Katherine Pettus
@kpettus.bsky.social
Political theorist, Benedictine oblate, and advocate for global palliative care and essential medicines with the International Association for Hospice and Palliative Care. I live in Chinchon, Spain. All tweets are my own.
Albanian nurse leader Irena Laska, IAHPC delegate to #RC75 @WHO Europe, delivers our statement on #palliativecare inclusion in 2nd European Programme of Work today! Read it here:https://iahpc.org/uploads/2025/10/IAHPC-Statement-on-palliative-care-re-RC75-European-Program-of-Work.pdf
October 29, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Albanian nurse leader Irena Laska, IAHPC delegate to #RC75 @WHO Europe, delivers our statement on #palliativecare inclusion in 2nd European Programme of Work today! Read it here:https://iahpc.org/uploads/2025/10/IAHPC-Statement-on-palliative-care-re-RC75-European-Program-of-Work.pdf
What does meaningful support look like for caregivers of people living with dementia? Join us next Thursday October 30th at 2pm CET for a free webinar hosted by the @IAHPC to explore how WHO's iSupport prorgramme can support caregivers throughout their care journey.
Register: lnkd.in/eFJYtPXB
Register: lnkd.in/eFJYtPXB
October 23, 2025 at 6:23 PM
What does meaningful support look like for caregivers of people living with dementia? Join us next Thursday October 30th at 2pm CET for a free webinar hosted by the @IAHPC to explore how WHO's iSupport prorgramme can support caregivers throughout their care journey.
Register: lnkd.in/eFJYtPXB
Register: lnkd.in/eFJYtPXB
October 14, 2025 at 7:01 AM
Dr Yukio Nakatani @who.int opening session of CND Thematic Session calls for "safe access to controlled medicines limited in many parts of the world." Says drug control must be rooted in public health & access to controlled meds shld be integrated into national policies supported by whole of govt!
September 30, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Dr Yukio Nakatani @who.int opening session of CND Thematic Session calls for "safe access to controlled medicines limited in many parts of the world." Says drug control must be rooted in public health & access to controlled meds shld be integrated into national policies supported by whole of govt!
INCB President Professor Atasoy calls out persistent disparities in availability of controlled medicines due to inaccurate estimates of medical needs by member states.Promotes Learning Programme to improve availability for #palliativecare #painrelief #SUD treatment. CND Thematic Session 2025.
September 30, 2025 at 1:09 PM
INCB President Professor Atasoy calls out persistent disparities in availability of controlled medicines due to inaccurate estimates of medical needs by member states.Promotes Learning Programme to improve availability for #palliativecare #painrelief #SUD treatment. CND Thematic Session 2025.
Important event at the Commission on Narcotic Drugs October 3. Register for online participation
September 11, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Important event at the Commission on Narcotic Drugs October 3. Register for online participation
Feast of St Camillus de Lellis founder of “The Clerks Regular of Good Death, Ministers to the Sick,” commonly known as the Camillians. Patron saint of the sick, nurses & hospice workers, Revolutionized 16th century nursing, founded the first Red Cross, sent nurses to battleflields in Hungary!
July 18, 2025 at 5:30 AM
Feast of St Camillus de Lellis founder of “The Clerks Regular of Good Death, Ministers to the Sick,” commonly known as the Camillians. Patron saint of the sick, nurses & hospice workers, Revolutionized 16th century nursing, founded the first Red Cross, sent nurses to battleflields in Hungary!
North America & Western and HIC's have high levels of opioid availability 4 medical use >10,000 S-DDDs per million inhabitants in 2023. Average 1,329 SDDDs per million inhabitants in SE Europe; low of 7.1 S-DDDs per million inhabitants in West & Central Africa in 2023. www.unodc.org/documents/da...
July 14, 2025 at 4:42 PM
North America & Western and HIC's have high levels of opioid availability 4 medical use >10,000 S-DDDs per million inhabitants in 2023. Average 1,329 SDDDs per million inhabitants in SE Europe; low of 7.1 S-DDDs per million inhabitants in West & Central Africa in 2023. www.unodc.org/documents/da...
