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Health System Strengthening in Palliative Care

This collection includes features resources to support health system planners, policy makers, and administrators to develop and strengthen the implementation of palliative care in national health systems. 

 

Resources are focused around the following 8 core topics:

  1. Assessing Country-Level Palliative Care with the WHO Indicators
  2. Developing Palliative Care Strategic Plans, Policies and Laws
  3. Education and Training for Health Workforce Development in Palliative Care 
  4. Medication Access- Opioids and Controlled Medicines
  5. Mapping, prioritizing and planning services for palliative care
  6. Using global tools and guidance documents towards UHC
  7. Monitoring and Evaluation
  8. Building Partnerships and Engaging Stakeholders to Create Political Will
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National Palliative Care Indicators

This resources support country-level assessment of palliative care development, use the WHO framework and the regional atlases of palliative care.

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World Health Organization (WHO)

Assessing the development of palliative care worldwide: a set of actionable indicators.

Publication

29 Sep 2021

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Journal of Pain and Symptom Management

Implementing the WHO Indicators for assessing palliative care development in three countries: a Do-It-Yourself approach.

Article

01 Jan 2025

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BMC Palliative Care

Palliative care progress in Benin: a situation analysis using the WHO development indicators

Article

13 Mar 2024

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Universidad de Navarra

APHN Atlas of palliative care in the Asia Pacific Regions 2025

Publication

24 Apr 2025

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European Association of Palliative Care

EAPC Atlas of Palliative Care in the European region 2025

Publication

08 May 2025

Additional resources

What is Palliative Care and How can it Be Assessed (Video)

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Palliative Care Models of Service Delivery and Symptom Management (WHO Academy Online Course)

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This collection includes features resources to support health system planners, policy makers, and administrators to develop and strengthen the implementation of palliative care in national health systems. 

 

Resources are focused around the following 8 core topics:

  1. Assessing Country-Level Palliative Care with the WHO Indicators
  2. Developing Palliative Care Strategic Plans, Policies and Laws
  3. Education and Training for Health Workforce Development in Palliative Care 
  4. Medication Access- Opioids and Controlled Medicines
  5. Mapping, prioritizing and planning services for palliative care
  6. Using global tools and guidance documents towards UHC
  7. Monitoring and Evaluation
  8. Building Partnerships and Engaging Stakeholders to Create Political Will
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