During the closing ceremony of ISQua’s 41st International Conference in São Paulo, ISQua President, Dr Ezequiel Garcia Elorrio, highlighted Brazil’s role as host of the UN COP30 Climate Summit, which will take place in Belém from 10–21 November 2025. In recognition of this important global event, the ISQua Board has prepared an official statement, submitted to André Corrêa do Lago, President of COP30, on 2 November 2025. The statement, which can be read below, was formally acknowledged by the COP30 Secretariat on 3 November 2025.

The ISQua Education team were delighted to host the first ever Fellowship in Action session at this year’s ISQua Conference in Sao Paulo, Brazil.

At ISQua’s 41st International Conference in São Paulo, the prestigious Reizenstein Award was presented on Monday, 13th October 2025 by Professor Sir Aziz Sheikh, Editor-in-Chief of ISQua’s International Journal for Quality in Health Care (IJQHC).

At ISQua, we are delighted to extend our heartfelt congratulations to Lewis E. Kazis, ScD, the recipient of the prestigious 2025 Health Assessment Lab/Medical Outcomes Trust John Ware and Alvin Tarlov Career Achievement Prize in Patient-Reported Outcome Measures (PROMs).

Check out Mapping Healthcare, a radio show and podcast produced and hosted by University of California Davis pediatrician and ISQua board member, Dr. Ulfat Shaikh. The podcast covers healthcare improvement efforts around the world and new episodes are released every two weeks.

ISQua invites submissions from Fellows who wish to present their work at a special 90-minute session at ISQua’s 41st International Conference, São Paulo, Brazil 12th – 15th October 2025.