Learn more about the APPIS Innovator Program here.
This year, 16 local APPISx programs will take place across the region in South Korea, Australia, Turkey, Taiwan, Egypt, India, the Philippines, Vietnam, Malaysia, Japan, Thailand, South Africa and countries in the Middle East and Sub-Saharan Africa Region.
APPISx will focus on country-level engagements and bring together patient organizations and different healthcare stakeholders to delve deeper into the urgent access challenges faced by patients at a local level.
Learn more about APPISx here.
Get Involved!
Reach out to info@APPISInitiative.com to join our APPIS Community, sign up for our email updates and find out more about local initiatives in your country and how you can take part!
Visit our Resource Center for curated resources developed by the APPIS Community to identify and address pertinent issues faced by patient organizations across the region.
Also, subscribe to our YouTube channel to revisit previous years’ discussions and stay tuned for new updates!