A well-known Japanese comedian with a long career on TV was recognized again during the spread of coronavirus, however not on any TV screen but in an obituary. We were shocked with deep sadness to encounter the news that Ken Shimura, an influential and beloved comedian for decades in Japan, suddenly passed away due to Covid-19 despite the fact that we were about to watch a new TV drama with him cast as one of the primary characters.

This is a time of sadness around the world as we face the impact of the pandemic and the ongoing challenges to human dignity. ISQua is an international organisation that believes in the core values of humanity, of equity and justice, with a mission to improve health and healthcare. Equity is one of the intrinsic values of quality, yet it is the most elusive.

ISQua's Learning about Improvement Community of Practice was delighted to host Helen Crisp for her virtual session on 'Learning from Measurements in Improvement' on 27th March 2020.

During this unprecedented time ISQua remains here for you and continues to share our work and help improve your knowledge and expertise in whatever way we can. To assist you with the latest KNOWLEDGE, we have developed a dedicated COVID-19 Resource Page with information and links.

ISQua's Learning about Improvement Community of Practice is delighted to host Helen Crisp for her virtual session on 'Learning from Measurements in Improvement'

It was a pleasure to host Dr Chintan Maru, Director at the Global Development Incubator and Executive Director of Leapfrog to Value, as guest presenter for our latest live webinar.

We are delighted to welcome Dr Chintan Maru, Director at the Global Development Incubator and Executive Director of Leapfrog to Value, as guest presenter for our next live webinar on 11 March 2020.

It was a pleasure to host Dr Carsten Engel, ISQua Expert and world expert in accreditaton and external evaluation, for a live webinar on Accreditation as a driver of improvement and knowledge transfer.

We were delighted to host author Hugh MacLeod for our fourth episode in the ISQua Podcast series.

The topic for this episode was: “Humanizing Quality and Patient Safety Improvement”

We invite healthcare professionals, students, patients, policymakers to share their ideas, successes and achievements at ISQua’s 37^th International Healthcare Conference in Florence, Italy from 30^th August to 2^nd September 2020. Submit by 30th January 2020 for a chance to present in Florence.