The World Health Organizatin (WHO) and the World Palliative Care Association (WPCA) have today jointly launched a ‘Global Atlas of Palliative Care at the End of Life’.
The Atlas has found that less than one in ten people around the world have need palliative care are currently receiving it.
Commenting on the launch, the African Palliative Care Associations Executive Director, Dr Emmanuel Luyirika, said:
“This atlas highlights the global need for greater palliative care provision but specifically highlights the severe gap in many parts of Africa. Millions of Africans are suffering unnecessary and preventable pain and other symptoms. I am delighted that the World Health organisation has taken this opportunity to highlight these shortcomings.”
He added, “I would like to congratulate the countries of the world and the World Health Organization who, at the Executive Board of the World Health Assembly, adopted a palliative care resolution last week aimed at strengthening palliative care and integrating it into health systems.”
Read about the launch of the atlas on the international edition of ehospice.
The Atlas can be downloaded at from the publications section of the WHO website or from the Worldwide Palliative Care Alliance resources page.
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