On 29 October 2024, ILPN’s Global Observatory of Long-Term Care (GOLTC) hosted an all-day event featuring experts from around the world to commemorate the International Day of Care and Support.

This session on World Health Organization (WHO)’s work on Long-Term Care features:

• Hyobum Jang (World Health Organisation): Long-Term Care in the Global Policy Agenda – Stefania Ilinca (WHO Regional Office for Europe): Priorities and initiatives in the EURO WHO region
• Patricia Morsch (Pan American Health Organization, WHO Regional Office for the Americas): Priorities and initiatives in PAHO
• Amrita Kansal (Southeast Asia Regional Office of WHO: Developments on LTC policy in the SEARO region
• Sarah Barber (WHO Centre for Health development (WKC), Kobe, Japan): Supporting long-tern caregivers in Low and Middle-Income countries
• Stefania Ilinca (WHO Regional Office for Europe): Empowering informal carers: Core information for informal caregivers to support care and self-care tasks

Want to connect with a global community of long-term care experts? Register to join GOLTC now: https://goltc.org/add-new-expert/