Kawaldip Sehmi: global champion of patients’ rights

Kawaldip Sehmi, chief executive of the International Alliance of Patients’ Organizations (IAPO), has died unexpectedly.

Kawaldip’s passion and enthusiasm for his work was inexhaustible and his leadership of IAPO outstanding. He lived, breathed, and skilfully advanced patient centred care around the world by listening to, and connecting, communities of patients and worked with them to drive policy to protect their rights and enshrine the principle that “every patient’s voice counts.”