International Development and Education Award (IDEA)
The International Development and Education Award (IDEA) provides support for early-career oncologists in low- and middle-income countries to attend the ASCO Annual Meeting and visit a cancer center in the United States or Canada.
The program provides continuing medical education, assists in career development, and helps recipients establish strong relationships with leading ASCO members who serve as scientific mentors. In addition, IDEA recipients receive 3 years of complimentary ASCO membership.
IDEA is supported by the Conquer Cancer Foundation of ASCO.
Applications open October 1, 2012 and are due January 9, 2013.
Consultant for Research to Identify the Need for Palliative Care
UNICEF/ICPCN calls for a consultant for research to identify the need for palliative care in 3 countries in sub-Saharan Africa and to develop a methodology to then use in other countries throughout the world.
More information available at the UNICEF website www.unicef.org
Dying At Home Program
In 1980 a dying cancer patient asked us if he could remain at home to die with his family and friends gathered around him. We enabled him to do just that.
The Dying At Home Program draws together family, friends and neighbors of a dying loved one in a deeply compassionate response, as they journey through this precious time of life. The Dying at Home Program provides individualized, enabling support and education for families and their personal community.
The essence of the program is a simple, yet highly effective step-by-step program used by thousands of families over the years since inception.
Educational booklets are available for downloading (with instant translation available into many languages), which provide information on how to care at home for their loved one and themselves, how to best experience this precious opportunity, what is normal in the later stages of living and the Green and Free Medicines Books, specifically for developing worlds.
The program fits well with palliative care/hospice to the home in those countries where such services are available. In other countries where palliative care is unavailable the program can stand alone to support families and their community.
In 2004/2006 we adapted our program for people dying of HIV/AIDS in remote rural villages in South Africa. Our most recent projects, which will be culturally adapted, are for Australian Aboriginal people titled, “Kurunpa, keeping spirit on country” and the most recent invitation is from Myanmar (Burma) to establish the program there.
Our vision always has been to create a social movement with families who have been enabled by the program, teaching onwards with other families in their community via the website. Our hope is that this will effect a restoration of the role of community in compassionate caring for its own dying.
The DYING AT HOME PROGRAM is now available, as always free of charge on the web, for developing and developed worlds.
We invite you to spread the word of the availability of this resource in your communities.
Dr Helen-Anne Manion OAM, Gerard Manion OAM
Co-Founders and Directors
DYING AT HOME PROGRAM
41 Neil St Bundeena, NSW 2230, Australia
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How your gift supports the IAHPC mission
Achieved: $24,941
Goal: $30,000
83%
Education
Your gift funds the operational costs of our online courses taught by globally recognized experts who volunteer their time and provide educational resources relevant to palliative care topics. It also supports scholarships that enable palliative care workers to attend educational events and congresses, and allows us to maintain Pallipedia, the free, live, online dictionary.
The goal of this pillar is to implement strategies, resources and tools that will improve the competencies of the global workforce for appropriate palliative care delivery. We have two programs under this pillar plus many other resources for our members.
Your gift enables us to build and strengthen the partnerships that accelerate global, regional, and national advocacy for palliative care. We advocate for its integration into primary health care under universal health coverage and effective access to essential palliative care medicines and packages for people of all ages. Your gift supports our work to prepare delegates and participate in technical consultation meetings of the relevant UN organizations.
The goal this pillar is the integration of palliative care into primary health care within the spectrum of universal coverage to improve access to adequate care for patients in need. We offer the following to our members:
Documents on Human Rights and Access to Medicines and Care
Research
Your gift enables us to continue doing research that provides guidance and recommendations for action, based on responses from the global palliative care community. Such research includes our recent evaluation of the impact of euthanasia and assisted dying practices on palliative care workers and the use of essential medicines for palliative care. It also supports the costs of publications focused on research relevant to palliative care.
The goal of this pillar is to design and implement projects that lead to the integration of palliative care into health policies, resolutions, and key documents. Our studies help us provide guidance and recommendations, and take action based on the responses from the global palliative care community.
Your membership enables you to participate in IAHPC projects such as the:
Your gift enables us to continue our in-depth reporting and book reviews in Pallinews, as well as media campaigns that raise awareness about the need to increase access to care and support for patients and families.
We are a small organization that allocates over 80% of our budget to mission driven programs and to the maintenance of our free website. We need operational funding to continue the work.
Give a gift, get a gift
IAHPC members: When you gift a 2-year membership to a colleague in a low- or middle-income country, we extend your membership by 6 months.