Who we are
The Worldwide Palliative Care Alliance is a network of hospice and palliative care organisations from around the world.
There are a number of workgroups of the Alliance focusing on key issues which affect hospice and palliative care services worldwide. These are:
- Quality and standards
- Education and training
- Information
- Children
- Policy/Advocacy
- World Hospice and Palliative Care Day (link to www.worldday.org )
Please contact us for more information on the work of these groups.
The steering group has membership from hospice and palliative care organisations around the world.
- Sharon Baxter, Canadian Hospice Palliative Care Association, Canada
- Stephen Connor, National Hospice Palliative Care Organization, USA
- Dr Cynthia Goh, Asia Pacific Hospice Palliative Care Network – Singapore (co-chair)
- Dr Anil Paleri, Indian Association of Palliative Care, India
- Dr Liz Gwyther, Hospice Palliative Care Association of South Africa
- Liliana de Lima, International Association for Hospice and Palliative Care, USA
- Joan Marston, International Children’s Palliative Care Network, South Africa
- Dr Daniela Mosiou, Romanian National Association for Palliative Care, Romania
- Dr Faith Mwangi Powell, African Palliative Care Association, Uganda
- Margaret Oconnor, Palliative Care Australia
- David Praill, Help the Hospices, UK (co-chair)
- Dr Roberto Wenk, Asociación Latinoamericana de Cuidados Paliativos, Argentina
- Observer - Mary Callaway, Open Society Institute, USA
- Secretariat support for the Alliance is provided by Help the Hospices, UK.