The WHO Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean, in collaboration with the Euro-Arab School of Oncology, conducted a regional workshop on palliative care in Cairo from 17 to 20 October 2010.
Palliative care services in the Region face many challenges, which include: limited number of palliative care programmes of insufficient quality; insufficient development of palliative care and lack of awareness of the “human right to a peaceful death” or how to assure this in both the health care community and the general public; policies (or attitudes among health care providers) restricting access to opioids, mainly because of an over-concern about drug abuse; policy regarding who can prescribe opioids; duration of prescriptions; and attitudes of health care workers to the administration of opioids are not well reviewed.
The meeting aimed to enhance the national capacity in area of palliative care in the Region. The Regional Strategy on Cancer Control highlights the need for capacity-building in the area of palliative care and recognizes the variability among countries of the Region on the level of resources for palliative care services. Several recommendations on palliative care delivery modalities and in relation to opioid use and accessibility have been developed.
The objectives of the workshop were to:
share country experiences
discuss challenges and opportunities
discuss and develop recommendations in relation to opioid use and accessibility
discuss and develop recommendations on palliative care delivery modalities.
The outcomes of the meeting were to:
develop regional and country profile on palliative care
enhance the national capacity in area of palliative care
develop recommendation on opioid use and accessibility on regional level.
Related link
Report on the palliative care training workshop, Cairo, Egypt [pdf 74.93kb]
The WHO Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean, in collaboration with the Euro-Arab School of Oncology, conducted a regional workshop on palliative care in Cairo from 17 to 20 October 2010.
Palliative care services in the Region face many challenges, which include: limited number of palliative care programmes of insufficient quality; insufficient development of palliative care and lack of awareness of the “human right to a peaceful death” or how to assure this in both the health care community and the general public; policies (or attitudes among health care providers) restricting access to opioids, mainly because of an over-concern about drug abuse; policy regarding who can prescribe opioids; duration of prescriptions; and attitudes of health care workers to the administration of opioids are not well reviewed.
The meeting aimed to enhance the national capacity in area of palliative care in the Region. The Regional Strategy on Cancer Control highlights the need for capacity-building in the area of palliative care and recognizes the variability among countries of the Region on the level of resources for palliative care services. Several recommendations on palliative care delivery modalities and in relation to opioid use and accessibility have been developed.
The objectives of the workshop were to:
share country experiences
discuss challenges and opportunities
discuss and develop recommendations in relation to opioid use and accessibility
discuss and develop recommendations on palliative care delivery modalities.
The outcomes of the meeting were to:
develop regional and country profile on palliative care
enhance the national capacity in area of palliative care
develop recommendation on opioid use and accessibility on regional level.
Related link
Report on the palliative care training workshop, Cairo, Egypt [pdf 74.93kb]
