GWU School of Medicine and Health Sciences
*NEW* Oncology Patient Navigator Training: The Fundamentals
Publication
02 Jul 2025
27 May 2025
We welcome the Zero Draft’s focus on leadership, equity, and integrated, people-centred care. We are particularly encouraged by the inclusion of older people, long-term care, and the life-course approach.
However, we remain concerned by the continued use of ageist and discriminatory language, and by the lack of meaningful commitments in several key areas:
We urge Member States to build on previous global commitments and ensure that the final Political Declaration explicitly upholds the rights, needs, and dignity of older people in all aspects of the NCD and mental health response. Read the full text here