The International Federation of Psoriasis Associations (IFPA) is a
non-profit organization made up of psoriasis associations from
around the world.
IFPA unites psoriasis associations so that their global campaign
for improved medical care, greater public understanding and
increased research will improve the lives of people who live with
psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis and explore the challenges
psoriasis presents to the international psoriasis
community.
Worldwide unity for people living with psoriasis
IFPA gives non-profit psoriasis associations a global voice to
campaign on behalf of people who have psoriasis and psoriatic
arthritis. IFPA provides the unity that strengthens everyone's
ability to support research that will someday find a cause and a
cure for these diseases.
Five Fast Facts about IFPA
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The first and only unifying global voice that supports psoriasis
associations in an area of ever increasing focus and high unmet
need.
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An organization that conducts cost effective, successful and high
quality programs which are bringing together psoriasis
associations, healthcare professionals and healthcare industry as
demonstrated in activities like World Psoriasis Day and World
Psoriasis and Psoriasis Arthritis Conference.
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The global representative of 125 million people with psoriasis
advocating for and responding to increased research in the area
psoriasis, psoriatic arthritis and related diseases
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IFPA has helped establish and develop psoriasis associations in
countries where they did not previously exist or they needed
support
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The majority of psoriasis associations around the world are members
of IFPA
IFPA Vision
A world without human suffering from psoriasis
IFPA Mission
To be the unifying global voice of all psoriasis associations,
supporting, strengthening and promoting their cause at an
international level
IFPA Goals
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SECURE: universal access to treatment, to raise awareness and
understanding of psoriasis and to change the treatment paradigm and
end discrimination
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GROW: the IFPA national psoriasis association membership base to
encompass all representative psoriasis associations
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COOPERATE: and become active partners with all relevant psoriasis
and psoriatic arthritis stakeholder groups including medical
associations, pharmaceutical companies and other relevant
organizations
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INITIATE: and communicate all relevant market and clinical research
in psoriasis, psoriatic arthritis and related diseases.
