MESSAGE FROM THE CHAIR AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Dear readers:
The past two months have been busy with several meetings, projects and new and exciting developments.
1. 19th World AIDS Conference: The conference took place during July 22-27 in Washington, DC with almost 20,000 participants and more than 190 countries represented. The Worldwide Palliative Care Alliance (WPCA) hosted a booth where all the palliative care organizations and associations were able to give information to those interested. This edition of the NL includes a brief summary written by Claire Morris, Advocacy Officer of the WPCA, as well as some highlights of the meeting. Congratulations to Dr Zipporah Ali, who accepted the Red Ribbon award in the treatment, care and support category on Wednesday on behalf of the Kenyan Hospices Palliative Care Association. Dr. Ali is a member of our Board of Directors.
2. Traveling Scholarships: During the past month we awarded the following Traveling Scholarships:
From the IAHPC – Diana, Princess of Wales Memorial Fund bursaries:
To support the Diploma in Palliative Medicine at Makerere University in Uganda:
Rose Ngamita from Uganda
Harriet Badaru from Uganda
Chrispine Mosabi Tunai from Tanzania
To support the Bachelor’s Degree in Palliative Medicine at Makerere University in Uganda:
Catherine Waigwe Kiongi Nee from Kenya
Gladys Mucee from Kenya
Kondwani Baxter Banda from Malawi
Millicent Gatwiri Kabiru from Kenya
Duncan Kwaitana from Malawi
Esnath Msowoya from Malawi
Jean Wezzie Tauzie from Malawi
Adelmarice A Shekimweri from Tanzania
Diocles Kaimulkiwa from Tanzania
Habiba Athumani Ngoma Mahuna from Tanzania
Esther Oben Lyimo from Tanzania
Margaret Francis Ishengoma from Tanzania
Steve Biko from Tanzania
Claire Musiime from Uganda
Honest Twinomujuni from Uganda
Innocent Muhiire from Uganda
Francis Okongo from Uganda
Lisa Irumba from Uganda
From the IAHPC Traveling Scholarship’s general fund:
To support the travel of those listed below to the International Congress 19th International Congress on Palliative Care presented by McGill University which will take place in Montreal, Canada, during October 9-12, 2012:
Laura Tupper from Chile
Peter Gachigi Kamau from Kenya
Sandhya Puthur Muthumana from India
H.M.Iqbal Bahar from India
Folaju Olusegun Oyebola Abeokuta from Nigeria
Emilce Vargas Ramírez from Colombia
Nghi Minh To from Vietnam
Cocea Corina from Romania
Ivonne Martín Hernández from Cuba
Ralte Lalchhanhima
Lingegowda H B
Congratulations to all the grantees for receiving these scholarships - we look forward to their reports and wish them well.
New Website:
We will be launching our new website very soon. This website has taken a lot of work and time to complete, especially since we have hundreds of pages of information which had to be evaluated and discussed before uploading. We are very grateful for the work of our webmaster, Danilo Fritzler and the members of our board committee working on this task; the members are William Farr, Roger Woodruff, Yvonne Luxfod, Bernard Lapointe, Roberto Wenk and Liliana De Lima. We hope you will enjoy using our new website and its improvements in navigation and design.
Until next month,
Roberto Wenk, MD
Chair
Liliana De Lima, MHA
Executive Director
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