Worldwide Hospice Palliative Care Alliance
Formation | 2008 NGO[1] |
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Headquarters | London,[2] United Kingdom[1] |
Membership | Over 200 affiliate organizations[1] representing over 90 countries[3] |
Key people |
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The Worldwide Hospice Palliative Care Alliance or WHPCA (formerly known as the Worldwide Palliative Care Alliance or WPCA) is an international
History
The WHPCA was founded in 2008 with its headquarters located in the United Kingdom.
The WHPCA works in conjunction with other international organizations and national entities. For instance, it collaborated with the
Priorities and projects
Along with its international partners, the WHPCA seeks to provide pain relief to patients suffering
In 2014 the WHPCA and WHO produced a joint publication, the Global Atlas of Palliative Care at the End of Life, edited by Stephen Connor and Maria Cecilia Sepulveda Bermedo, a senior adviser on chronic diseases prevention and management for the WHO.[5] It was initiated as part of the WHO's Global Action Plan for the Prevention and Control of Noncommunicable Diseases for 2013–2020. The study found that roughly 20 million people around the globe, 6% of whom were children, required end-of-life palliative care, with a majority of those in developing countries lacking basic necessities such as opioid medication for pain relief.[5]
Published material
- Global Atlas of Palliative Care at the End of Life (2014)[5]
- eHospice, annual international edition[6]
See also
References
- ^ a b c d e f g "Worldwide Hospice Palliative Care Alliance" (WHPCA). Devex.com. Accessed 21 September 2019.
- ^ "About us". WHPCA.org. Accessed 21 September 2019.
- ^ a b Dr Stephen Connor, Executive Director, Worldwide Hospice Palliative Care Alliance". World Health Organization. Accessed 11 August 2019.
- ^ "Stephen R. Connor PhD, Worldwide Palliative Care Alliance" (2013). National Palliative Care Research Center (NPCRC.org). Accessed 21 September 2019.
- ^ a b c d Chestnov, Oleg (January 2014). "Forward", in Connor, Stephen and Sepulveda Bermedo, Maria Cecilia (editors), Global Atlas of Palliative Care at the End of Life, Worldwide Palliative Care Alliance and World Health Organization, p. 3. Accessed 21 September 2019.
- ^ a b c d e Connor, Stephen Robert, Gwyther, Elizabeth (February 2018) [Epub 8 August 2017]. "The Worldwide Hospice Palliative Care Alliance," in Journal of Pain and Symptom Management, 55 (2S): S112-S116. PMID 28797861 DOI: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2017.03.020. PubMed.gov. Accessed 21 September 2019.
- ^ Okoth, Cecilia (14 August 2016). "Uganda to host international conference on palliative care". New Vision. Accessed 21 September 2019.
- ^ Jahan, Nilima (6 October 2017). "Going gently into that good night: a look into what palliative care is available for those with life-limiting illnesses in Bangladesh". The Daily Star. Accessed 21 September 2019.
- UK Aid Direct(Ukaiddirect.org). Accessed 21 September 2019.
- ^ Flanagan, Holli (20 March 2019). "Providing Comfort: Initiating Palliative Care in Developing Countries". Borgen Magazine. Accessed 21 September 2019.
External links
- Whpca.org (main website)
- "Pain relief and palliative care around the world", Oxford University Press blog by David Clark, 7 December 2017