Prolonged fevers, rashes, chronic inflammation, joint pain and swelling, and chronic fatigue; these are just a few of the symptoms that can affect patients living with rare autoinflammatory conditions. Some of these diseases occur soon after birth and can develop...
The Canadian Arthritis Patient Alliance (CAPA), a group of individuals who live with autoimmune inflammatory arthritis and who are on immunosuppressant therapies has reached out to the National Advisory Committee on Immunization’s (NACI’s) with feedback on...
For over a decade now, CAPA has been contributing the perspectives of people who live with arthritis to CADTH’s input submissions having encouraged the use of Real World Evidence (RWE) from the arthritis environment in Canada to be used by CADTH as there are a number...
The federal government is currently debating the creation of a new Canada Disability Benefit for people of working age. We developed a policy brief for the Standing Committee on Human Resources, Skills and Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities...
In 2014, the Arthritis Alliance of Canada (AAC), a former nationwide coalition of more than thirty-five groups including people living with arthritis, health care professionals, researchers, funding agencies, government, voluntary sector agencies and industry...
CAPA has partnered with 23 patient organizations to write a letter to the Minister of Health strongly supporting the decision that Minister announced on April 14th, 2022 with regards to the Amendments to the Patented Medicines Regulations providing new tools to...
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