Target 8 Universal Availability of Effective Pain Control

1st Palliative Care Conference in Afghanistan

Target 8 Universal Availability of Effective Pain Control

The 1st Palliative Care Conference will be Organized by Afghan Society Against Cancer with the collaboration of Silk Road Development and Kabul Medical University. This conference is open to all Afghan medical professionals and the participants will get a certificate of participation at the end of the conference.
The program will be sponsored by:

1. Silk Road Development (SRD)
2. Emerging Leaders Consulting Services (ELCS)
3. Alliance of Health Organizations (AHO)
4. Griffin Ltd. Afghanistan

6 May 2013
Email: 
asac@cancer.com.af
Under the auspices of UICC: 
No

Location

Kabul Medical University
Kabul

Experts call for end to global inequalities in access to pain medication for cancer sufferers

Shenzhen, China, 19 August 2010: International leaders in the fight against cancer today launched the Global Access to Pain Relief Initiative (GAPRI), calling for universal access to controlled pain medication for cancer patients worldwide.

Action is needed now to ease the suffering of the millions of cancer sufferers around the world who are forced to go without adequate pain treatment.

GAPRI is expected to play a major role in meeting World Cancer Declaration target eight - one of 11 targets which, if achieved, will help reverse the cancer epidemic by 2020. Meeting today at the 2010 World Cancer Leader’s Summit, the Union for International Cancer Control (UICC), American Cancer Society, LIVESTRONG, World Economic Forum and the World Health Organization are uniting to back the new initiative.

Resource Information
Type of Resource: 
Press releases
Publish Date: 
19 August 2010
Language: 
English
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