2021; Volume 22, No 2, February

IAHPC Members: What is their country income level?

The past few newsletter issues have provided you with an introduction of sorts to your fellow IAHPC members. We have described the group as a whole statistically: by age; by region; by type of worker (physicians, nurses, spiritual care givers, students, etc.); as well as by their identified professional fields.

As a global organization that advocates for palliative care in the spectrum of health care systems throughout the world, it is important that countries of all income levels are represented in the IAHPC. This edition breaks down IAHPC membership by the income levels of members’ countries of residence.

This, like our other categories, is in constant flux. In the past 12 months, three of the four categories have increased, high-income countries (13.4%), upper-middle-income countries (2.3%) and lower-income countries (4.9%). The only category that representation had decreased is lower-income countries (32.2%). The vast majority of persons with palliative care needs are located in low-income countries and it is where the largest gaps in need vs access. At IAHPC, we have developed strategies to enable and facilitate persons in LIC to join, but clearly, this is not enough, and we need to do more. We will continue to work on this to ensure that this disparity is addressed effectively.

Members’ Impact

An article by 22 authors including Dr. Sushma Bhatnagar, a former IAHPC Board Member and an IAHPC Focal Point Member, has been published in the Journal of Pain and Symptom Management. The article, which is open access, is titled, “The Palliative Care—Promoting Access and Improvement of the Cancer Experience (PC-PAICE) Project in India: A Multisite International Quality Improvement Collaborative.” The article shows a feasible model of international collaboration and capacity building in palliative care and cancer QI (quality improvement). It is one of the several networked and blended learning approaches with potential for rapid scaling of evidence-based practices.Dr. Bhatnagar is president of the Indian Association for Palliative Care and a professor of onco-anaesthesia and palliative medicine at the All-India Institute of Medical Sciences in New Delhi. She was one of the mentors from leading Indian academic palliative care and cancer centers who partnered with US and Australia academic institutions to develop an international program that focused on collaborative learning and quality improvement education.

If you have a recently published article that you wish to share with your IAHPC colleagues, please contact Genevieve Napier.

Members in This Month’s Newsletter

The IAHPC leadership would like to thank the many members who participated in stories and columns in this month’s newsletter.

Policy & Advocacy

• Lukas Radbruch, lifetime member since 2009, supported the Global Consensus-Based Palliative Care Definition, participated in the Opioid Price Watch.
• Rumana Dowla, member since 2009, supported the Global Consensus-Based Palliative Care Definition, Advocacy Focal Group.
• Sushma Bhatnagar, member since 2011, participated in the Opioid Price Watch, supported the Global Consensus-Based Palliative Care Definition.
• Mwate Joseph Chaila, member since 2014, participated in the Opioid Price Watch, supported the Global Consensus-Based Palliative Care Definition.
• Abidan Chansa has been a member since 2019.
• Ashla Rani has been a member since 2020.
• M.R. Rajagopal, member since 2008, supported the Global Consensus-Based Palliative Care Definition, participated in the COVID-19 Briefing Notes.
• Galina Khemlina has been a member since 2020.
• Ednin Hamzah, member since 2009, supported the Global Consensus-Based Palliative Care Definition, participated in the COVID-19 Briefing Notes and survey.
• Angelique Robert has been a member since 2020.

Why Join IAHPC

• Galina Khemlina has been a member since 2020.
• Eric Krakauer has been a lifetime member since 2007.

Featured Story

• Steven Radwany has been a lifetime member since 2009.

App Review

• Romayne Gallagher has been a lifetime member since 2008.

Under My Microscope

• Tania Pastrana, member since 2010, translated and supported the Global Consensus-Based Palliative Care Definition, participated in the Opioid Price Watch, participated in the COVID-19 Briefing Notes and survey.

Media Watch

• Barry R. Ashpole has been a member since 2018.

Members’ Impact

• Sushma Bhatnagar, member since 2011, participated in the Opioid Price Watch, supported the Global Consensus-Based Palliative Care Definition.

Links to IAHPC programs mentioned above: Global Consensus-Based Palliative Care Definition, COVID-19 Briefing Notes, and Opioid Price Watch.

List of Members

A list of individuals who joined, or renewed their membership with, IAHPC during the past month.

Membership renewals

New members

See the full list of IAHPC members

Do you have any questions regarding membership issues?

Contact Ms. Genevieve Napier

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