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World Hospice and Palliative Care Day
What is World Hospice and Palliative Care Day (WHPCD)?
World Hospice and Palliative Care Day is an annual unified day of action to celebrate and support hospice and palliative care around the world.
WHPCD has been marked every year for the last 20 years. Join us on Saturday 12 October to advocate for better hospice and palliative care services around the world.
The WHPCD theme for 2024:
Ten Years Since the Resolution: How are we doing?
The year 2024 marks 10 years since the World Health Assembly (WHO’s Governing Body) passed the only stand-alone resolution on palliative care, calling for all countries to “strengthen palliative care as a component of comprehensive care throughout the life course.” This is what inspired the theme for 2024.
The Resouce Toolkit will be launched soon!
We will be adding more resources to the website over the coming months. Please keep checking for updates.
The On-Line Toolkit will include:
- A social media resource including suggested social media content for you to adapt
- A media release template
- A template for writing to your government to advocate for palliative care
- A fundraising hints and tips document
Launching World Day 2024 in Webinar
How do I get involved?
Subscribe to the WHPCA’s newsletter for campaign updates and the launch of new campaign materials.
- Register your event on the 2024
- Follow @whpca on Twitter, YouTube, LinkedIn, and Facebook looking out for these hashtags #WHPCDay23
- Get in touch to volunteer to translate materials into your local language by emailing: hkinyua@thewhpca.org.
Launching World Day 2024 in your Community Presentation Slides (to be shared after the webinar in June)