"availability of pharmaceutical opioids for pain management & palliative care continues to vary considerably between LMICs & HICs. Availability in low- and middle-income countries has been increasing, but the gap between them and high-income countries remains massive.” www.unodc.org/documents/da...
July 14, 2025 at 4:25 PM
"availability of pharmaceutical opioids for pain management & palliative care continues to vary considerably between LMICs & HICs. Availability in low- and middle-income countries has been increasing, but the gap between them and high-income countries remains massive.” www.unodc.org/documents/da...
.@iahpc.org .@IAHPC delegate @docAntonio #WHA78 @PallChase gave constituency statement on @WHO emergencies work for @WHPCA @UICC @HelpAge @IFA @WorldSIOP @IASPpain "Health emergencies,whether pandemics,conflicts,or natural disaster disproportionately affect..Read more tinyurl.com/tt83f6ct
May 21, 2025 at 7:40 PM
.@iahpc.org .@IAHPC delegate @docAntonio #WHA78 @PallChase gave constituency statement on @WHO emergencies work for @WHPCA @UICC @HelpAge @IFA @WorldSIOP @IASPpain "Health emergencies,whether pandemics,conflicts,or natural disaster disproportionately affect..Read more tinyurl.com/tt83f6ct
Very important International Association for Hospice and Palliative Care (IAHPC) sponsored side event at the World Health Assembly next week! Please send to your national delegations or permanent missions in Geneva and encourage them to attend!
May 15, 2025 at 9:52 AM
Very important International Association for Hospice and Palliative Care (IAHPC) sponsored side event at the World Health Assembly next week! Please send to your national delegations or permanent missions in Geneva and encourage them to attend!
Policymakers, like Doubting Thomas and doctors who only know how to treat disease — who have not seen or touched the nail marks or the gaping holes in dying peoples’ psychological spiritual “sides” — won’t believe in palliative care until they touch those wounds for themselves tinyurl.com/3zahx492
April 27, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Policymakers, like Doubting Thomas and doctors who only know how to treat disease — who have not seen or touched the nail marks or the gaping holes in dying peoples’ psychological spiritual “sides” — won’t believe in palliative care until they touch those wounds for themselves tinyurl.com/3zahx492
A trend to keep an eye on as advocates seek to expand global #palliativecare availability. Patients and families are the intended beneficiaries, not corporate shareholders. speakingofmedicine.plos.org/2025/04/11/h...
April 12, 2025 at 4:53 AM
A trend to keep an eye on as advocates seek to expand global #palliativecare availability. Patients and families are the intended beneficiaries, not corporate shareholders. speakingofmedicine.plos.org/2025/04/11/h...
Ghana calls for restorative justice to address improve access to essential palliative care medicines in Africa
Redress the harms of colonialism through bilateral technical assistance not as development aid or charity. open.substack.com/pub/katherin...
Redress the harms of colonialism through bilateral technical assistance not as development aid or charity. open.substack.com/pub/katherin...
March 15, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Ghana calls for restorative justice to address improve access to essential palliative care medicines in Africa
Redress the harms of colonialism through bilateral technical assistance not as development aid or charity. open.substack.com/pub/katherin...
Redress the harms of colonialism through bilateral technical assistance not as development aid or charity. open.substack.com/pub/katherin...
It's today at 1pm CET!! Join us virtually at CND for this hybrid side event where @IAHPCs Tania Pastrana will present on Serious Health Related Suffering and the need for #palliativecare medicines for children. tinyurl.com/yxvbcs2c
March 13, 2025 at 10:31 AM
It's today at 1pm CET!! Join us virtually at CND for this hybrid side event where @IAHPCs Tania Pastrana will present on Serious Health Related Suffering and the need for #palliativecare medicines for children. tinyurl.com/yxvbcs2c
It’s tomorrow! Please join virtually if you are not in Vienna. The QR code has the link to join.
March 9, 2025 at 5:28 PM
It’s tomorrow! Please join virtually if you are not in Vienna. The QR code has the link to join.
.@IAHPC's written submission to the 68th Commission on Narcotic Drugs to be held next week in Vienna discusses why we advocate for essential palliative care medicines at the Commission as well as at the WHO! www.unodc.org/documents/co...
