Today is the 2025 World Hospice & Palliative Care Day: Achieving the Promise: Universal Access to Palliative Care
Today is the 2025 World Hospice & Palliative Care Day: Achieving the Promise: Universal Access to Palliative Care
Organized by the Worldwide Hospice Palliative Care Alliance; primary article by Stephen Connor; in preparation for 10/11/25
This year we celebrate the 20th anniversary of World Hospice & Palliative Care Day (World Day). What started as ‘Voices for Hospice’ concerts around the world turned into a day to recognise hospice and palliative care starting in 2005. Having a day each year to recognise the importance of hospice and palliative care is a valuable part of every health care movement and is essential for advocacy and awareness raising. World Day is organized by the Worldwide Hospice Palliative Care Alliance each second Saturday in October, this year on 11 October 2025, on behalf of the global palliative care community, including international, national, and regional palliative care organisations such as the IAHPC, ICPCN, PallCHASE, APCA, EAPC, ALCP, APHN, and including national organisations such as the IAPC.
Editor's Note: Additional links of interest include ...
- Worldwide Hospice Palliative Care Alliance - World Hospice & Palliative Care Day 2025
- The Inaugural United States World Hospice and Palliative Care Day Celebration: A Virtual Coming Together
- Global Directory of Institutions and Organizations
- World Health Organization - Palliative Care
- World Hospice And Palliative Care Day 2025 - Western Australia