“Don’t let palliative care progress fall further behind. Ensure that the palliative care resolution is effectively realised over the next decade. Demand that governments include palliative care and relief of suffering in plans for universal health coverage.” WHAT CONCRETE ACTION WILL YOU TAKE TO REALISE THIS ASK?
World Hospice and Palliative Care Day (WHPCD) is marked each year on the second Saturday of October which falls on the 12th of October this year. Each year a theme is thoughtfully and carefully selected to commemorate this day. This year’s theme is Ten Years Since the Resolution: How are We Doing? 10 years since the 2014 World Health Assembly (WHA) (WHO’s Governing Body) passed the only stand-alone resolution on palliative care, calling for all countries to “strengthen palliative care as a component of comprehensive care throughout the life course.”
This year as we celebrate WHPCD, we would love to hear from you. A lot has been achieved in the last ten years but we still have a long way to go. Advocacy efforts have been made internationally, regionally, and locally by several groups, institutions, and individuals. Together we have shared stories and continued to push for palliative care to be fully integrated into healthcare systems to achieve Universal Health Coverage (UHC).
Please share with us what steps you plan to take to realise the key ask for this year’s campaign: ‘Don’t let palliative care progress fall further behind. Ensure that the palliative care resolution is effectively realised over the next decade. Demand that governments include palliative care and relief of suffering in plans for universal health coverage.’
We have a section on the WHPCA website where we encourage you to share a quote about your action plan. It takes less than one minute to submit your quote. We will share your quote on our social media platforms and if need be, we can include it on the Impact Report which will be published in November.
Please share your Plan for Action HERE.
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