LEAD grantees 2025-2027

Launch of Cohort 2

LEAD Background and Introduction - Presentation

Selected grantees for the LEAD Program for cohort 2

Listed in alphabetical order by country.

Sociedad Medica de Cuidados Paliativos de Chile

• Location: Chile
• Project: Closing the gap in cancer pain management in Chile.
• Project leader: Kelly San Martin, MD

PALIAMED

• Location: El Salvador
• Project: Training trainers, strategies to integrate the palliative care packages into the health education curricula.
• Project leader: Wilians Lopez, MD
• Strengthening Palliative Care Education for Health Care Professionals in El Salvador

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

• 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

• 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

• 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

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