We Need your Support to Keep World Hospice and Palliative Care Day Going

The Worldwide Hospice Palliative Care Alliance (WHPCA) has a continuing special fundraising campaign to support World Day. WHPCA, in cooperation with our other international partners, does all the organising, theme planning, Toolkit development, design, promoting web management, and a lot of other work that is not funded. This year marks the 19th World Hospice and Palliative Care Day (WHPCD) and 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 is what inspired the theme for 2024, the theme is Ten Years since the resolution: How are we doing?

Over the years, we have tried hard to get a sponsor for World Day (let me know if you know of anyone who might be interested) without success, so we are relying on you the global palliative care community to help keep World Day going by making an easy donation to the campaign.

WHPCD is the one day each year when we focus global attention on the access abyss to care for those most seriously ill in our communities. At least 60 million people need palliative care each year and only 12% of that need is met. With your help, we can make a difference in someone’s life. No amount is too small and every coin counts. Let’s come together in the spirit of solidarity and keep World Day advocacy going. Share this information widely with your stakeholders, members, contacts, and everyone who will be celebrating or participating in WHPCD. Together we can do more.

Find out more about the fundraising campaign, our work, and how you can give HERE.

We would also love to know when and where your World Day event will be held. This helps us to take note, and measure the impact and reach of the World Day Campaign. You also get to see and let the world know about your event on the Global Map for World Day. Add your event HERE.

Thank you for the work you do and for taking part in keeping World Day going.