Accelerating Progress on Universal Access to Palliative Care: Learning from Country Experiences
Organized by: Permanent Mission of the Slovak Republic, Worldwide Hospice and Palliative Care Alliance, and Qatar Foundations for Education, Science and Community Development
Co-Sponsors: Panama, International Association for Hospice and Palliative Care (IAHPC), Union for International Cancer Control (UICC), International Children’s Palliative Care Network, IAHPC, St Jude Global, C/Cancer, WONCA, SIOP, Team Humanity, NCD AllianceIn recent years, there has been a renewed momentum around the global palliative care through the passing of a World Health Assembly resolution in 2014. Palliative care should be firmly embedded within the NCD agenda, and palliative care interventions must be included in national benefit packages to achieve universal health coverage.
Objectives of the event:
- Showcase successful country initiatives towards achieving universal access to palliative care from member states, harnessing the momentum of WHA Resolution 67.19 (Strengthening of palliative care as a component of comprehensive care throughout the life course)
- Discuss challenges and solutions to palliative care integration in Primary Care and NCD Control
- Engage members states and health representatives to consider the importance of palliative care in the 2025 political declaration related to the 4th High-Level meetings on NCDs