Hosted by the University of Miami Institute for the Americas (MIA) and the Miller School of Medicine, the third in-person meeting of the Lancet Commission on Global Access to Palliative Care and Pain Control (GAPCPC) took place from August 1-3 in Cuernavaca, Mexico. Fourteen commissioners, including UM President Julio Frenk and ten members of the Commission’s Scientific Advisory Committee, attended the meeting, with representation from Canada, Chile, Costa Rica, India, Jamaica, Mexico, Nigeria, Rwanda, the United Kingdom, and the United States.

A joint project with the Harvard Global Equity Initiative and Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, the commission has made strides in ensuring that the world has access to palliative care and pain control by integrating these treatments into universal health coverage and increasing global recognition that their provision is an essential element of health systems. The commission’s work is leading toward a featured report in The Lancet, one of the world’s most influential journals.

For additional information on the commission, please visit http://www.as.miami.edu/mia/lancet-commission-palliative-care–pain-control/.