April 25, 2024
Tips for palliative care nurses from IAHPC Board Member Stella Rithara, a palliative care nursing pioneer in Kenya. Learn more about IAHPC 2024 Recognition Award recipients in Malawi, India, and Spain.
April 15, 2024
Info on IAHPC at the Latin American congress: poster winners, scholarship recipients, partners in global access project.
April 8, 2024
Palliative care advocacy roundup for March on: the ALCP congress, advances at high-level meetings—a resolution on controlled medicines, pledges to improve availability—a model West African drug law, & more. By IAHPC Senior Director of Advocacy and Partnerships Katherine Pettus.
Plus Looking for a palliative care event? Check the searchable IAHPC Calendar. Having a palliative care event? Submit your listing!
April 1, 2024
6 tips on dignity-conserving practice in palliative care, from community palliative care physician and GP Kim Adzich.
Plus New & free! An ICPCN online course, Neonatal Palliative Care: An Enhanced Course.
March 25, 2024
Worth Repeating. Originally published in the February 2020 issue of the IAHPC Newsletter.
March 18, 2024
Book review by Frank Brennan on Wendy Lau’s “Inner Practice of Medicine”: why physicians respond as they do.
March 11, 2024
Drug policy & human rights take center stage. Note: IAHPC online and in-person side event March 18 on improving availability of controlled medicines.
Plus Fast, Free, Useful, Accurate On-the-go resources & reference materials for palliative care workers.
March 4, 2024
Take advantage of your chance to bring your concerns, questions & comments directly to the IAHPC. While at our booth, sign up to receive 20% off your annual membership.
February 26, 2024
How IAHPC-inspired confidence netted a Zambia palliative care group $25,000.
Plus A few gems from the latest Literature Search:
February 19, 2024
Dr. Maya Jane Bates on her 20 years at a clinic in Malawi, plus a few tips for fellow caregivers.
Plus A couple of resources — IAHPC Calendar of Events & Pallipedia, the online palliative care dictionary with 1,792 definitions.
February 12, 2024
Reviewed by Dr. Naomi Goloff.
Plus Advocacy action Join IAHPC online for an interactive dialogue on availability of essential controlled medicines on February 16 with the Special Rapporteur for Health and other experts.
February 5, 2024
Tributes to a beloved founder of the IAHPC.
Plus Training Opportunity for Palliative Care Professionals in Africa
January 29, 2024
IAHPC’s Katherine Pettus reports on a spate of presentations, statements & side events that are just the beginning of the busiest months of the year for advocates working to improve hospice & palliative care.
Plus Kenya palliative care conference reports
January 22, 2024
See hospice care in India, Uganda, Mongolia & the Czech Republic as experienced by IAHPC members, and learn the messages that these amateur photographers hoped to convey.
Plus Book Reviews Hope for the Best, Plan for the Rest: 7 Keys for Navigating a Life-Changing Diagnosis, reviewed by Frank Brennan & The Role of the Family Physician in Older People Care, reviewed by Romayne Gallagher.
January 15, 2024
What question helps caregivers learn what patients are feeling? This, plus pros and cons of traditional metrics are explored by IAHPC Chair Lukas Radbruch.
Plus Literature Search #10 is now online, containing dozens of notable journal articles on varied hospice & palliative care topics, selected by Barry Ashpole.