According to the WHO CC terms of references, the overall objective of this activity is to provide support on the development of national palliative care programmes, globally, through a public health approach, in collaboration with WHO headquarters and the respective Regional Offices, giving priority to less developed countries in Europe and Latin America.

The WHO CC will support national, regional and local public palliative care initiatives that demonstrate willingness to, and capability for, establishing palliative care programmes.  Candidate initiatives should prove: