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Congratulations to IAHPC institutional member, CanSupport, on its recognition as a Public Health Champion by the WHO (India Office) on World Health Day, 7 April 2017.
CanSupport has been working in New Delhi, India, and the national capital region, since 1996 with its model of home-based palliative care, and cares for approximately 24,000 cancer patients each year. The non-governmental organization has 28 teams in the region comprising doctors, nurses and counselors who provide palliative care completely free of charge to all its beneficiaries. ?
In addition, there are two Day Care centers, a helpline and a dedicated cell that helps patients to obtain government funds for expensive medicines. CanSupport also has a training division for palliative care and conducts regular training courses in different parts of the country. Pictured is Harmala Gupta, Founder President of CanSupport, receiving the award of Public Health Champion from the Country Representative of WHO India at the ceremony on World Health Day, 7 April, in New Delhi.
Read the list of individuals who joined/renewed their membership with IAHPC during the past month.
| Name | Country |
|---|---|
| Fariba Nadimi | Australia |
| Clara Ines Duran ROjas | Colombia |
| Gabriela Sarmiento Brecher | Colombia |
| Ta Bi Djo Frederic | Cote-d'Ivoire |
| Naveen Salins | India |
| Sanjay Dhiraaj | India |
| Varghese Abraham | India |
| Richard Lim | Malaysia |
| Ismail Enjie Fakhr El-din | Mexico |
| Luz Adriana Templos Esteban | Mexico |
| Busi Nkosi | South Africa |
| Marisa Martin Rosello | Spain |
| Name | Country |
|---|---|
| Anil Tandon | Australia |
| Mary McDonald | Australia |
| Bhargav Trivedi | India |
| Divyesh Kumar | India |
| Pallium India | India |
| Saurabh Joshi | India |
| Satoshi Jujo | Japan |
| Mary Yata | Senegal |
| Alexandru Dicker | Sweden |
| Agron Ismaili | USA |
| Lorraine Thayer | USA |
| Wilfred Gurupira | Zimbabwe |
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