What happened on World Hospice and Palliative Care Day 2007?
World Hospice and Palliative Care Day took place on October 6th 2007. 297 events were registered on the World Day website in approximately 70 countries worldwide. 432 Voices for Hospices concerts were registered in 58 countries. Have a look at the events that were submitted on the World Day website.
We were particularly delighted this year that the World Health Organization is now officially the co-sponsor of World Hospice and Palliative Care Day.
International Media Coverage
International media coverage on hospice and palliative care particularly focusing on pain relief around the world was secured for World Day. The coverage included:-
Article on pain relief particularly in Ghana and Ethiopia on the BBC website
English - http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7031182.stm
Arabic - http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/arabic/world_news/newsid_7031000/7031425.stm
Article and radio piece on palliative care and pain relief in Latin America with an interview with Dr Roberto Wenk, founder of the ALCP
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/spanish/science/newsid_7033000/7033457.stm
In addition, the BBC World Service Outlook programme broadcast a piece on pain relief in India with interviews with staff at CanSupport in Delhi.
Key Events
Some of the events that took place for World Day include:
- Launch of palliative care module by the Cancer programme of the World Health Organization (http://www.who.int/cancer/media/FINAL-PalliativeCareModule.pdf)
- Rosetta Life concerts and musical development for children with life limiting illnesses (www.thesongrooms.org )
- Launch of the website for the International Children’s Palliative Care Network (www.icpcn.org)
In addition, activities and events took place locally all over the world. Please send us reports of your activities to worldday@helpthehospices.org.uk and we will upload your activities on the website here.
View photos of the World Day and Voices events at www.worldday.dk
If you have photographs you would like to display for events 2007, then please send them to info@hospiceinnovation.dk.
The site can accept up to 10 photographs per event. Please note that if your event involved patients, carers and families, please ensure that you have their permission to put the photographs on this website.
Evaluation
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