Participants

Palliative Care Definition – Consensus Based


The IAHPC is very grateful to the 450 palliative care experts and workers
who accepted our invitation to participate in this project.


In Phases 1 and 3: (in alphabetical order by name)

Bee Wee (UK), Carlos Centeno (Spain), Charmaine Blanchard (South Africa), Chitra Venkateswaran (India), Christina Puchalski (USA), Claudia Burla (Brazil), Dingle Spence (Jamaica), Eduardo Bruera (USA), Emmanuel Luyirika (Uganda), Esther Cege Munyoro (Kenya), Hibah Osman (Lebanon), Jim Cleary, (USA), Jinsun Yong (South Korea), Joan Marston (UK), Julia Downing (Uganda), Katherine Pettus (USA), Kathy Foley (USA), Liliana De Lima (USA), Lukas Radbruch (Germany), M.R. Rajagopal (India), Mary Callaway (USA), Mhoira Leng (Uganda), Odette Spruytt (Australia), Odontuya Davaasuren (Mongolia), Phillippe Larkin (Switzerland), Quach T Khanh (Vietnam), Richard Harding (UK), Roberto Wenk (Argentina), Roger Woodruff (Australia), Rosa Buitrago (Panama), Sebastiane Moine (France), Stephen Connor (USA), Sushma Bhatnaghar (India), Tania Pastrana (Germany), Wendy Gomez-Garcia (Dominican Republic), Zipporah Ali (Kenya).

In Phase 2: (in alphabetical order by name):

