Announcements

2015; Volume 16, No 11, November

Each month, we publish a limited selection of items that we feel will be of interest to our global readership. Content is welcomed but please observe the criteria for inclusion:

Content should provide insight on how to advance palliative care and improve knowledge and skills.
150 words maximum.
Content must be relevant to a global audience.
Copy deadline: 21st of each month.
Please submit your copy to the editor. We reserve the right to edit content.

Please also consider promoting your education and training events in the IAHPC Global Directory of Education in Palliative Care. It’s quick and easy – just submit your content online.

Call for nominations to IAHPC Board of Directors – 2016-2018 term

The International Association for Hospice and Palliative Care (IAHPC) is proud to announce a public call for nominations to 4 (four) seats in the IAHPC Board of Directors to serve for the 2016-2018 term.

IAHPC members are invited to nominate health professionals actively working in hospice and palliative care with demonstrated interest in the development of international palliative care initiatives and issues.

Nomination rules

Nominators may nominate one candidate only.
Self-nomination is not allowed. Nominees have to be nominated by another IAHPC member.
Complete and submit a nomination form here.
Submit a copy of a current CV of the nominee to [email protected]
Deadline for nominations is November 30, 2015.

Criteria for nominees

Nominees may be located in any country and must fulfill the following criteria:

Have been active members of IAHPC for at least 3 (three) consecutive years prior to the nomination.
Have demonstrated interest in international palliative and hospice care issues.
Have demonstrated work and commitment in palliative/hospice care in his/her field.
Have demonstrated willingness to participate and work in the board activities including working groups and task forces.
Currently holding or having held a position within a teaching hospital, university or palliative care organization.

In addition, candidates must be able to communicate effectively in English, have access to the Internet and hold an active e-mail account.

Criteria for nominators

Be an active member of IAHPC at the time of nomination.

We invite IAHPC members to participate in this important process by nominating a candidate. Individuals who are not members and wish to also participate, may join through our website.

After the nomination, candidates will be asked to complete a questionnaire developed by the governance committee.

The new directors will be elected by a vote of the current Directors and will be announced in December 2015.

IAHPC offers 15 Traveling Scholarships for VIII Congress of the Latin American Association for Palliative Care

The International Association for Hospice and Palliative Care (IAHPC) is pleased to announce 15 (fifteen) scholarships from the IAHPC Traveling Scholarship Program, to help support the travel of palliative care workers in developing countries to the VIII Congress of the Latin American Association for Palliative Care (Asociacion Latinoamericana de Cuidados Paliativos – ALCP). The ALCP Congress will take place at the Hotel Royal Pedregal in Mexico City, Mexico, April 14-16, 2016.

Applicants must be living in a developing country, be active members of IAHPC and of ALCP, and actively working in palliative care. Applications from physicians, nurses, psychologists and other disciplines are welcome.

If you wish to apply for the Traveling Scholarship and are not a member of IAHPC or ALCP, you may join through the corresponding websites:

Applications to the IAHPC Traveling Scholarship are available through the IAHPC website.

Preference will be given to individuals who have not received an IAHPC grant in the past three years, to those with accepted poster or oral presentations in the Congress, and to individuals living and working in developing countries in the Latin American and Caribbean Region. If applicable, please send proof of acceptance of the poster or oral presentation, along with a copy of your current CV. Selected grantees will also be eligible to receive a discounted registration fee from the Congress.

Deadline to apply is December 31st, 2015. Results will be announced by January 2016.

Additional information about the ALCP Congress can be found in the congress website.

Best regards,
The IAHPC Office

Ending needless suffering in Francophone Africa – new report from Human Rights Watch in English and French

According to a 2012 study almost 100 countries have no or very limited palliative care. The situation is particularly dire in Francophone Africa, which, if its leaders do not act, risks falling ever further behind Anglophone African countries where significant progress is being made.

In a new brochure, Human Rights Watch and nine other organizations document the challenges and opportunities in Francophone Africa, and call on leaders in the region to step up to ensure that people with incurable disease do not also have to suffer needlessly from pain and other treatable symptoms.

Download a copy of the brochure in English, or in French.

EAPC Early Researcher Award – online submission open now!

This year the European Association for Palliative Care (EAPC) will award three separate awards: one for early researchers, one for researchers at post doc. level and one for clinical researchers. Deadline for applications: 13 December 2015.

To download eligibility criteria and an application form, please visit the congress website (Choose ‘Scientific’ and follow links to ‘Early Researcher Award’.

(You can read articles from previous Early Researcher Award winners on the EAPC Blog)

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