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	The WHO Collaborating Centre for Public Health Palliative Care Programmes Definition According to the definition given by the World Health Organization, “a WHO collaborating centre is an institution designated by the Director-General of WHO to form part of an inter-institutional collaborative network set up by WHO in support of its programme at the country, intercountry, regional, interregional and global levels, as appropriate”. At its web site, the World Health Organization gives a detailed overview of collaborating centres’ expected functions, role, aims and historical development. For further information on WHO Collaborating Centres, please follow the link http://www.who.int/collaboratingcentres/cc_historical/en/index.html Its mission is to promote and support countries establishing national palliative care programmes according to the WHO public health principles for palliative care Its vision is to build up an international reference centre for disseminating knowledge about, and sharing experiences on, the development of public palliative care across regions. Its objectives are
	to promote the development of public health palliative care strategies, particularly in Europe and Latin America, in cooperation with the WHO Head Quarters, the Euro Office and its other regional offices
	to support countries in the implementation of public palliative care programmes
	to generate science-based evidence, and a growing body of expertise, on palliative care services’ organization and implementation
	to contribute to strengthen knowledge and skills on services evaluation, and
	to promote cooperation and benchmarking amongst participant initiatives