Strong palliative care presence at this year’s World Health Assembly

Strong palliative care presence at this year’s World Health Assembly 
Worldwide Hospice Palliative Care Alliance - WHPCA; by Stephen Connor, Executive Director, WHPCA; 6/18/24 
Palliative care was well represented at the World Health Assembly (WHA) this year! All together there were twelve delegates from the organisations attending in official relations with WHO (6 from WHPCA and 6 from IAHPC). All attendees covered their expenses. This year is the 10th anniversary of the passage of the Palliative Care Resolution (67.19) “Strengthening of Palliative Care as a Component of Comprehensive Care Throughout the Life Course.” ... To use this fact as an opportunity WHPCA organised a side event on the margins of this year’s WHA titled: Ten Years Since the WHA Resolution on Palliative Care: Access is Increasing Slowly in LMICs, How Can We Expedite it? The event was co-sponsored by four countries (Australia, Belgium, Chile, and Panama) along with nine NGOs (UICC, ICPCN, IAHPC, NCDA, C/Can, APCA, APHN, UNTF NCDs, and Team Humanity). ... WHPCA is working to create a coalition of countries to advocate for palliative care at upcoming UN meetings.