2024 Advocacy Initiatives
The Grace and Challenge of Palliative Care Advocacy AAHPM Quarterly
Commission on Narcotic Drugs Thematic Intersessional November 12-14
World International Day of Care and Support 2024
Read more and watch the webinar.
UN Office of Drugs and Crime Young Doctor's Network Meeting October 17
Katherine Pettus presentation on Advocacy
First Emirates Palliative Care Conference, October 19
Call for Contributions - OHCHR comprehensive report on mental health and human rights (HRC resolution 52/12)
UN Office of Drugs and Crime Technical Consultation Meeting Diversion of Controlled Medicines: Prevent, Detect, Respond. October 2024, Vienna
- Provisional Agenda
- Concept Note
- Pastrana presentation
- Pettus presentation and notes
- Report of UNODC Technical Consultation on Diversion of Controlled Medicines
Statements of IAHPC to 61st PAHO Directing Council
Long-term care, health systems, emergency & critical care
77th World Health Assembly
IAHPC Statement WHA77 Social Determinants of Heath 15.1
IAHPC Statement WH77 Materna. Child Health
IAHPC Statement WHA77 GPW14 Controlled Medicines
- IAHPC Led Constituency Statement Agenda Item 11.7 Acceleration towards the Sustainable Development Goal targets for maternal health and child mortality
- IAHPC Led Constituency Statement, Agenda Item 17, Draft fourteenth general programme of work, 2025–2028
- IAHPC Individual Statement Agenda Item 13.4 Intergovernmental Negotiating Body to draft and negotiate a WHO convention, agreement or other international instrument on pandemic prevention, preparedness and response
- IAHPC Individual Statement, Agenda Item 15.4 Climate change, pollution and health
- IAHPC Individual Statement Grouping Items 15.1, 15.2, 15.3 and 15.5. Social Determinants of Health
Symposium: “Towards a Narrative of Hope: An International Interfaith Symposium on Palliative Care” to be held in Toronto, Canada, from 21-23 May 2024
- Digital Program
- Katherine Pettus presentation: Palliative Care as Witness: towards a narrative of hope
14th Open Ended Working Group on Ageing
67th Session Commission on Narcotic Drugs
Recording of IAHPC/Belgium Side Event at CND 67
- IAHPC Presentation, "Improving rational availability of medical opioids in ordinary and pandemic times" for Belgium High Level Side Event on Controlled Medicines, March 14, 2025.
- Access to controlled medicines for children is an ethical and moral imperative, Professor Julia Downing presentation.
- Report on the IAHPC/Belgium Side Event
- Maria-Goretti Loglo presentation Access to Essential Medicines: regional (Africa) resources to improve availability.
- IAHPC Written Submission to UNODC for High Level Segment Mid-Term Review
- IAHPC Written Submission to CND67 regular session
IAHPC response Independent Expert on the Enjoyment of All Human Rights by Older Persons on legal capacity and informed consent
Key Challenges and New Developments in Ensuring Access to Medicines, Vaccines and other Health Products
67th Meeting of Commission on Narcotic Drugs and Mid-Term Review
March 2024
- Sample IAHPC Policy Brief Take the Pledge4Action to Improve Availability of Internationally Controlled Essential Medicines
- Template cover email Pledge4Action
- Pledge4Action Concept Note
154th meeting of the World Health Organization Executive Board
January 22-27, 2024