March 6, 2025 at 1:29 PM
.@IAHPC's written submission to the 68th Commission on Narcotic Drugs to be held next week in Vienna discusses why we advocate for essential palliative care medicines at the Commission as well as at the WHO! www.unodc.org/documents/co...
.@INCB 2024 report launched today reiterating global inequities in availability of opioid based paid medicines. UN member states are responsible for enacting the legal frameworks to support education of health professionals as well as sustainable supply chains and cooperation with academia and CSOs.
March 4, 2025 at 10:26 AM
.@INCB 2024 report launched today reiterating global inequities in availability of opioid based paid medicines. UN member states are responsible for enacting the legal frameworks to support education of health professionals as well as sustainable supply chains and cooperation with academia and CSOs.
Join the hybrid IAHPC Side Event at CND68 to learn more about availability & affordability of essential #palliativecare medicines in Africa with expert panelists from the INCB, & E,S,W Africa! Such advocacy is crucial during these challenging times. tinyurl.com/4euy3btc
March 4, 2025 at 8:16 AM
Join the hybrid IAHPC Side Event at CND68 to learn more about availability & affordability of essential #palliativecare medicines in Africa with expert panelists from the INCB, & E,S,W Africa! Such advocacy is crucial during these challenging times. tinyurl.com/4euy3btc
“the Islamic principle of human dignity should be included in discussions regarding end-of-life care and advance care planning.” pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
February 28, 2025 at 6:03 AM
“the Islamic principle of human dignity should be included in discussions regarding end-of-life care and advance care planning.” pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
Lois Chingandu Frontline AIDS #SouthAfrica challenges African NGO leaders to step up in funding crisis, decolonize aid & prevent new AIDS epidemic.African Pall Care Assn webinar. @IAHPC helping with free national PC assn membership & advocacy & clinical practice courses iahpc.org/members-sect...
February 24, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Lois Chingandu Frontline AIDS #SouthAfrica challenges African NGO leaders to step up in funding crisis, decolonize aid & prevent new AIDS epidemic.African Pall Care Assn webinar. @IAHPC helping with free national PC assn membership & advocacy & clinical practice courses iahpc.org/members-sect...
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February 17, 2025 at 1:10 PM
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New Joint UN policy brief “Encourages Member States to address well-being & adequate health care of older persons, including …#palliativecare... through expanding educational opportunities for all health professionals working with older persons." IAHPC is on the job! tinyurl.com/yc6xsshp
February 17, 2025 at 9:24 AM
New Joint UN policy brief “Encourages Member States to address well-being & adequate health care of older persons, including …#palliativecare... through expanding educational opportunities for all health professionals working with older persons." IAHPC is on the job! tinyurl.com/yc6xsshp
Join us for a very interesting conversation between palliative care practitioners of different disciplines, faiths, countries & cultures. How do they identify golden threads of hope? Register👉 tinyurl.com/5d44x9us
February 7, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Join us for a very interesting conversation between palliative care practitioners of different disciplines, faiths, countries & cultures. How do they identify golden threads of hope? Register👉 tinyurl.com/5d44x9us
@iahpc.org gold stars to ⭐️📷Dr. Rabih El Chammay,
@mophleb includes #palliativecare in national statement on #NCDs
@WHO #EB156. We also heard Brunei & India give PC a mention. IAHPC advocacy slowly taking root & flowering!
@mophleb includes #palliativecare in national statement on #NCDs
@WHO #EB156. We also heard Brunei & India give PC a mention. IAHPC advocacy slowly taking root & flowering!
February 5, 2025 at 3:34 PM
@iahpc.org gold stars to ⭐️📷Dr. Rabih El Chammay,
@mophleb includes #palliativecare in national statement on #NCDs
@WHO #EB156. We also heard Brunei & India give PC a mention. IAHPC advocacy slowly taking root & flowering!
@mophleb includes #palliativecare in national statement on #NCDs
@WHO #EB156. We also heard Brunei & India give PC a mention. IAHPC advocacy slowly taking root & flowering!