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Short Takes continued from previous page First-ever Global Atlas Brings Attention to Unmet PC Needs The World Health Organization and Worldwide Palliative Care Alliance have published the first-ever Global Atlas of Palliative Care at the End of Life, a 111-page publication drawing needed attention to the lack of palliative care services in countries around the world. Palliative Global Atlas of d of Life Care at the En It is estimated that every year more than 20 million patients need palliative care at the end of life, with some 6 percent of these being children. The number rises to at least 40 million if one considers all those who could benefit from palliative care at an earlier stage of their illness. "Our efforts to expand palliative "The Atlas shows that the great care need to focus on bringing relief majority of the global need is of suffering and the benefits of associated with noncommunicable palliative care to those with the least diseases such as cancer, heart resources," adds David Praill, co-chair org/resources at www.thewpca. Access the Atlas disease, stroke and lung diseases," of the WPCA. "This will take courage says Dr. Oleg Chestnov, WHO assistant and creativity as we learn from each director-general for noncommunicable diseases other how to integrate palliative care into existing but and mental health. "While we strengthen efforts very limited healthcare systems." to reduce the burden of the biggest killers in the Download the Atlas from the website of the World world today, we must also alleviate the suffering of Health Organization or the Worldwide Palliative those with progressive illness who do not respond Care Alliance. to curative treatment." More Progress of Note * As another first, a stand-alone resolution on palliative care was adopted by the World Health Organization's Executive Board on January 23, 2014. The resolution, "Strengthening of palliative care as a component of integrated treatment within the continuum of care," is expected to be discussed at the 67th World Health Assembly in May. See ehospice to learn more. * The importance of palliative care is being emphasized by the WHO Global Action Plan for the Prevention and Control of Noncommunicable Diseases 2013-2020. The most recent WHO essential medicines list also includes a specific section on medicines for palliative care. 22 NHPCO NewsLine http://www.thewpca.org/resources/ http://www.who.int/nmh/publications/en/ http://www.thewpca.org/resources/ http://www.who.int/nmh/publications/en/ http://www.thewpca.org/resources/ http://apps.who.int/gb/ebwha/pdf_files/EB134/B134_R7-en.pdf http://apps.who.int/gb/ebwha/pdf_files/EB134/B134_R7-en.pdf http://www.ehospice.com/ArticlesList/WHOpassespalliativecareresolution012214025824/tabid/10132/ArticleId/8580/language/en-GB/View.aspx#.UuJ9MNJFDxv http://www.who.int/nmh/events/ncd_action_plan/en/

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of NHPCO NewsLine March 2014

Gaining a Competitive Edge
A Message From Don
NHPCO 2014 Webinars (display ad)
Billing for Pediatric Palliative Care
Integrating PC Education into Nursing Curricula
Deborah Goodman on Being First!
First-ever Global Atlas of Palliative Care
New Display Ad to Help Recognize Hospice Volunteers
5 Ways to Address Organizational ADD
ehospice USA (display ad)
How Being a Member Can Save You Money (display ad)
Member News and Notes
State Hospice Profiles (display ad)
Compliance Tip
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Links to Resources on the NHPCO Website
A Feel-Good Moment

NHPCO NewsLine March 2014