LIFE Before Death : The Lancet Oncology - documentary/commentary

Genesis of the LIFE Before Death project lay in remarks from WHO. “The project co-producer Mike Hill and I read a 2009 WHO statement saying that 600 million people worldwide were going to suffer in their lifetime from untreated pain due to a lack of access to medicinal opiates”, explains Australian documentary maker Sue Collins. “We found that a very alarming statistic”, she added. Here are three more alarming statistics: more than 5 billion people worldwide have no access to essential pain medicines; this year 3·6 million people will die with untreated severe pain from cancer and AIDS; and 99·9% of these deaths will be in low-income and middle-income countries.