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Global Organizations

• WHO: World Health Organization
  WHO is the directing and coordinating authority for health within the United Nations system.
• AACE: American Association for Cancer Education
  Promoting accurate, effective, and focused cancer education by those responsible for the education of health professionals, patients, families, caregivers, survivors and the public.
• HTH: Help the Hospices
  A charity organization for the development of hospice care in the United Kingdom and internationally.
  • Hospice Information Service
    Access information about UK hospice care and how to find a hospice along with information about international palliative care and overseas services.
• HRW: Human Rights Watch
  One of the world’s leading independent organizations dedicated to defending and protecting human rights.
  • Unbearable Pain: India’s Obligation to Ensure Palliative Care (Report, October 28, 2009)
    This 102-page report found that many major cancer hospitals in India do not provide patients with morphine, despite the fact that more than 70 percent of their patients are incurable and likely to require pain treatment and palliative care.
    • Download the Report(1.1 MB)
    • Watch the Video on YouTube
    • Watch the Photo Feature
    • Download the Photo Feature / Summary and Recommendations(1.8 MB)
• IAEA PACT: International Atomic Energy Agency Program of Action for Cancer Therapy
  Helping developing countries mobilizing new resources for fighting cancer.
• IAHPC: International Association for Hospice & Palliative Care
  An organization committed to the development of palliative care worldwide.
• ICPCN: International Children's Palliative Care Network
  The sole international network of organizations and individuals working with children’s palliative care services.
  • Member Organizations around the World
• INCTR: International Network for Cancer Treatment and Research
  Helps building capacity for cancer treatment and research in developing countries.
• IOELC: International Observatory on End of Life Care
  An initiative from Lancaster University, UK, exploring and supporting the worldwide growth of palliative care.
• IPOS: International Psycho-Oncology Society
  A multi-disciplinary organization focusing on psycho-oncology.
• JCI: Joint Commission International
  JCI focuses on improving the safety of patient care through the provision of accreditation and certification services as well as through advisory and educational services aimed at helping organizations implement practical and sustainable solutions.
• MASCC: Multinational Association for Supportive Care in Cancer
  MASCC is dedicated to research and education in all aspects of supportive care for patients with cancer, regardless of the stage of their disease.
• OSI: Open Society Institute
  With the international palliative care initiative.
• PPSG: Pain & Policy Studies Group
  Information on US and international pain policy issues with a focus on opioid legislation and availability.
• UICC: International Union Against Cancer
  The leading international non-governmental organization dedicated to the global control of cancer.
• World Hospice and Palliative Care Day, October 10, 2009, October 9, 2010
  A unified day of action to celebrate and support hospice and palliative care around the world.
• WPCA: Worldwide Palliative Care Alliance
  A network of hospice and palliative care organizations from around the world.

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