Advocacy
ECHO Hamrahi – APLI ventures online to continue mentoring while travel is restricted.
APLI selected to make a VNGOC intervention at the launch of the World Drug Report 2021 on 25th June, 2021
Sphere and partners COVID19 guidance based on humanitarian standards
e-BOOK ON PALLIATIVE CARE GUIDELINES FOR COVID-19 PANDEMIC
An e-resource developed by PallCOVID19 group in Kerala to provide symptom control and psychosocial guidelines for health professionals working within the COVID-19 pandemic. These resources may be shared.
Training in global palliative care
Rhee and colleagues, including Kathleen Foley, Sean Morrison, Carlos Centeno and Eric Krakauer, call for High Income Countries to incorporate training in global palliative care into their specialist training programs. This is one response to the Knaul et al papter published in Lancet in 2018 ‘Alleviating the access abyss in palliative care and pain relief-an imperative of global health coverage:the Lancet Commission report. [Lancet (2018) 391;10128:1391-1454].
Western Pacific Palliative Care Advocacy Network
The current reference committee for WPPCAN is drawn from Australasian Palliative Link International (APLI); Australian and New Zealand Society of Palliative Medicine (ANZSPM); Centre for Humanitarian Leadership (CHL); International Association for Hospice and Palliative Care (IAHPC); Palliative Care Australia (PCA); and Paediatric Palliative Care Australia New Zealand (PaPCANZ).
See WPPCAN’s Terms of Reference
Recording of WPPCAN World Humanitarian Day Workshop 19 August 2021
Report of 3rd WPPCAN Meeting 19 May 2021 with guest speaker Elizabeth Mattfeld, UN Office on Drugs and Crime
See information about the first and second meetings of WPPCAN on 8 Dec 2020 and 17 Feb 2021.
IAHPC/WPPCAN Statement for the Western Pacific 72nd Regional Committee Meeting, 25-29th October, 2021
Report by Dr. Odette Spruijt on the 72nd Regional Committee Meeting WPRO, October 31, 2021
See also:
Indicators for measuring development of palliative care
Measuring quality health care and palliative care
WHO Compendium on Universal Health Coverage (including palliative care)
If you are interested in joining WPPCAN, email info@anzspm.org.au with your expression of interest.
BECOME A MEMBER
Membership of APLI is open to health professionals working in or with an interest in palliative care and to friends and supporters of palliative care. Members may wish to support the development of palliative care in the Asia Pacific through fund raising, awareness raising and voluntary activities to support the work of APLI.