Joint Declaration and Statement of Commitment - Palliative Care and Pain Treatment as Human Rights

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IAHPC - WPCA Joint Declaration and Statement of Commitment
Palliative Care and Pain Treatment as Human Rights

List of Signatories

Gobal Organizations

Regional Organizations

National Organizations

Note: A link to additional signing organizations can be found at the bottom of the page. Please click here.

Global Organizations	Signed by:
Cairdeas International Palliative Care Trust	David Swift
Children’s Hospice International	Ann Armstrong-Dailey
International AIDS Society (IAS)	Pedro Cahn
International Association for Hospice and Palliative Care (IAHPC)	Roberto Wenk
International Association for Pain and Chemical Dependency (IAPCD)	Ian Buttfield
International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP)	Troels Jensen
International Association of Gerontolology and Geriatrics	Claudia Burla
International Brain Tumor Alliance (IBTA)	Dennis Strangman
International Children’s Palliative Care Network (ICPCN)	Joan Marston
International Observatory in End of Life Care (IOEL)	David Clark
International Palliative Care Family Carer Research Collaboration ( IPCFRC)	Peter Hudson
International Palliative Care Initiative - Open Society Institute	Kathy Foley/Mary Callaway
International Psycho Oncology Society (IPOS)	William Breitbart
Palliativedrugs.com Ltd	Robert Twycross
Pain and Policy Studies Group – WHO Collaborating Center	Karen Ryan
The International Network for Cancer Treatment and Research (INCTR)	Ian Magrath
World Institute of Pain (WIP)	Serdar Erdine
Worldwide Palliative Care Alliance (WPCA)	David Praill
World Psychiatric Association (WPA)	Juan E. Mezzich

Regional Organizations	Signed by:
African Association for the Study of Pain (AASP)	Maged El Ansary
African Palliative Care Association (APCA)	Faith Mwangi-Powell
Asia Pacific Hospice Palliative Care Network (APHN)	Young-Seon Hong
Asociación Latinoamericana de Cuidados Paliativos (ALCP)	Liliana De Lima
Association of South East Asian Pain Societies (ASEAPS)	Ramani Vijayan
Eastern and Central Europe Palliative Care Task Force (ECEPT)	Jacek Luczak
European Association for Palliative Care (EAPC)	Lukas Radbruch
European Federation of IASP Chapters (EFIC)	Giustino Varrassi
Federación Latinoamericana de Asociaciones para el Estudio del Dolor (FEDELAT)	Eduardo Ibarra
Foundation for Hospices in Sub-Saharan Africa (FHSSA)	Stephen Connor

National Organizations/Associations	Country	Signed by:
Academia Nacional de Cuidados Paliativos	Brazil	Maria Goretti Maciel
All Party Parliamentary Group on Dying Well	Great Britain	Ilora Finlay
American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine (AAHPM)	USA	Rusell Portenoy
American Chronic Pain Association	USA	Penney Cowan
American Pain Foundation	USA	Lenore Duensing
American Pharmacists Association (APhA)	USA	Kristina Lunner
Asociación Argentina de Salud Mental (AASM)	Argentina	Ana Marquis
Asociación Argentina para el Estudio del Dolor	Argentina	Noemi Rosenfeld
Asociación Colombiana De Cuidados Paliativos	Colombia	Jairo Moyano
Asociación Mexicana de Cuidados Paliativos A.C.	México	Silvia Allende
Asociación Salvadoreña para el Estudio del Dolor (ASEPD)	San Salvador	Rolando Larin
Association of Palliative Medicine	Russia	Valery Samoylenko
Bahrain Palliative Care	Bahrain	Farhan Najeeb
Brazilian Society of Geriatrics and Gerontology	Brazil	Claudia Burla
Canadian Hospice Palliative Care Association	Canada	Sharon Baxter
Cansupport	India	Harmala Gupta
Centro Nacional del Voluntariado - CENAVOL	Peru	Flor de Maria De Argumaniz
Chronic Pain Policy Coalition	England	Beverly Collett
Committee of Rehabilitation and Palliative Care	China	Shiying Yu
Douleurs Sans Frontières	Morocco	Mati Nejmi
End-of-Life Nursing Education Consortium (ELNEC) Project	USA	Pam Malloy
Fundación Apoyo, Desarrollo e Investigación a los Cuidados Paliativos FUNDAICP	Venezuela	Patricia Bonilla
Ghana Anaesthetists Society	Ghana	Yaw Adu-Gyamfi
Guwahati Pain and Palliative Care Society	India	Dinesh Chandra
Hellenic Society of Palliative and Symptomatic Care for Cancer	Greece	Athina Vadalouca
Help the Hospices	Great Britain	David Praill
Holy Cross AIDS Hospice	South Africa	Sister Priscilla Dhlamini
Hospice and Palliative Nurses Association (HPNA)	USA	Judy Lentz
Hospice Palliative Care Association of South Africa	South Africa	Elizabeth Gwyther
Hospice Volunteer Association	USA	Greg Schneider
Indian Association of Palliative Care	India	Anil Paleri
Indian Society for Study of Pain	India	Mary Korula
Kenya Hospices and Palliative Care Association (KEHPCA)	Kenya	Zipporah Ali
Korean Society for Hospice and Palliative Care	Korea	Young-Seon Hong
Kuwait Society for Oncology	Kuwait	Khaled Alsaleh
Malaysian Association for the Study of Pain	Malaysia	Ramani Vijayan
National Cancer Society of Malaysia, Penang Branch	Malaysia	Devaraj Thamboo
National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO)	USA	Don Schumacher
Núcleo de Estudos em Políticas Públicas e Direitos Humanos	Brazil	Walter Krause
Order of the Orthodox Hospitallers	France	Michael Brett-Crowther
Pain Association of Singapore	Singapore	Yeo Sow Nam
Pain South Africa	South Africa	Phyllis Berger
PALIAR	Argentina	Laura Aresca
Palliative Care Australia	Australia	Margaret O’Connor
Palliative Section -Slovak Society for Treatment of Pain	Slovakia	Hedviga Jakubikova
Romanian Association for Palliative Care	Romania	Daniela Mosoiu
Singapore Hospice Council	Singapore	Tan Kee Wee
Sociedad Ecuatoriana de Geriatría y Gerontología	Ecuador	Diego Fernando Martinez
Sociedad Española de Cuidados Paliativos (SECPAL)	Spain	Javier Rocafort
Sociedad Peruana de Cuidados Paliativos	Peru	Maria del Rosario Berenguel
Sociedad Peruana de Enfermeras Oncólogas	Peru	Marlene Goyburu
Sociedad Tucumana de Medicina y Cuidados Paliativos	Argentina	Maria Guadalupe Lencina
Sociedad Vasca de Cuidados Paliativos	Spain	Wilson Astudillo
The Canadian Hospice Twinning Initiative	Canada	Susan Breidel

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