Advocacy Program

2021 Advocacy Initiatives

74th World Health Assembly

IAHPC Statements to WHA74 on Access to Medicines and Emergency Response

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

Statements

64^th Session Commission on Narcotic Drugs

April 12-16, 2021

Background

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

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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.