International Association for Hospice & Palliative Care

About Us

IAHPC is a global non-profit, membership organization dedicated to the development and advancement of palliative care to assure that any patient’s and family caregiver’s suffering is relieved to the greatest extent possible.

Read the IAHPC August Newsletter

The IAHPC Newsletter is sent monthly via email to over 8,000 subscribers. It’s a valuable tool to disseminate information and increase awareness about hospice and palliative care and serves as a resource to learn about new developments, and events throughout the world.

Essential components in Palliative Care

Under the framework of the “essential” concept, in 2006 the IAHPC decided to work in different projects aimed to identify the “essential” components for palliative care. The concept assumes that the identification of "essential" components may be critical in order to improve palliative care worldwide.

Global Directory of Programs and Services

The Directory of services contains information on more than 1,500 organizations and institutions that are service providers and serve patients with palliative care needs throughout the globe.

Global Directory of Educational Programs

The directory of educational programs contains information on more than 100 educational programs in palliative care throughout the globe.

Opioid Price Watch Project

Opioid Price Watch is a project to monitor and report the dispensing price of opioids around the world. The goal of OPW is to present information and generate awareness about availability and access to opioids for legitimate medical use.

Our programs

Traveling Scholarships Program

The Traveling Scholarship program is designed to provide support to palliative care workers from Low and Middle Income countries who wish to attend a meeting, conference, seminar, internship, enroll in a university program or in any other educational activity.

Traveling Fellowships Program

The Traveling Fellowship program provides financial assistance to individuals who are invited to teach in a developing country. Applicants must have received an invitation from a host institution and be willing to spend several days teaching palliative care to local faculty.

Meetings, Seminars and Workshops

Through this program IAHPC develops and implements meetings, seminars, and workshops aimed at improving access to palliative and hospice care at the country level, in alliance and collaboration with national governments and palliative care organizations.

Program Support

This program is designed to provide financial support to organizations and institutions to improve and advance hospice and palliative care projects, programs and core support for operations.