RESOURCE CENTRE
APPIS supports patient communities across Asia Pacific, Middle East and Africa. Tap into these APPIS resources specially developed to identify and address pertinent issues faced by the patient organizations across this vast and diverse region.
Breast Cancer Care Companion - Well-being Tracker
A Well-being tracker can be a helpful discussion guide between patients and their treating physicians by providing a comprehensive overview of the patient's health status over a period of time. It can include vital signs (physical, functional, emotional, & social), medication adherence, symptoms, and lifestyle habits.
This document can serve as a basis for discussing the effectiveness of the current treatment plan, identifying areas for improvement, and setting new health goals. Additionally, it can facilitate open communication and collaboration between the patient and physician, ensuring that the treatment plan is personalized and effective. The Well-being tracker is a tool to best advocate for the patients and the care they need.
Download the wellness tracker here: English
Engage In Health Literacy Interventions For Better Patient Engagement
Investing in health literacy is an important step toward improving public health outcomes. It allows people to make more informed choices about their health based on the information available and improves two-way communication between patients and healthcare professionals.
This guidance report is designed to help patient organizations work with stakeholders and customize plans to improve patient engagement in the development and improvement of health literacy interventions. The handout is designed to serve as a reference during meetings, workshops, and consultative discussions for patient groups to take forward their plan.
Download the guidance report and handout in your preferred language.
Guidance report: English Traditional Chinese Arabic Korean
Handout: English Traditional Chinese Arabic Korean
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Shaping Health Policy with Collaborative Patient Engagement
Patient organizations are key to improving health policy development to better reflect patient and caregiver needs. This guidance report seeks to support patient organizations to become more involved in the health policy decision-making process and ultimately contribute to improving health outcomes for patients and caregivers. The handout is designed to serve as a reference during meetings, workshops, and consultative discussions for patient groups to take forward their plan.
Download the guidance report and handout in your preferred language.
Guidance report: English Traditional Chinese Arabic Korean
Handout: English Traditional Chinese Arabic Korean
Digital Health and Communications - Towards Collaborative Patient-centric Digital Health Solutions
Seeks to address the real-world needs for patient-centric digital health solutions and close the gaps that prevent the meaningful involvement of patients and organizations in the design and development process of patient centric digital solutions. Download the guidance report and handout in your preferred language.
Guidance report: English Traditional Chinese Arabic Korean
Handout: English Traditional Chinese Arabic Korean
APPIS Whitepaper 2021
Summarized learnings from patient communities and supported short- and long-term dialogues with key stakeholders to address top unmet needs:
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Sustainable funding
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Raising disease awareness
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Access to health news and information