Aanchal Satija (India), Aaron Hiew (Malaysia), Abdolrahim Hazini (Iran), Abdullateef Gbenga Sule (Nigeria), Aditya Manna (India), Agnes Chipo Tererai (Zimbabwe), Alba Maricela Castillo Sánchez (Guatemala), Albert Kirshen (Canada), Alberto Perez-Medina (Colombia), Albina Joseph Kirango (Tanzania), Aleesha Adatia (Tanzania), Aleiya Virgo-Herron (Jamaica), Alexandra Aceituno (Guatemala), Alfaki Adam Suliman Adam (Sudan), Alfredo Rodriguez (Chile), Alicia Krikorian (Colombia), Alma Verónica Cardona Cordero (Guatemala), Amie Lyn D. Pamplona-Masecampo (Philippines), Amity West Leland (USA), Ana Maria Restrepo (USA), Ana Patricia Paiz de La Rosa de Girón (Guatemala), Andrea Medina (Costa Rica), Andrew Allsop (Australia), Andrew Amata (Zambia), Andrii Kuchma (Ukraine), Anelise Coelho Da Fonseca (Brazil), Anita Eseenam Agbeko (Ghana), Ann Thyle (India), Anna Towers (Canada), Anne Liere (Guatemala), Anson Pham (USA), Anthelme Kouessi Agbodande (Benin), Arnab Paul (India), Artashes Tadevosyan (Armenia), Asaph Kinyanjui (Kenya), Avetis Babakhanyan (Armenia), Aynharan Sinnarajah (Canada), Azza Hassan (Qatar), B Sunil S. De Silva (Sri Lanka), Bahemurwaki Caxton (Uganda), Barbara Duncan (Uganda), Bary Aussi (St.Vincent and The Grenadines), Bernardo Villa Cornejo (Mexico), Betty Mwanza Galufu Njunju (Zambia), Bev Platt (New Zealand), Bishnu Maya Adhikari Sapkota (Nepal), Bradley Brazill (USA), Brenda Ward (UK), Brigid Sirengo (Kenya), Byamukama Polycarp (Uganda), Camilla Zimmermann (Canada), Camilo Meneses (Chile), Candy Welch (UK), Carla Alexander (USA), Carla Goncalves Dias (Brazil), Carla Romagnolli Quintino (Brazil), Carlos Alfonso Chavarro Domínguez (Colombia), Carmen Hilda Schulze De Salazar (Dominican Republic), Catherine Nawangi (Malawi), Catherine Ruthi (Kenya), Cecilia Chan (Hong Kong SAR), Cesar Antonio Consuegra Pareja (Colombia), Chamath Fernando (Sri Lanka), Cheryl Arguelles (Philippines), Cheryl Nekolaichuk (Canada), Chitra Sarojini Weerakkody (Sri Lanka), Choo Yoke Ling (Malaysia), Christian Ntizimira (Rwanda), Clara María Cullen (Argentina), Cledy Eliana Dos Santos (Brazil), Clement Joel Chimonjo (Malawi), Coumba Gueye (Senegal), Dalitso Mzinganjira (Canada), Daniel Neves Forte (Brazil), Daniel Serrano Peña (Mexico), Daniel Situka (USA), David Fearon (Mauritania), David Wollner (USA), Deborah Ajulu (Uganda), Denise Stahl (USA), Devaraj Thamboo (Malaysia), Diah Martina (Indonesia), Diana Katiman (Malaysia), Diane A. Dykeman-Sabado (Dominican Republic), Dinesh Goswami (India), Dolaihala Kankanamge Darrel Mathew (Sri Lanka), Dominick Tibyampansha (Tanzania), Dorcas Kabugo (Kenya), Dorothy Adong Olet (Uganda), Dorris Frank Manase (Tanzania), Duong Le (Vietnam), Edith Aparicio Maldonado (Mexico), Ednin Hamzah (Malaysia), Edwina Addo Opare-Lokko (Ghana), Elizabeth Nabirye (Uganda), Elizabeth Namukwaya (Uganda), Elvira Livier Ortiz Coronado (Mexico), Emilia Da Felicidade Venturas Pinto Miquidade (Mozambique), Emmanuel Omenna (Nigeria), Enjie Fakhr El Din Ismail Paz (Mexico), Enric Benito (Spain), Ephrem Abathun (Ethiopia), Erna Rochmawati (Indonesia), Espin Paredes Elena (Mexico), Esther Kyungu (Tanzania), Esther Muinga (Kenya), Esther Schmidlin (Switzerland), Esther Walker (UK), Eunice Garanganga (Zimbabwe), Eunice Nkechi Omoyeni (Nigeria), Eunice Olusoji (Nigeria), Eva Duarte (Guatemala), Evangeline Barbara Go (Philippines), Eve Namisango (Uganda), Fadi Abu-Farsakh (Jordan), Faniso Mudenda (Zimbabwe), Fatuma Aden Affey (Kenya), Fazle-Noor Biswas (Bangladesh), Fazlina Ahmad (Malaysia), Finly Zachariah (USA), Folaju Olusegun Oyebola (Nigeria), Francesca Dina Ricchini (Italy), Frank Elsner (Germany), Frank Ferris (USA), Frank Formby (Australia), Gabriela Píriz (Uruguay), Gaspar Aramis Da Costa (Panama), Gaudencia Afuande (Kenya), Gayatri Palat (India), Gian Domenico Borasio (Switzerland), Gloria Altagracia Castillo Pichardo (Dominican Republic), Grace Kivumbi (Uganda), Gulnara Kunirova (Kazakhstan), Gustavo Sena (Uruguay), Hana Agustina (Indonesia), Hanan Saca-Hazboun (State Of Palestine), Harmala