WHO Roundtable on Integration of Palliative Care:
At the Roundtable of palliative care civil society representatives with the WHO on “Integration of Palliative Care into National COVID Response Plans per World Health Assembly 73/1” on 25 November 2020, the Director General of WHO Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus made a firm commitment towards integration of palliative care into healthcare.
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He said, “I met inspiring professionals who the WHO is proud to work with, to improve access to palliative care for people during COVID-19. We will keep striving to help people living with pain attain the quality care they deserve and raise their needs to the highest political levels.”
Read Dr Tedros’ complete speech here: https://www.who.int/director-general/speeches/detail/who-director-general-s-dialogue-with-csos-integration-of-palliative-care-into-national-covid-response-plans
(Also present at the event were Lukas Radbruch, Prof Julia Downing, Harmala Gupta, Lucy Watts, Dr Stephen Connor, Dr Ednin Hamzah, Dr Dingle Spence and Rose Kiwanuka)