WHPCA

The Worldwide Hospice Palliative Care Alliance (WHPCA) is a global alliance of 207 national and regional hospice and palliative care and affiliate organisations representing 77 countries across the globe. We believe that no one with life-threatening conditions, such as cancer or HIV, should live and die with unnecessary pain and distress. We work with our members, governments and global partners to ensure availability and accessibility of quality palliative care for the most vulnerable adults and children. Since our inception in 2008, and in collaboration with partners, we have successfully advocated and supported the integration of palliative care into international policies and health development agenda. WHPCA is INGO in official relation with the World Health Organisation (WHO). This is central to our ability to influence global hospice and palliative care policy and bring about real change. This relationship has invaluable benefits to our members and through this we are able to represent the voice of palliative care beneficiaries around the world at the highest level of global public health. In partnership with WHO, we developed and published the, Global Atlas of Palliative Care at the End of Life , the first resource to measure the need for and availability of palliative care worldwide. Globally considered as an important resource, the atlas has helped highlight the considerable gap between the need and the limited availability of services. WHPCA coordinate the yearly World Hospice and Palliative Care Day , a unified day of action to celebrate and support hospice and palliative care around the world. We are a founding partner of ehospice- the innovative website and free app which is revolutionising access to hospice, palliative and end of life care news, innovation and good practice.