Azerbaijan appears to have no national guidelines, recommendations, standards or policies relating to palliative care.¹³ There is no education in palliative care at national level, though some events have been held locally, for doctors, nurses and others – at basic level only. There are no national palliative care or related organisations. Some WHO publications (Symptom Relief in Terminal Illness and Cancer Pain Relief with a Guide to Opioid Availability) have been translated into Azeri, with financial support in 2000 from OSI.¹⁴