Policy Advocacy for Better Patient Outcomes

ACTIVE YEARS
April 2024 - July 2024

Collaborators

PARTNERS
Boehringer Ingelheim

Empowering Patient Advocacy

ACCESS Health Southeast Asia partnered with Boehringer Ingelheim to curate and deliver a workshop on policy advocacy in the cardio-renal-metabolic (CRM) space. The event aimed to equip patient organizations with the tools to create unified strategies that link patient perspectives to broader policy goals,  policy soft skills, stakeholder analysis and case studies from other countries in the region.

Program Objectives

Advocating for policy change in CRM, connecting patient organizations with policymakers, and reducing fragmented care.

Understand the importance of policy advocacy in CRM.

Link patient organizations with policymakers to improve connected care.

Identify policy levers to reduce fragmented care in CRM management.

Workstreams

Overview

Hands-On Learning for Patient Advocacy

The session included a 60-minute policy framework presentation and breakout sessions for developing policy strategies linked to patient perspectives.

Key Outcomes

Training Delivered

4 country teams were trained

Policy Strategies

Each team developed a policy strategy for future collaborations.

Practical Outcomes

Patient organizations created frameworks to improve patient outcomes in their regions.

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