Kawaldip Sehmi: global champion of patients’ rights

bmj;383/nov23_1/p2682/FAF1faKawaldip 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.”Thinking global, acting globalKawaldip was born in Nairobi and came to the UK aged 22 to study building economics at Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh. He followed this with a masters in public health at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, a masters in business administration at the London Business School, and a postgraduate diploma in legal practice from the London College of Law. At this time he became a British citizen.His work experience was as broad as his education had…
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