Changing the World One Bedside at a Time

Thanks to your generous donation, the IAHPC was able to award scholarships to palliative care workers to attend the 10th Latin American Congress of Palliative Care which took place in Cartagena, Colombia on March 2024.

A social worker and a physician from El Salvador, a psychologist from Guatemala, a physician from Ecuador, a physician from Bolivia, a nurse lecturer from Brazil and a physician from Argentina, received scholarships to support their travel and participation in the Congress.

Congratulations to the grantees! We hope that the congress provided excellent opportunities to expand their knowledge and their networks to advance palliative care policies and care provision in your countries. We look forward to their reports in the next few days.

Scholarships such as these, were made possible due to the donations you have given to the “Changing the World, One Bedside at a Time” project.

From the entire IAHPC team, thank you for your generosity.

Links:

• Report about scholarship recipients

Thanks to donations from the general public and members, the IAHPC was able to collaborate with the Atlantes Global Observatory at the University of Navarra, in a joint project to provide training to palliative care professionals working in Africa. The course is free and includes 25-hour training on “Consultant in Global Assessment and Monitoring of National Palliative Care Development.” Sessions of the course will be held throughout 2024.

This pilot course designed by Atlantes Global Observatory teaches how to “use the indicators to evaluation the situation in their countries” based on the World Health Organization’s indicators. The course “offers practical advice on integrating palliative care into health systems" and for the integration of palliative care into health care policies.

This five-module course is taught through videos and documentation, and concludes with a questionnaire that assesses the participant’s country. Those who complete the course are accredited with 1 ECTS (European Credit Transfer System) and are rewarded with a one-year IAHPC membership.

At the time of the submission of this report, 25 individuals from 11 different countries in Africa had registered and initiated the course. A future report will focus on the results of the course and training.