Last month, the IAHPC co-sponsored the VIII Congress of the Latin American Association for Palliative Care (ALCP) in Mexico City. IAHPC supported 21 participants to the congress through our Traveling Scholarship program. Almost 600 participants from 23 countries in North America, Latin America and the Caribbean participated.
IAHPC awarded 23 Traveling Scholarships to the Congress to palliative care workers from the Region to attend the congress. They had accepted posters and oral presentations and come from diverse backgrounds, including administration, nursing, health care systems, emergency care, geriatrics and spiritual care. Below is a photo of some of the grantees with members of the IAHPC board and staff members – use the grid below the photo to identify and locate their names.
| Number | Name | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Eduardo Bruera | IAHPC Past president and founder, USA |
| 2 | Eric Krakauer | IAHPC Board member, USA |
| 3 | Julia Libreros | IAHPC Coordinator Directories, USA |
| 4 | Maria Angelica Becerra Acosta | Grantee, Chile |
| 5 | Ana M. Restrepo | IAHPC Membership officer, USA |
| 6 | Lina Rozo | IAHPC Finance officer, USA |
| 7 | Ines Francis Gomez Padilla | Grantee, Mexico |
| 8 | Carolina Jaña | Grantee, Chile |
| 9 | Tatiana Fernandez Davila | Grantee, Ecuador |
| 10 | Marina Alejandra Torres Hernandez | Grantee, Colombia |
| 11 | Irene Muñoz Pino | Grantee, Chile |
| 12 | Julio Cesar Rojas Tencio | Grantee, Costa Rica |
| 13 | Liliana De Lima | IAHPC Executive Director, USA |
| 14 | Maria Jose Puga Yung | Grantee, Chile |
| 15 | Ximena Pozo | Grantee, Ecuador |
| 16 | Cesar Consuegra | Grantee, Colombia |
| 17 | Mariana Pechenik | Grantee, Argentina |
| 18 | Roberto Wenk | IAHPC past president and board member, Argentina |
| 19 | Ricardo Salamanca | Grantee, Colombia |
| 20 | Gloria Mabel Carrillo | Grantee, Colombia |
| 21 | Alfredo Andres Rodriguez Nuñez | Grantee, Chile |
| 22 | Edier Mauricio Arias Rojas | Grantee, Colombia |
Other TS grantees not pictured in the photo: Javier Alexander Rojas, PhD, (Costa Rica), Xiomara Carmona, RN (Colombia), Dr. Margarita Chacon Roger (Cuba), Dr. Viviana Davalos, (Ecuador), Dr. Mariusk Forteza Saez (Cuba), Dr. Irene Muñoz, MD (Chile), Dr. Marco Antonio Rodriguez Paz (El Salvador), Ms. Clara Ines Duran (Colombia).
Hearty congratulations to the organizers for a great event. Here are some pictures taken during the congress - Although difficult to spot him, below is Dr. Krakauer delivering an excellent plenary on dyspnea.
Many thanks to all those who stopped by and became members of IAHPC during the congress – we look forward to our collaboration to advance palliative care in the region.
We are happy to announce that IAHPC has awarded two traveling scholarships to Doctors Gauri Garuaiya Chinchalker, Palliative Care Junior Resident pursuing an MD in palliative medicine, from Indore, India and to Pankaj Singhai, Palliative Medicine Junior Registrar from Mumbai, India. The congress will take place in Dublin, June 9-11. Additional information is available in the Congress website.
The United Nations General Assembly Special Session on Drugs (UNGASS) took place from April 19-21 in New York. The Civil Society Task Force brought together organizations affected by harmful drug policies to participate in the discussions. IAHPC was represented by Dr. Katherine Pettus, the IAHPC Advocacy Officer. This was an unprecedented opportunity to address and bring to light the lack of access to controlled medicines for legitimate medical needs. She has a great report in this edition of the Newsletter, which we invite you to read. We are preparing and drafting plans on how IAHPC can help the palliative care community in the implementation of the outcome document in their countries through technical guidance, support and advocacy training. We are excited for what comes ahead and look forward to our future collaboration.
Until next month,
Lukas Radbruch, MD
Chair, Board of Directors
Liliana De Lima, MHA
Executive Director
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