We serve as a global platform to inspire, inform and empower individuals, governments and organizations to increase access and optimize the practice of palliative care.

Towards a world free from health related suffering.

Goal One: To Strengthen global advocacy to increase access to palliative care.

Goal Two: To strengthen palliative care education and skills among providers globally leading to an educated and skilled global workforce for palliative care delivery –

Goal Three: To strengthen palliative care messaging, information, and communication to inspire global change.

As a global membership based organization, we invest time in training the officers, staff and our members on how to appropriately develop and implement constructive relationships with decision makers to impact palliative care policies and provision, in their institutions and countries. We work directly with staff members in communication and presentation skills to strengthen their competencies in effective messaging and story telling. As the Executive Director I have weekly and monthly meetings with staff members to review performance, and evaluate the shortfalls, challenges and roadblocks we may encounter ahead. As an NGO ECOSOC status at UN, and as an NGO in official relations with the World Health Organization, we participate in the preparation of key statements, documents and reports. We also prepare presentations and interventions for our delegates in meetings at the UN and the WHO for the integration of palliative and hospice care in key documents and Resolutions.

The last two years were extremely challenging and in the midst of what seemed a very difficult time, we had to adapt to new situations and implement changes to face the challenge of the COVID-19 pandemic and the measures taken to prevent the spread. This pandemic hurt us in many ways, but it also forced us to change and adapt to unforeseeable circumstances in ways we now think we would not have thought possible. We had to make changes, including postponing the launching of programs and modifying other exiting ones. During this process, we learned a lot and are proud of our ability to achieve new skills and resources, including much-improved webinar hosting skills, online course provision, and digital networking. Examples of our achievements include our virtual participation in the World Health Assembly, co-organizing the COVID-19 and Palliative Care Series, and IAHPC’s amazingly active group of advocacy focal points located in 8 different countries. We closed the year on two positive notes: co-convening a roundtable of palliative care civil society representatives with WHO Director General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, partnering with the Worldwide Hospice and Palliative Care Alliance and the International Federation on Ageing. The objectives were to provide opportunities for an open discussion, and to identify priorities and areas of work to advance the implementation and uptake of several WHO resolutions relevant to palliative care.