July 16, 2026

Donations Are Crucial to IAHPC’s Advocacy & Programs 

Thank you to each and every donor. Your donation dollars go directly toward IAHPC’s advocacy and actions to expand access to palliative care, which relieves spiritual and physical pain and treats distressing symptoms while supporting patients, their loved ones, and their caregivers. IAHPC’s focus is on expanding palliative care globally, with a special emphasis on supporting provision in lower-income settings, where the need is greatest.

Scroll down to see some of the activities that your donations and grants (as well as our membership fees) have funded in the first half of 2026.

Under $100
Jania Jarvis, USA
Hillary Sussman, USA
Francine Naccarato, USA
Susan Morris, USA
Harriet Rick Fingeroth, USA
Charlene DeDell, USA
Jodi Waxman, USA
Joanna Michelle Sabal, Philippines
Regina Susana Okhuysen-Cawley, USA
Ramona Koning, USA

$100 to $499
Diane Davie Shelton, USA
James A. Hayward, United Kingdom
Gerla Koleci, Albania
Kathleen Foley, USA
Catetano Pereira, United Arab Emirates
Maria Pereira, United Arab Emirates
International Doulagivers, USA
Donations received through Global Giving

$1,000 to $4,999
Mary Callaway, USA
Judith Paice, USA
Ingrid R. Gray, Germany
Maria Cigolini, Australia

$10,000 and over
Enrique Ospina and Liliana De Lima, USA
Pettus Foundation, USA

Grants
Inflection—IVF Guide, USA: $10,000 to help identify potential speakers for palliative care videos for 33 countries.
Frank D. Ferris and Charles F. Von Gunten Giving Fund, USA: $20,000 to fund a course on “Advancing Palliative Care in Healthcare Settings” held in April.

In-kind donations
Natalie Greaves, Barbados^*
Rick Bauer, USA^*
Brandon Maser, Canada^*
Chiara Rambaldi, Austria^*
Alberto Pena and Julia Libreros, USA^*
Google Adwords (improves ranking of IAHPC webpages in searches)
^*Funded their own attendance as an IAHPC representative at a congress, conference, or high-level meeting.

At the "Faith in Palliative Care" webinar. Photo used with permission.

What Does Your Donation Do?

These are some activities that donations have helped to fund in the first half of 2026.

IAHPC Scholarships for national conferences in Brazil, Canada, Colombia, India, Kenya, and Malaysia. 

IAHPC’s course on “Advancing Palliative Care in Healthcare Settings” to help participants integrate and advocate for its Essential and Expanded Palliative Care Packages for Adults and Children.

Open-access webinars:  

• Faith in Palliative Care
• Bearing the Pain of the Other: A Call to Compassion in Care. 
• From Resolution to Reality: Strengthening the WHO ECO Framework for Safe Surgery, Anesthesia, Critical Care, and Pediatric Care. 
• Place of Death as an Indicator of Access to Palliative Care in Latin America

IAHPC representatives at the World Health Assembly. Photo used with permission.

Senior Director of Advocacy and Partnerships Katherine Pettus and other IAHPC delegates attended, hosted a side event and/or made statements or submissions (view all here) at:

• 3rd World Congress of Age-Friendly Cities
• 79th World Health Assembly
• Commission on Narcotic Drugs side event: “New Tools of Help Member States Implement their 2016 UNGASS Outcome Document Commitment on Controlled Medicines”
• Intergovernmental Working Group on Human Rights of Older Persons (statement)
• Office of High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) on Access to Medicines and to Independent Expert on Human Rights of Older Persons re: Palliative Care for Dependent Older Persons (multiple submissions)
• African Christian Health Association Conference (presentations)
• 158th WHO Executive Board Meeting (statements, policy debate, advocacy notes)
• 34th World Day of the Sick (report)

A recent issue of Pallinews.

12 issues of Pallinews were published and distributed to IAHPC’s 8,581 subscribers.