2021 Advocacy Initiatives
RC71 - WHO Europe Meeting September 9-13
- Letter to Health Minister of Kazakhstan (English, Russian)
- IAHPC Statement to RC 71
- Letter to Minister of Health for Italy from Dr. Simone Cernesi
- IAHPC Oral Statement to RC71 - Video by Gulnara Kunirova, Kazakhstan Association for Palliative Care
IAHPC Intervention in the 69th Ordinary Session of CICAD
May Advocacy Activities
- Simone Cernesi Testimony. High Level Political Forum Stakeholder Group on Ageing
- Zambia Palliative Care Strategic Plan
- WPPCAN Workshop Report
- APLI Presentation
74th World Health Assembly
Second Civil Society Dialogue with WHO Director General Dr. Tedros Ghebreyesus on Palliative Care: Program, Testimony, Interventions and Slides
IAHPC statements at Informal Meetings for Non-State Actors in advance of the Seventy-fourth World Health Assembly
April 20-22, 2021
64th Session Commission on Narcotic Drugs
April 12-16, 2021
- Statement of Dr. Tania Pastrana for IAHPC at CND64 High Level Side Event on Controlled Medicines April 15, 2021
11th Session, Open Ended Working Group on Ageing
March 29-April 1, 2021
IAHPC Pre-Recorded Video Statement for Session One Item 5. “Measures to enhance the promotion and protection of the human rights and dignity of older persons”
March 29, 2021
IAHPC Side Event on Palliative Care Needs of Older Persons During The Pandemic
Date: April 1, 8:30am-9:45am EST, 2021
Panelists
Moderator: Dr. Katherine Pettus, IAHPC Advocacy Office)
Dr. Simone Cernesi, Movimiento Giotto (nursing homes in Italy)
Dr. Zipporah Ali, Kenya Hospices and Palliative Care Alliance (older adults in the community)
Dr. Farzana Khan, Fasiuddin Khan Research Center (Cox’s Bazaar refugee camp in Bangladesh)
Ms. Harmala Gupta, CanSupport New Delhi (older adults in the community)
Mr. Marvin Mutch, Humane Prison Hospice Project (older incarcerated adults in San Quentin State Prison))
Modality
Hosted by IAHPC Zoom Link.
Description of Event
Older adults and their families have suffered terribly during the pandemic, particularly those isolated alone at home and those in congregate settings such as aged care homes, assisted living facilities, nursing homes, and prisons, where mortality and morbidity rates have been exponentially higher than in the wider community. Read more...
This expert panel, whose members have all been on the “front lines” of palliative care work in the pandemic, will address palliative care needs of older adults and what needs to be done to respect the human rights and dignity of older persons going forward.
Cosponsors International Federation on Ageing, Humane Prison Hospice Project, Kenya Hospices and Palliative Care Alliance, Movimiento Giotto, Worldwide Hospice and Palliative Care Alliance.
IAHPC Side Event
April 12, 2021 07:10 AM Central Time (US and Canada)
You are invited to a Zoom webinar
Topic: CND 64th session Side Event Procurement, Pricing, and Access to Controlled Medicines During COVID-19
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar.
Presentations February 2021
WHO 148th Executive Board Meeting January 19-26
Advocacy Resources
- Advocacy Course
- Collected COVID19 & Palliative Care Policy Briefs
- PC Advocacy, Why Does It Matter?
- 2018-2019 and 2020-2021 Advocacy & policy reports collected