UNODC Prevention Treatment Rehabilitation Section supports Timor-Leste efforts to improve the availability of and access to controlled medicines, in particular for the management of cancer related pain and palliative care.

🔴TODAY l The United Nations Human Rights Council is holding an organizational meeting in preparation of its upcoming 55th regular session ( #HRC55 ).

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As #SBLVII kicks off with world Champions, we cheer winning #PalliativeCare teams around the 🌎 who uphold #dignity & #HumanRights for all who are part of this Team called Humanity 🎥 bit.ly/3uzE0Eo NFL Alumni @shannonsharpe Ernie Johnson @CBSports First Take Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus

As #SBLVII unites a watching 🌎, it highlights the touch of #humanity we all need on this stage called Life & power of #PalliativeCare teams ushering to brighter days🎥 bit.ly/3uzE0Eo Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus NFLPA @CBSports @shannonsharpe Ernie Johnson Taylor Swift San Francisco 49ers Kansas City Chiefs

Thrill of victory & pain of defeat will be revealed in #SBLVII –as in life, where we're connected in our #Humanity & as #PalliativeCare teams soften suffering to score #TouchdownforHumanity 🎥 bit.ly/3uzE0Eo NFLPA @CBSports @ESPN Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus APCA San Francisco 49ers Kansas City Chiefs

🏈 #SBLVII is transformative, so are #PalliativeCare teams who “change patients back into people..” to play their unique roles on this winning team called #Humanity 🎥 bit.ly/3uzE0Eo NFLPA @CBSports Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus Ernie Johnson The Shaquille O’Neal Foundation San Francisco 49ers @chiefs Taylor Swift

While 🌎 watches San Francisco 49ers @chiefs clashing in #SBLVII , we unite in our #humanity & honor world-class #PalliativeCare teams who score #TouchdownforHumanity & honor HumanRights 🎥 bit.ly/3uzE0Eo @CBSports NFLPA First Take Ernie Johnson Taylor Swift @atlantesPS Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus

Superbowl XXXI Champion teaming up to tackle massive 🌎 disparities in #PalliativeCare especially for children & a new game plan for #dignity , #HumanRights & scoring #TouchdownforHumanity #SBLVII NFL Alumni NFLPA Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus @CBSports San Francisco 49ers Kansas City Chiefs @shannonsharpe Ernie Johnson

To #ClosetheCareGap & truly improve access to #PalliativeCare , it can only happen when we unite through public engagement & advocacy, urges Betty Ferrell ELNEC City of Hope, which is critcal for patients & families around the 🌎 bit.ly/3SARHw5 #WorldCancerDay Union for International #CancerControl

Reminding us how we are all connected in health & our suffering, Prof & Dean Rosa Buitrago del Rosal shares how 'One sick patient impacts the whole family' & by working to #ClosetheCareGap in #PalliativeCare , we help all bit.ly/3SARHw5 #WorldCancerDay Union for International #CancerControl PAHO/WHO Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus

Galvanizing the 🌍 community to address massive disparities in Access & Availability to Essential Medicines & #PalliativeCare , H.E. Amb ambdhoop as Chair of #CND65 championed the World Health Organization (WHO) UN Office on Drugs & Crime @INCB Joint Call to Action & urges #LeaveNoPatientBehind #WorldCancerDay Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus Union for International #CancerControl

Speaking to our Humanity: by working together to improve Access & Availability to #PalliativeCare & Essential Medicines, we have the honor & privilege of helping restore #Dignity that disparities & suffering have ravaged. Hope for a better tmrw 🌍 #WorldCancerDay Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus Union for International #CancerControl

Honoring all patients with cancer around the🌎 especially facing inequities in Access & Availability to #PalliativeCare & Essential Medicines. We stand united in 'Our Opportunity to Tempter the Torment of Silent Suffering' bit.ly/48WrU7d Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus Union for International #CancerControl Dr Tlaleng Mofokeng WHPCA

Inspiration from a patient with cancer: Sharing how #PalliativeCare brought light to dark days, how it welcomed her and gave the perspective that each day illuminates and brings hope. bit.ly/3SARHw5 #WorldCancerDay #CloseTheCareGap Union for International #CancerControl Sant Pau - Campus Salut Barcelona Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus

Shedding light on 🌎 crisis related to #PalliativeCare : Prof. Ikeoluwapo O. Ajayi explain how many patients can't afford care or medicines, causing great suffering, a 🌎 plight that's often overlooked APCA bit.ly/3SARHw5 #WorldCancerDay #CloseTheCareGap Union for International #CancerControl

Bringing comfort & hope to those in need: Dr. Susana Martínez, Sant Pau - Campus Salut Barcelona, Barcelona on the importance of access to #PalliativeCare for all patients along their journey to ensure a better quality of life. bit.ly/3SARHw5 #WorldCancerDay #CloseTheCareGap Union for International #CancerControl

Emphasizing the urgency that 90% still lack access to #PalliativeCare , despite its affordability & proven benefits, Dr. Antonio Pascual, Dir. Palliative Care Unit, Sant Pau - Campus Salut Barcelona asserts it's time to #closethecaregap . bit.ly/3SARHw5 #WorldCancerDay Union for International #CancerControl ATLANTES Global Observatory of Palliative Care

Video 5/5: DirGen Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus shares World Health Organization (WHO)'s core conviction “Health is a #HumanRight ' & everyone should have access to essential health services, incl #PalliativeCare 🎥'The Power of Palliative Care in Cancer: Access, Dignity & Human Rights' bit.ly/3SARHw5 #WorldCancerDay

Envisaging a more just world, Sonali Johnson, Ph.D. of @UICC shares what a fair place this would be: 'Where everyone has access to #PalliativeCare , regardless of who they are & where they live.' bit.ly/3SARHw5 #WorldCancerDay #CloseTheCareGap World Health Organization (WHO) NCD Alliance

Video 4/5: UN Spcl Rapporteur on Right to Health @DrTlaleng affirming #PalliativeCare is a #HumanRight , as it is centered in dignity & for a more just 🌎. 🎥 'The Power of Palliative Care in Cancer: Access, Dignity & Human Rights' bit.ly/3SARHw5 Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus Ernie Johnson