Dear readers,
October is Members’ month and we are celebrating the support we receive from individuals and institutions around the world by giving away prizes in two categories: One to recognize loyalty among those current members who have kept their membership active for at least two consecutive years and one to those who bring and invite others to join. This edition of the newsletter includes the announcement and instructions on how to participate.
We hope that you will take advantage of this opportunity and keep supporting IAHPC and our mission to promote and advance palliative care globally.
Saturday October 14 is World Hospice and Palliative Care Day
This is a great campaign coordinated by the Worldwide Hospice Palliative Care Alliance (WHPCA) with the support of the global palliative care community. The focus of this year’s World Day is ‘Universal Health Coverage and Palliative Care – Don't leave those suffering behind’ to align with the Sustainable Development Goals and the Agenda 2030. You can read more in an article by Claire Morris in this edition of the newsletter. Many organizations throughout the world are planning celebrations to increase awareness among lay people, governments and patients that palliative care improves the quality of life of patients and families, and that appropriate policies and funding mechanisms need to be put in place to ensure access to palliative care to those in need. More about World Hospice and Palliative Care Day, the initiatives taking place around the world, photos and resources are available on the World Day website.
We recently announced a call for applications for IAHPC Traveling Scholarship (TS) to three important and exciting meetings next year: the IX Congreso Latinoamericano de Cuidados Paliativos of the Asociación Latinoamericana de Cuidados Paliativos (ALCP) in Santiago, Chile on April 11-14; the 10th World Research Congress of the European Association for Palliative Care (EAPC) in Bern, Switzerland, on May 24-26; and the 3rd International Children’s Palliative Care Network (ICPCN) Conference in Durban, South Africa, on May 30 to June 2. This edition of the newsletter includes a call for applications. As many of you know, the TS program is designed to provide support to palliative care workers from middle- and low-income countries that wish to attend a meeting, conference, seminar, or enroll in a university program or in any other educational activity to improve their knowledge and skills. From January through August 2017, the IAHPC received 137 TS applications. Because of financial constraints, we were able to fund only 45 percent of the applications received. This means that a large number of palliative care workers were left without the training they need to improve care provision for patients and their families. Please consider donating to the IAHPC TS program through the Global Giving platform. The goal of this campaign is to raise $50,000 allowing the IAHPC to double its size. To contribute to this campaign, please visit the Global Giving website.
Until next month,
Lukas Radbruch, MD
Chair, Board of Directors
Liliana De Lima, MHA
Executive Director
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