On 29 June the World Hospice and Palliative Care Alliance organised a webinar in preparation for World Hospice and Palliative Care Day 2022. WHPCD will be celebrated on 8th October. We will be advocating for people living with palliative care needs with a focus on grief and loss in line with this year's theme: Healing Hearts and Communities.

The WHPCA would like to thank each one of you for registering and also taking the time to attend the webinar. A lot was discussed and unpacked including the 2022 theme and sub-themes, rationale, evidence, and key messages. Please find the recording on the Worldwide Hospice and Palliative Care Alliance YouTube account. Please watch the recording below to set yourself up for a successful  WHPCD event.

We are inspired by experiences and innovations from compassionate communities worldwide that honour and bring healing and hope. WHPCA World Day includes Good Grief, stories, and profiles from around the world showcasing successful grief support programs and memorialization initiatives.

Please share your stories by sending an email to the Communications Manager at hkinyua@thewhpca.org We would like to feature your stories, share your pictures and also videos on our digital platforms. We welcome stories from around the world showcasing successful grief support programs and memorialization initiatives.

WHPCA World Day 2022 will feature Good Grief – stories of compassion, experiences and innovations from communities worldwide that honour and bring healing and hope. Submit your 250 word (maximum) Good Grief profile and photo (if possible) showcasing your community’s successful grief support programs and memorialization initiatives to  hkinyua@thewhpca.org to be featured on our website, ehospice and on World Day 2022 on social media.  Together, we can build compassion in our communities. 

Deadline for submission: 10 September 2022

We are excited about WHPCD 2022 as the days go by. Are you excited as well? We cannot wait. Please remember to add your event to the global map so we can find out where and how you will mark this day. This information will help us to know and measure the impact of world day 2022.

The global COVID-19 pandemic continues to be a challenge and we urge you to be careful and follow the guidelines set in place in your region as you plan to celebrate WHPCD.

Please register your event on the Worldwide Hospice and Palliative Care Alliance global events map here: https://www.thewhpca.org/world-hospice-and-palliative-care-day/events-2022

The African Palliative Care Association (APCA) 7^th International African Palliative Care Conference, co-hosted by the Worldwide Hospice Palliative Care Alliance (WHPCA), will take place on 24 – 26 August 2022 in Kampala, Uganda.

Have you registered for the conference? Please register as soon as possible for ease of planning. We've got less than one month to go. Please check out the following links to give you a glimpse of what to expect in the conference.

• Link to plenary speakers: https://tinyurl.com/PLNPKS
• Link to workshop details & registration; https://www.africanpalliativecare.org/conference/call-for-workshops/
• Link directing you to exhibitions and sponsorship https://www.africanpalliativecare.org/conference/sponsors-and-exhibitions/
• Your registration to this conference entitles you to a complimentary 1-year APCA membership!
• Register for the conference here https://www.africanpalliativecare.org/conference/conference-fees/
   

Several palliative care experts, carers, donors, and patients will gather at this conference for three days to share their experiences. The conference is expected to attract guests including several country ministers of health & dignitaries, and government technical officials.

The second Friday in October, which this year falls on Friday 14th October 2022, is a day for raising international awareness of the need for children’s palliative care and the work of children’s palliative care (CPC) services worldwide. Now in its 9th year, the annual campaign is known as Hats On for Children’s Palliative Care with the hashtag #HatsOn4CPC.

Recently, the International Children's Palliative Care Network Launched the #HatsOn4CPC toolkit and other materials to be used to mark the day and help members to raise awareness as you plan for the day. Please remember to register and map your Hats On for CPC events here https://www.icpcn.org/register-event-hatson4cpc/

​​​​​​WHO would like to identify ways to improve access to morphine for medical use. WHO Secretariat is conducting this survey to:

• Collect information about current situations on access to morphine and other strong opioids in countries for patients in need;
• Identify main system barriers to and enablers for access to morphine from a health system perspective; and
• Prioritize potential actions for improving access to morphine for medical use.

The survey will remain open for response until 31 August 2022. As appropriate, please kindly respond to the survey and feel free to circulate the survey link to those relevant to this survey, described below and in the attached in detail:

• Policy makers responsible for managing the provision of morphine and other strong opioids;
• Health service or care providers caring for people requiring pain relief or palliative care; or
• Representatives from non-government organizations whose scope of work relates to access to morphine or strong opioids for medical use (e.g. supply).

Two experts in palliative care from Lancaster University are involved in leading a 5M euro project to smooth the transition between hospital and home for patients with cancer to improve their quality of life.

Together they will lead the Lancaster University element of a large European Collaborative project called ‘Pal Cycles’ with Dr. Maddy French and Anthony Greenwood, also of Lancaster University, beginning in  September 2022.

Under the theme “Equity and Diversity in Palliative Care”, the 18^th World Congress of the EAPC will draw attention to the utmost need and goal of creating equity of fair access, opportunity, and advancement in palliative care for all people in need of this care. 

The Scientific Committee will build a considerable part of the conference programme on submitted abstracts. For this reason, the abstract deadline is set early. Deadline for submission: 15 October 2022
Please find out more information on Abstract submission by clicking the button below.

Thanks to everyone who has contributed so far. WHPCA with partners ICPCN, PallCHASE, and the Elisabeth Kubler-Ross Foundation have been running a Global Giving campaign for months to raise funds to support palliative care patients in Ukraine and affected countries nearby. We would like to appreciate your support in raising funds to reach the $ 50,000 target.

Your generous donation big or small, will help seriously ill people in Ukraine and rebuild access to palliative care once the war and hostilities come to an end.

Please consider making a donation if you are yet to do so.

You can see how the campaign is going. and make a donation now!

 

In 2014 the World Health Assembly passed the resolution 67.19, titled “Strengthening of palliative care as a component of comprehensive care throughout the life course.” This resolution for the first time called on all nations to strengthen palliative care and to ensure its availability.

The Global Atlas of Palliative Care is a source of essential information on the status of palliative care worldwide. This second edition of the Global Atlas reveals some of the changes that have occurred since the first edition was published in 2014. For instance, we now have a better idea of how many people need palliative care worldwide.

You can download the new Global Atlas of Palliative Care here.