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November 20, 2017 Dispatches

New Regulations in Armenia Could Ease Suffering of Terminally Ill

Replacing Onerous Procedures Allows Access to Strong Pain Medication

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October 12, 2017 Dispatches

Mexico Improves Provisions for End-of-Life Care

Other Countries Should Follow Mexico’s Lead

Doña Remedios and her daughter at the pharmacy of the National Cancer Institute in Mexico City, Mexico on September 1, 2014 to fill a prescription for morphine. They have to travel for several hours to procure the medication because there are no hospitals
October 12, 2017 Dispatches

Senegal Makes Strides on Palliative Care

Other Countries in Francophone Africa Should Follow Suit

During a morphine shortage, a cancer patient in Dakar cluthes onto the railing of her hospital bed because she is in pain and the medication she needs is unavailable.
October 12, 2017 Dispatches

Armenia Has New Strategy to Help Terminally Ill

Legal Changes Are Next Step to Get Treatment to Those in Need

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October 12, 2017 Dispatches

Report in Lancet Calls for Needed Pain Relief

More than 61 Million Globally Suffer Severe Pain from Advanced Illnesses

A palliative care physician assesses a patient’s pain.
August 10, 2017 Dispatches

Medicine Shortages in Venezuela: Dying in Agony

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May 17, 2017 Witness

Witness: A Doctor’s Struggle to Bring Relief to Dying Patients

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May 17, 2017 News Release

Guatemala: Thousands Face Needless End-of-Life Suffering

Pain Medicine Rule Change Urgently Needed

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February 16, 2017 Dispatches

Armenia’s New Strategy to Help Those in Pain

Urgent Legal Changes Are Next Step to Get Treatment to Those in Need

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January 25, 2017 Letter

Human Rights Watch submission to the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights in advance of its 60th pre-sessional review of the Russian Federation

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Protesters Face Long Sentences, but Violence Against Them Unpunished

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September 15, 2016 Statement

Human Rights Watch Calls for Better Protections for the Rights of Older People

Interactive Dialogue with the Independent Expert on the enjoyment of all human rights by older persons

May 6, 2016 Dispatches

Dispatches: A First Step for Patients in Pain in Armenia

Gurgen G., who had a brain tumor, and his mother. Gurgen participated in a palliative care pilot project, which improved the quality of his remaining life. He died in August 2012, free from pain.
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Morocco: Thousands Face Needless Suffering at End of Life

Carry Out Policies Promising Pain Relief

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Dispatches: Achieving Pain Relief For Millions

A shipment of oral morphine pills arrived at Dakar's Dantec Hospital in July 2013, after a shortage.

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