Kaur Gupta (India), Harriet Kebirungi (Uganda), Hellen N. Kariuki (Kenya), Hülya Kırca (Turkey), Huyen T.T Bui (Vietnam), Ibtihal Fadhil (United Arab Emirates), Ioseb Abesadze (Georgia), Irine Tigoi (Kenya), Israel Kayode Kolawole (Nigeria), Jaishree Sharmini Jivanadham (Malaysia), Jane Ndungu (Kenya), Janet Stanford (South Africa), Jean Paul Balinda (Rwanda), Jeffrey NG (Hong Kong SAR), Jennifer Githaiga (South Africa), Jennifer Hunt (Zimbabwe), Jeremy Johnson (India), Jeremy Lalrinsanga Pautu (India), Jessie Githanga (Kenya), Jesus Eugenio De Jesus (Philippines), Jianmin Wang (China), Joanna Michelle Sabal (Philippines), Jocelyn Que (Philippines), John C Ely (USA), John Cardenas (Colombia), John Mastrojohn (USA), John Scott (Canada), John Weru (Kenya), Jonah Ndifoa Wefuan (Cameroon), Jose Mario Lopez Saca(El Salvador), Joseph At Beinomugisha Byarugaba (Uganda), Joseph Chisaka (Malawi), Joshua Menang (Cameroon), Judith Paice (USA), Judith Simpson (Canada), Juli Mcgowan Boit (Kenya), Juliana Suarez (Colombia), Julie Hauer (USA), Julio Rojas Tencio (Costa Rica), Karen Charnley (Ireland), Karen Cox (Trinidad and Tobago), Karen Groves (UK), Karen Jane Wenceslao (Philippines), Katharine Addicott (USA), Katherine Murray (Canada), Kenfack Jiofack Fulbert (Cameroon), Kevin Bezanson (Canada), Kin Sang Chan (Hong Kong SAR), Kittikorn Nilmanat (Thailand), Kokou Nouwame Alinon (Togo), Kseniia Shapoval-Deinega (Ukraine), Lailatul Ferdous (Bangladesh), Lakshmi Nagappa Naik (Malaysia), Lalchhanhima Ralte (India), Lalitha Jeyasingam (Malaysia), Lalitha Meegoda (Sri Lanka), Lankoande Martin (Burkina Faso), Laura Tupper (Chile), Laura Van Blerk (South Africa), Layth Yahya Ibrahim Mula-Hussaint (Iraq), Leeai Chong (Malaysia), Lilia Indah Irmawati Anggraini (Indonesia), Lilian Majengo (Tanzania), Linda Marisol Bustamante Tuchez (Guatemala), Loh Ee Chin (Malaysia), Lorraine Thayer (USA), Lubna Mariam (Bangladesh), Lucy Finch (Malawi), Lucy G Kinuthia (Kenya), Luther Kaigarula (Tanzania), Luz María Villafuerte Palacios (Peru), Luzviminda Kwong (Philippines), Ly Thuy Nguyen (Vietnam), Lyubima Despotova-Toleva (Bulgaria), Mallika Rayamajhi (Nepal), Mallika Tiruvadanan (India), Mamak Tahmasebi (Iran), Manjula Bhagavatula (India), Marcela Holgado (Argentina), Margaret O'Connor (Australia), Margo Munroe (Bahamas), María A Brenes Fernández (Costa Rica), María Alejandra Palma Behnke (Chile), Maria Auxiliadora Brenes Fernandez (Spain), Maria Beatriz Thompson (Belize), Maria Cristina Cervantes Velez (Ecuador), Maria de Los Angeles Mendoza Bogran (Honduras), Maria de Los Angeles Minatel (Argentina), Maria de Lourdes Ramirez Avila (Mexico), Maria de Lourdes Tejeida Bautista (Mexico), Maria Dolores Teneza (Philippines), Maria Elena Alcantara (Guatemala), Maria Fidelis Manalo (Philippines), Maria Helena Restrepo Restrepo (Colombia), María José Jourdan (Uruguay), Maria Lucia Samudio Brigard (Colombia), Maria Margarita Reyes Donoso (Chile), Maria Nabal Vicuña (Spain), Maria Patricia Gómez López (Colombia), Maria Susana Ciruzzi (Argentina), Marisela Holguin Licon (Mexico), Markmseti (Tanzania), Marta Ximena Leon (Colombia), Marufjon Salokhiddinov (Uzbekistan), Mary Haule (Tanzania), Mary Jocylyn Bautista (Philippines), Matthias Brian (Sweden), Mauricio Arias Rojas (Colombia), Mawuli Gyakobo (Ghana), Maya Jane Bates (Malawi), Mayleen Alvarez Soto (Guatemala), Medson Boti (Malawi), Mercia Charity Kawadza (Zimbabwe), Mercy Wachiuri (Kenya), Mesut Buz (Turkey), Michael Gosey (USA), Michelle Meiring (South Africa), Milagros Cubilla (Panama), Mildred Aida Tejada Portillo (Honduras), Minna Kiljunen (Finland), Miriam de Jesús Lupercio Ramírez (Mexico), Mitsuru Sakitani (Japan), Mohammad Shahinur Kabir (Bangladesh), Mohd Yunus Khilji (India), Monica Osio Saldaña (Mexico), Monika Obrist (Switzerland), Moses Isanga (Uganda), Mridul Sarker (Bangladesh), Mwate Joseph Chaila (Zambia), Myriam Patricia Rios Castellanos (Guatemala), Naga Malleswari Vutukuri (USA), Nakayiwa Ruth (Uganda), NANCY Carlota Lino Gutierrez (Ecuador), Nancy L Hinds (USA), Narine Movsisyan (Armenia), Nasur Buyinza (Uganda), Natalia Carafizi (Republic of Moldova), Nathan Cherny (Israel), Naveen Salins (India), Navin Francis (Malaysia), Neha Tripathi (India), Nehemiya Igulu Bandese (Uganda), Nezamuddin Ahmad (Bangladesh), Ngamita Rose (Uganda), Nguyen Vu (Vietnam), Nicholaus Kiwanga (Tanzania), Nicoleta Mitrea (Romania), Nisla Maria Camano Reyes (Panama), Njerim Esther Riyah (Cameroon), Nora Saldarriaga (Colombia), Odette Waanders (Australia), Olaitan Soyannwo (Nigeria), Olanrewaju Onigbogi (Nigeria), Oldine Deshommes (Haiti), Oluwatobiloba Omisore (Nigeria), Omar Fernando Gomezese Ribero (Colombia), Opia Vicky (Uganda), Ornella Sainterant (Haiti), Oyebukola Oyinloye (Nigeria), Paola Duaz (Mexico), Pati Dzotsenidze (Georgia), Patricia Bonilla (Ecuador), Patrick Coyne (USA), Paul Daeninck (Canada), Pedro Pérez-Cruz (Chile), Peter-Gens Desameau (Haiti), Phanice Jepkemoi (Kenya), Phuntsho Om (Bhutan), Piyush Gupta (India), Poonam Pokhrel Sapkota (Nepal), Pradnya Talawadekar (India), Puja Thapa (Nepal), Racheal Asio (Uganda), Rahul D. Arora (India), Rana Fakhri Suliman Obeidat (Jordan), Rebeca Salandra (El Salvador), Reena Sharma (India), Regine Roche (Haiti), Rhodora Ocampo (Philippines), Richard Bauer (Kenya), Richard Boon Leonglim (Malaysia), Ripamonti Carla Ida (Italy), Rita Kabasinskiene (Lithuania), Robai Gakunga (Kenya), Robert Chen (Malaysia), Roberto Dossou Torès Kouassi Prudencio (Benin), Rodolfo Verna (Argentina), Rose Gahire (Rwanda), Rosibeth Del Carmen Muñoz Palm (Brazil), Rubayat Rahman (Bangladesh), Rudolf Cymorr Kirby Martinez (Philippines), Ruey Pyng Ng (Singapore), Rumana Dowla (Bangladesh), Ruth Mary Kemigisha (Uganda), Salamat Isiaka-Lawal (Nigeria), Sally Williams (Australia), Samia Ahmed (Bangladesh), Samuel Truwa (Malawi), Samwel Kiwanga (Tanzania), Sandra Chacon (Argentina), Sandra Dolores Becker (Brazil), Sandra Liliana Parra Cubides (Colombia), Sandra Milena Cortes Garcia (Colombia), Sandra Rodriguez (Ecuador), Sanghamitra Bora (India), Sanghamitra Iyengar (India), Sanjay Dhiraaj (India), Sarah Wabuge (Kenya), Saurabh Joshi (India), Savita Butola (India), Seema Rao (India), Selis Tarimo (Tanzania), Shaimaa Ali (Sudan), Shalini AJ (India), Shamsul Alam Roky (Bangladesh), Sharon Baxter (Canada), Sheilesh Dewan (Mauritius), Shikha Minhas (Canada), Shirley Bush (Canada), Shulamit Bar-Zemer Magen (Israel), Sidney C. Roberts MD (USA), Silvia Librada Flores (Spain), Simone Cernesi (Italy), Socorro Cabello (Mexico), Sorin Buga (USA), Srinagesh Simha (India), Srini Chary (Canada), Srivieng Pairojkul (Thailand), Stanley C. Macaden (India), Stellah Qelani Alice Kandemiri (Zimbabwe), Stephen Kraus (USA), Steven Radwany MD (USA), Stijn Hemelaer (Belgium), Sunil Aggarwal (USA), Susan Krauter MD (USA), Sylvia Mccarthy (Malaysia), Taaka Esther (Uganda), Tatiana Fernández Dávila (Ecuador), Tayreez Mushani (Kenya), Tetyana Vilchynska (Ukraine), Tharin Phenwan (Thailand), Theodora Ndunguru (Tanzania), Theoneste Nsabimana (Rwanda), Thérèse Maarschalk (South Africa), Therese Schroeder-Sheker (USA), Thomas Smith (USA), Tiago Pugliese Branco (Brazil), Tim Luckett (Australia), Tita Kongolo Henry (Démocratique République of Congo), Toshio Chiba (Brazil), Van Anh Pham (Vietnam), Varghese K Abraham (India), Victor Rolando Samayoa (Guatemala), Viktoriia Tymoshevska (Ukraine ), Vilma Tripodoro (Argentina), Virginia Doherty (USA), Vivek Khemka (USA), Wah Wah Myint Zu (Myanmar), Wai Man Lam (Hong Kong SAR), Walugembe Fred (Uganda), Weiss Deric (USA), Wilfred Gurupira (Zimbabwe), Willem Scholten (The Netherlands), Winfrida Mwashala (Tanzania), Ximena Garcia Quintero (Colombia), Ximena Pozo (Ecuador), Xiomara Carmona (Colombia), Yelena Vainilovich (Belarus), Yeva Asribabayan (Armenia), Yoram Singer (Israel), Yoshiyuki Kizawa (Japan), Zareen Delawar Hussain (Bangladesh), Zemilson Souza (Brazil), Zodwa Sithole (South Africa). Two participants (based in Canada and Singapore) requested their names not to be disclosed.


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