Thread by @WHO

Today is World Hospice and Palliative Care Day!

DYK❓ Over 5⃣5⃣ million people around the 🌐 are in need of #PalliativeCare but only 12% of the global need is met.

Access to palliative care services is a human right to health 👉bit.ly/3llLWSs

When life is threatened by serious illness such as

🚨 heart failure,
🚨 cancer,
🚨 chronic lung diseases,

#PalliativeCare offers comfort & solutions to improve physical and mental well-being of patients & their loved ones.

More info 👉bit.ly/WHOPalliativeC…

#PalliativeCare helps relieve suffering and improve quality of life for patients and families dealing with serious illnesses through

✅ practical help
✅ medicines
✅ spiritual and emotional support

More info 👉bit.ly/3ari8gJ

#PalliativeCare is not only at the end of life.

It can be considered early to help relieve troubling symptoms such as

🔸 pain
🔸 breathlessness
🔸 vomiting

Palliative care benefits everyone 👉bit.ly/3ari8gJ

#PalliativeCare benefits everyone

👨‍👧‍👧 Patients during treatment for any serious illness
👨‍👧‍👧 Patients receiving radiation & chemotherapy for cancer
👨‍👧‍👧 Patients being treated for #dementia
👨‍👧‍👧 Patients receiving treatment for drug-resistant tuberculosis

👉bit.ly/WHOPalliativeC…

#PalliativeCare is for everyone.

Babies 👶 and children 👧 👦 with a serious illness also benefit from palliative care. The care aims to relieve suffering, whether its cause is cancer, chronic pain or neurological disorders.

👉bit.ly/WHOPalliativeC…

https://twitter.com/WHO/status/1446811168031510531

A team of #PalliativeCare includes

👥 doctors
👥 nurses
👥 support workers
👥 pharmacists
👥 social workers
👥 physiotherapists
👥 volunteers

working together to support patients & families who deal with life-threatening illnesses & suffering.

👉bit.ly/3ari8gJ

Today is World Hospice and Palliative Care Day!

Only about 1⃣ in 🔟 people who need #PalliativeCare, receive it.

Let's leave no one behind and make palliative care accessible & affordable! Here's how👉bit.ly/3llLWSs

Measuring the development of #PalliativeCare helps countries to

🚩 understand where the key gaps are
🚩 advocate more concerted action
🚩 identify where resources are most needed
🚩 learn from best practices

WHO report on palliative care explains how 👉bit.ly/2WVmFoP

Quality #PalliativeCare not only brings comfort to patients & families through to the end of life but also helps achieve Universal Health Coverage (UHC).

WHO provides a practical resource to support and improve policy, strategy & practice in countries 👉bit.ly/3mvwv9A

#COVID19 highlights the need for #PalliativeCare to relieve suffering at the end of life such as the physical suffering caused by breathlessness or the mental pain resulting from separation from loved ones.

Palliative care improves lives. 👉bit.ly/3llLWSs

It’s World Hospice and Palliative Care day!

Training & support for all #HealthWorkers in #PalliativeCare is needed to scale up access to quality services.

Palliative care improves lives. 👉bit.ly/3llLWSs