LEAD grantees 2025-2027

The following were the selected grantees for the LEAD Program for cohort 2. (Listed in alphabetical order by country.)

Sociedad Chilena de Cuidados Paliativos

Sociedad Chilena de Cuidados Paliativos
  • Location: Chile
  • Project: Closing the gap in cancer pain management in Chile.
  • Project leader: Kelly San Martin, MD

PALIAMED

PALIMED
  • Location: El Salvador
  • Project: Training trainers, strategies to integrate the palliative care packages into the health education curricula.
  • Project leader: Wilians Lopez, MD

Ghana Palliative Care Association

Ghana Palliative Care Association
  • Location: Ghana
  • Project: Adapting a palliative care competency framework for health workers and carers in Ghana.
  • Project leader: Edwina Beryl Opare Lokko, MD

The Lebanese Palliative Care Society

Lebanese Palliative Care Society
  • Location: Lebanon
  • Project: Establishing a National Regulatory Framework for Palliative Care and Its Integration into Primary Health Care Services
  • Project leader: Rana Yamout, MD

Nepalese Association of Palliative Care

Nepalese Association of Palliative Care
  • Location: Nepal
  • Project: Introducing Essential Palliative Care Package at Different Levels of Training in Medical Institute.
  • Project leader: Bishnu Padel, MD

Macedonian Association of Palliative Care

Macedonian Association of Palliative Care
  • Location: North Macedonia
  • Project: Integrating palliative care into the national primary healthcare list of services, by means of the essential and expanded PC packages.
  • Project leader: Lidija Veterosvska, MD

Philippine Society of Hospice and Palliative Medicine

Philippine Society of Hospice and Palliative Medicine
  • Location: Philippines
  • Project: Community First: A Pilot Model for Integrating Palliative Care into PhilHealth and Local Health Systems
  • Project leader: Mari Joanne Joson, MD