Pallium India is a national registered charitable trust formed in 2003 with the following vision and mission: Vision: An India in which palliative care is integrated in all health care so that every person has access to effective pain relief and quality palliative care along with disease–specific treatment and across the continuum of care. Mission: To catalyze the development of effective pain relief and quality palliative care services and their integration in health care across India through delivery of services, education, building capacities, policy, research, advocacy and information. Pallium India works with Central and State Governments for - integrating palliative care into the Health Care System - facilitating palliative care education and - improving access to essential and affordable medicines like morphine and other opioids - conducting need-based research, and - disseminating information