2017; Volume 18, No 6, June

Resources and Announcements

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Two new publications, published by the Programa Atlantes at the University of Navarra and co-sponsored by IAHPC and other organizations and institutions, analyze and report the state of palliative care in Africa and countries in the Eastern Mediterranean region

The APCA Atlas of Palliative Care in Africa and the Atlas of Palliative Care in the Eastern Mediterranean Region were presented at the 15th World Congress of the European Association for Palliative Care (EAPC) in Madrid 2017. These two books analyze and highlight the most relevant information about the state of palliative care in Africa (48 countries) and the Eastern Mediterranean Region (15 countries).

The African Atlas is a project conducted in collaboration with the African Palliative Care Association, the Arnhold Institute for Global Health at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, the International Association for Hospice and Palliative Care (IAHPC), and scientifically directed and coordinated by the ATLANTES Research Program at the Institute for Culture and Society of the University of Navarra.


The Atlas of the Eastern Mediterranean is a project conducted by the Lebanese Center for Palliative Care – Balsam and the ATLANTES Research Program at the Institute for Culture and Society of the University of Navarra as scientific director, with the support from the World Health Organization (WHO) and the IAHPC.


The two publications add to the growing collection of Atlases that analyze the state of palliative care in different regions of the world, with scientific direction and support from the University of Navarra.

Here is the link to the APCA Atlas of Palliative Care in Africa.
Here is the link to the Atlas of Palliative Care in the Eastern Mediterranean Region.

You can also read a post by Eduardo Garralda of the ATLANTES Research Program in Spanish and English on the EAPC Blog.

New book provides the latest information on establishing palliative care organization and delivery worldwide

Dr. Stephen Connor, co-author, following
the launch of ‘Building Integrated Palliative Care
Programmes and Services’ in Madrid

‘Building Integrated Palliative Care Programmes and Services’ has been published by former members of the Technical Advisory Group supporting the World Health Organization (WHO) Palliative Care Initiative. Launched at the 15th World Congress of the European Association for Palliative Care, the book provides the latest information on palliative care organization and delivery, with expert contributors drawing on examples from around the world. The authors recommend the book for use by policy-makers and practitioners to improve palliative care service delivery for people accessing care and their families.

Lack of access to palliative care and pain relief is a global public health crisis. Every year, 40 million people, their families and carers need palliative care, yet only about three million are able to access the care they need. The majority of these are adults over 60 but 6% are children.

This book is a guide to designing, implementing, and evaluating palliative care programs and services, moving a focus on integrating palliative care into mainstream healthcare systems. It includes the latest definitional, organizational, and clinical aspects of palliative care, and is a great resource for countries wanting to begin or to build palliative care.

Download your FREE copy of ‘Building Integrated Palliative Care Programmes and Services’ from the Resources section of the WHPCA.


New Resource Supporting the Care of Older Australians at the End of Life


A new online resource, palliAGED, provides evidence-based information and resources to support all those involved in caring for older people in Australia approaching the end of their life. palliAGED is funded by the Australian Government Department of Health and managed by the CareSearch project team, Flinders University. While the resource was developed to support older Australians, palliAGED will be useful to anyone, anywhere, involved in the care of older people.

Palliative care professionals and palliative care services can make use of evidence that is specific to aged care and which is continually updated to ensure the latest evidence is made available. palliAGED also provides education options, information on other projects in the sector, downloadable factsheets and brochures and also has many videos to view and share.

All resources are free to use and available online.

If you want to keep up to date with the latest palliative care news, evidence and information for aged care subscribe to the palliAGED newsletter or follow us on twitter @palliAGED.

WHPCA announces theme for 2017 World Hospice and Palliative Care Day and Voices for Hospices


The Worldwide Hospice Palliative Care Alliance (WHPCA) is pleased to announce the theme of this year's World Hospice and Palliative Care Day and Voices for Hospices. The theme is: Universal Health Coverage and Palliative Care: Don’t leave those suffering behind!

This year’s event will be held on 14 October 2017.

The theme will help local, national and international hospice and palliative care providers and organizations to clearly position palliative care as part of Universal Health Coverage, and help to advocate for this with national policymakers, so that those suffering are not left behind.

Please see the WHPCA website for more information including key messages and logo.

The Michal Galazka Celebration Study Day: Palliative Care in 20 Years Time: Future Predictions and Global Challenges – 26 June 2017, Cicely Saunders Institute, King’s College London, London, UK


What does the future hold for palliative care? How much palliative care does society need? The Cicely Saunders Institute, a partnership between Cicely Saunders International and King’s College London, is organizing a study day to present the latest scientific research on future predictions of palliative care need, and the new developments that are set to revolutionize models of healthcare delivery.

The day will conclude with tributes to Michal Galazka, who pioneered international hospice education through the work of his organization the Hospice Education Institute.

Speakers include: Professor Irene Higginson, Director of the Cicely Saunders Institute, and Dame Barbara Monroe, former Chief Executive of St Christopher's Hospice.

View more information and book online here or email Sian Best.

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