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About GAPRI

The Global Access to Pain Relief Initiative (GAPRI) is a joint programme of the Union for International Cancer Control (UICC) and the American Cancer Society (ACS) to make effective pain control measures universally available to cancer patients in pain by 2020.

GAPRI’s projects are designed to address these key objectives:

  • Creating stronger collaboration between cancer and HIV communities around pain treatment
  • Improving the market for essential pain medicines
  • Empowering governments to take the lead in expanding access to pain relief
  • Addressing health systems challenges at multiple levels
  • Mainstreaming the issue of pain treatment in global health efforts

More details about our work can be found here.

Contact Us

GAPRI staff are based at the American Cancer Society offices in Washington, DC.

555 11th St. NW, Suite 300
Washington, D.C. 20004 USA

You can reach GAPRI’s Director, Dr. Meg O’Brien at gapri@uicc.org.

Funding

GAPRI receives funding from the following organisations:

  • The American Cancer Society
  • The Swiss Cancer League
  • The Open Society Institute
  • The True Colours Trust
  • The Diana, Princess of Wales Memorial Fund
  • Lombard Odier-Foundation Philanthropia
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