World Hospice and Palliative Care Day is a unified day of action to celebrate and support hospice and palliative care around the world. Voices for Hospices is a wave of concerts taking place on World Hospice and Palliative Care Day every two years.
It's organised by a committee of the Worldwide Hospice Palliative Care Alliance, a network of hospice and palliative care national and regional organisations that support the development of hospice and palliative care worldwide.
The theme for World Hospice and Palliative Care Day 2017 is: Universal Health Coverage and Palliative Care – Don't leave those suffering behind
AIM
• To share our vision to increase the availability of hospice and palliative care throughout the world by creating opportunities to speak out about the issues
• To raise awareness and understanding of the needs – medical, social, practical, spiritual – of people living with a life limiting illness and their families
• To raise funds to support and develop hospice and palliative care services around the world.
KEY MESSAGES
Universal Health Coverage and Palliative Care – Don’t leave those suffering behind!
• Measure what matters. Are health services accessible, of sufficient quality and affordable for all?
• What gets measured gets done! Measure palliative care coverage as part of UHC
• We must hold our leaders, our health systems and ourselves to account to care for those living with life-limiting illness
• Don’t wait for political action: demand it. We must hold leaders accountable for leaving no one with life-limiting illness behind!
• In only 20 countries is palliative care well integrated into the health care system
• 40 million people need palliative care annually including 20 million at the end of life
• Only 14% of the need for palliative care is being met at the end of life, less than 10% overall
• 78% live in low and middle income countries.
• Universal health coverage (UHC) means that all people and communities can use the promotive, preventive, curative, rehabilitative and palliative health services they need Palliative care is an essential, defining part of Universal Health Coverage
• Universal Health Coverage, including palliative care, is critical to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals
• UHC means everyone must be able to access the health services they need, including palliative care, without being forced into financial hardship
• Every person deserves access to quality, affordable health services, including palliative care
• UHC is driven by equity and human rights. We must bring UHC including palliative care to those who need it most.
People who need palliative care have some of the greatest healthcare needs. They must be included in UHC.
• No one should face destitution and poverty when they get sick
• Financial risk occurs through paying for costly treatment not covered by national health systems
• Households with people with life-limiting illness may face high costs and potential financial hardship for futile treatments
• Loss of income by the person who is ill or their carers can lead to financial risk
• Costly travel when treatment and care services are situated far from home increases financial risk to people with serious illness and their families
• In most parts of the world, hospice and palliative care organisations provide free services to the people and families accessing care
• Palliative care must be included in all UHC schemes.
Resources :
WHPCA report: Palliative care and the global goal for health.
Rob Yates presentation: It is not #UHC without palliative care!
Imagine: UHC and palliative care video:
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