Program Support
This program is designed to provide financial, technical support and guidance to organizations and institutions in low and middle income countries which are implementing strategies to improve and advance hospice and palliative care for patients in need. These include strategies to improve access to adequate treatment and care.
This is an ongoing program and applications are accepted throughout the year.
Institutions from all countries are welcome. In order to apply institutions must meet the following criteria:
- The institution must be located and/or the project must be implemented in a Low or Middle income (LMIC) country
- The institution and/or the project must be dedicated to palliative care.
- The institution has not received grants from IAHPC in the past 3 years
- The institution must be a current Institutional IAHPC member. Institutional application are available in our website.
Preference will be given to applications which describe long term goals and lead to improvements in any or all the following areas: service provision, education, availability and access to medicines, and public policy.
If you have any questions about this or any other IAHPC program, please contact The IAHPC Team.
Program Support projects funded by the IAHPC
Pallium India
To support the salary of their advocacy officer, Shalini AJ. Her work focused on advocating for implementation of the amended Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Amendment Act of 2014 throughout different states in India. To achieve this goal, Ms. Shalini, along with Dr. MR Rajagopal traveled extensively through India and participated in meetings with government officials.
Atlantes Research Program at the Institute for Culture and Society, University of Navarra (Spain)
To support the creation and dissemination of the APCA Atlas of Palliative Care in Africa and the Atlas of Palliative Care in the Eastern Mediterranean Region (WHO EMRO). The atlases were disseminated widely at conferences and meetings in Europe and Africa.
Fundacion Ammar Ayudando (pediatric free-standing hospice charity in Guatemala)
Two additional rooms were built so that they could expand their care of patients and their families.
Department of Science and Society, Duke University (USA and Tanzania)
To support a study conducted by Dr. Emily Esmaili of Duke University to evaluate the multi-factorial barriers to providing quality end-of-life care for children hospitalized at the Bugando Medical Center in Tanzania. The results of the study were published in the Journal of Global Oncology: “Qualitative Analysis of Palliative Care for Pediatric Patients With Cancer at Bugando Medical Center: An Evaluation of Barriers to Providing End-of-Life Care in a Resource-Limited Setting“.
Learn more about Department of Science and Society, Duke University
Galiee Palliative Care (the first inpatient unit for adult cancer patients in Greece)
A in-patient unit consisting of five single rooms and two twin rooms to care for terminally ill patients was built. The unit was built and completed.
Moonshine Movies (Australia)
To support the filming and production of the biographical film Hippocratic: 18 Experiments in Gently Shaking the World featuring Dr MR Rajagopal. This film follows the remarkable journey of Dr. Rajagopal, a 2018 Nobel Peace Prize nominee and a global health leader tell his inspirational story in shaping palliative care in India. The film toured to an array of audiences throughout the world.
Mehac Foundation (provides care to those suffering from mental illness who have life-threatening illnesses in India)
To pay the salary of Dr. Geetha Vijay, a medical doctor, and Meena Saja, a social worker, for 1-year. Together, they provided care to 451 new patients in clinic and in-home visits.
Colombian Association for Palliative Care (Colombia)
To support the salary of the executive director, Martha Franco, for 1-year. The association developed a palliative care guide for Colombia with the help of Health Ministry representativesand meetings with , with the Advisory Commission of the National Fund of Narcotics. The association conducted 6 national events, 12 television programs, and 8 radio interviews.
Latin American Association for Palliative Care (Argentina)
To support the salary of the administrative manager, Carolina Monti, to develop a 5-year action plan. The completed action plan includes: strategies to strengthen their relationships with national associations in Colombia, Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay; strategies for Facebook and Twitter social media campaigns; and a newly designed website.