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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.

• Scholarship Program

Your membership helps us produce, and enables access for those with fewer resources, to the following:

• Palliative Care in Neurological Conditions
• Comprehensive Basic Pain Assessment and Management
• Advanced Pain Assessment and Management
• Comprehensive Symptom Assessment and Management
• Advocacy for global, regional, and national advocacy for palliative care
• Pallipedia: Free, online palliative care dictionary
• Special Issue on Assisted Dying Practices by several authors
• Some Notes for Physicians Contemplating a Career in Palliative and Person-Centered Care by Eduardo Bruera, MD
• Euthanasia and Physician Assisted Suicide: Are they clinically necessary or desirable? by Dr. Roger Woodruff
• How to Help our Patients in their Terminal Phase by Wilson Astudillo A. and Carmen Mendinueta A.
• Cómo Ayudar a un Enfermo Terminal by Wilson Astudillo A. and Carmen Mendinueta A.
• Palliative Care in the Developing World - Principles and Practice by Eduardo Bruera, Liliana De Lima, Roberto Wenk and William Farr

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:

• Online Advocacy Course
• Mentoring for advocacy to develop palliative care in your country
• A chance to join IAHPC delegations to UN and WHO meetings
• National association collaboration with IAHPC advocacy initiatives
• A chance to apply for the Leadership Development Program (LEAD)

Your membership helps us produce and enables free access to the following resources:

• IAHPC Advocacy Policy Briefs
• Palliative Care Advocacy Why Does It Matter?
• Documents on Human Rights and Access to Medicines and 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:

• Global Palliative Care Database
• Consensus-based definition of palliative care
• Clinical use of tramadol
• Opioid Price Watch
• IAHPC List of Essential Practices in Palliative Care in English and Spanish
• IAHPC Opioid Essential Prescription Package
• IAHPC List of Essential Medicines for Palliative Care (in multiple languages)

The goal of this pillar is to create and publish positive stories and focused messaging, to support and advance the global palliative care movement.

Your membership allows us to make the following resources available free of charge to the palliative care community:

• Pallinews
• Monthly Newsletter
• Special Announcements
• Book Reviews
• Guidelines & Suggestions for those Starting a Hospice/Palliative Care Service 3^nd Edition
• IAHPC Manual of Palliative Care 3^rd Edition
• Calendar of Events
• Global Directory of Institutions and Organizations
• Directory of Educational Programs in Palliative Care