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Lancet publishes announcement of Commission on Pain Control and Palliative Care

The HGEI-Lancet Commission on Global Access to Pain Control and Palliative Care (GAPCPC) has been officially announced in a Comment published in The Lancet on March 9.

"Access to palliative care ... is at the core of the right to health and is fundamental to health care," the announcement states. "Yet most of the world’s population has little or no access to pain control and palliative care, forcing patients and families to endure a tremendous burden of avoidable suffering."

The Commission was formed to marshal evidence and develop recommendations for policy change that will close this gaping "pain divide." As the announcement concludes, "What has been absent is recognition of pain control and palliative care as an essential part of health systems and a priority for investment in health: this is the motivation and rationale for the GAPCPC."

Click to view the article on The Lancet: http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736%2815%2960289-6/fulltext

Closing the divide: the Harvard Global Equity Initiative–Lancet Commission on global access to... To view the full text, please login as a subscribed user or purchase a subscription. Click here to view the full text on ScienceDirect.

Flama, Vida, y Mujer 2015

Every year since 2005, to mark International Women’s Day, the Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo León (UANL) holds the Flama, Vida y Mujer (Flame, Life and Women) ceremony to recognize the successes of exemplary women whose tireless work, personality, and professionalism have made significant impacts in the areas of Governmental Development, Social Welfare, Education and Research, Business Development, and International Linkages.

HGEI is proud that Director Felicia M. Knaul is being honored today, 5 March 2015, with the Flama, Vida y Mujer award by the UANL in Monterrey, NL, Mexico.

International Women’s Day is Sunday, March 8, 2015. This year’s theme is . Check out more on International Women’s Day: http://www.internationalwomensday.com/

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Save the Date: Director Knaul will be keynote speaker at the Global Health Catalysts Cancer Summit at Harvard Medical School. The summit will provide a forum for discussion, development, and adoption of tangible actions and innovative approaches to catalyze international collaborations with Africa in cancer care research and education using radiation oncology, cancer prevention, and advocacy.

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YP Speaks tomorrow, Feb 25th, at 12 noon! Watch Dr. Laura Musambayi on the interface of NCD action & Multiple Sclerosis in Kenya.
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