Western Pacific Region Advocacy Network Initiative

Principles of Palliative Care Advocacy, Dr. Katherine Pettus


UN Special Session on COVID 19

IAHPC Statement, Presented by Harmala Gupta, ED of CanSupport
IAHPC Question to interactive Panel


Reconvened 63rd Session of Committee on Narcotic Drugs

Statement of IAHPC on Agenda Item 5, Cannabis. Dr. Dingle Spence
Statement of IAHPC on Agenda Item 9, Controlled Medicines Supply Chains. Heloisa Broggiato.


Integration of Palliative Care into National COVID Response Plans per WHA73/1

Information and registration


International Federation on Aging Town Hall Series. Palliative Care for Older Persons: A Rights Based Approach

Dr. Katherine Pettus, Advocacy Officer Presentation November 13, 2020


73rd World Health Assembly extended

IAHPC Statement to WHA73 Extended



WHO Regional Meetings

70th Session of the Regional Meeting for Europe

IAHPC Statement
Video of Dr. Lukas Radbruch, IAHPC Board Chair delivering the IAHPC statement

71st Session of the Western Pacific Region, IAHPC Statement
IAHPC Statement to Session 72 of the Regional Committee of the Office for the Americas (Spanish version)

Ensuring safe and effective access to essential palliative care medicines during the COVID-19 pandemic and thereafter: Learning how to become effective advocates. A Three Part Colloquium for IAHPC members


Colloquium on Vulnerable Older Adults and Long Term Care in COVID-19


IAHPC Submission on the International Narcotics Control Board Hearing on Older Adults and Access to Controlled Medicines


Commission on Narcotic Drugs, Release of the World Drug Report June 26, 2020

Statement of Dr. Abidan Chansa, Zambia for IAHPC and Vienna NGO Committee on Drugs Re Access to Controlled Medicines


IAHPC Submission to WHA73

IAHPC Report from WHA


Human rights-based response to COVID-19 in prisons Addendum to Policy Brief on Compassionate Release


Policy Brief: Compassionate Release and Palliative Care in Prison


63rd Meeting of Commission on Narcotic Drugs

Presentation of Ms. Heloisa Broggiato to CND63 High Level Side Event on Increasing Access to Internationally Controlled Essential Palliative Care Medicines
IAHPC statement to CND 63 on Item 6
Nota de Información de parte de IAHPC
Promoción de la sensibilización, la educación y la capacitación como parte de un enfoque amplio para garantizar la disponibilidad de sustancias fiscalizadas y el acceso a ellas con fines médicos y científicos y mejorar su uso racional.

IAHPC Briefing Note
Promoting awareness-raising, education and training as part of a comprehensive approach to ensuring access to and the availability of controlled substances for medical and scientific purposes and improving their rational use.


Ongoing IAHPC Advocacy Initiatives

IAHPC Concept Note for WHO Group of Friends of Palliative and Long Term Care
IAHPC/WHPCA/ICPCN Concept Note for Nursing Palliative Care SIde Event at WHA73


WHO Public Hearing on Guidelines Scoping Document -- WHO guideline on ensuring balanced national policies for access and safe use of controlled medicines

IAHPC and Dr. Lukas Radbruch Statements for WHO Public Hearing on Guidelines Scoping Document.


146th Meeting of the World Health Organization Executive Board Meeting

Statement of IAHPC to WHO EB146 on Primary Health Care
Statement of IAHPC to WHO EB146 on Universal Health Coverage
IAHPC Presentation to G2H2 at Pre-WHO EB146 Civil Society Briefing
IAHPC Briefing Note


IAHPC statement to WHO Public Hearing Guidelines Development Group Pain in Children


WHO Public Hearing on Public Hearing on Scope for the revised WHO Guideline on the Management of Chronic Pain in Children

  1. please register online here by 23:59 Geneva local time Sunday 12 January 2020.
  2. please write to the WHO Secretariat and request that the meeting be webcast for registrants who cannot attend in person.
  3. please write to your permanent mission in Geneva (contact list here), request that they accept the Secretariat's invitation to attend the meeting, and enclose some information about the situation regarding palliative care and access to palliative care medicines in your country. If you need more information on this, or data, contact me and/or consult our data map and website resources.
Please send me the letter you write to your Permanent Mission or BCC me, so we can track contacts with missions upload as examples of national advocacy. Two letters that have already been sent from Uganda are here: APCA Letter to Uganda Geneva Mission, HAU Letter to Uganda Mission in Geneva.