Table of Contents
- Message from the Chair & Executive Director Read about the exciting things that are happening around the world to celebrate hospice and palliative care, and listen to the welcome message from the Director General of the WHO.
- Policy & Advocacy Dr. Katherine Pettus on her inspiring visit to Todos Contigo, Spain, and the shocking absence of palliative care at the influential WHO Europe session.
- IAHPC News
- Check out our Photo Contest winners!
- IAHPC is a GreatNonprofits 2021 Top-Rated organization.
- Great idea! Upcycled garbage helps fund a hospice.
- Top 10 Pallipedia searches last month
- What’s New in the IAHPC Calendar
- New Listings in the IAHPC Global Directories
- In other news: The Spanish edition of an NHPCO toolkit is now available; a palliative sedation study seeks global input.
- World Hospice and Palliative Care Day An interview with Dr. Stephen Connor, Executive-Director of the World Hospice Palliative Care Alliance, which organizes WHPCD. Plus: a pair of resources to improve pediatric palliative care, a WHPCD priority.
- Featured Story The art of patient and public engagement in palliative care, by Board Member Eve Namisango, research manager of the African Palliative Care Association.
- App Review Dr. Romayne Gallagher assesses translation apps for medical use.
- Lessons from the Literature
Under My Microscope IAHPC Research Advisor Dr. Tania Pastrana describes an article on antiemetics in advanced cancer.
Media Watch: End-of-Life Medications Barry Ashpole compiles a selection of articles culled from his weekly column. - Meet Some of Our Lifetime Members Dr. Victoria Hewitt, and the International Neuropalliative Care Society.
- Membership Matters
- Members’ Impact
- Members in this month’s newsletter
- New & Renewing Members’ List
- Last Month’s Donors
Alison Ramsey
Senior Editor
Katherine Pettus
PhD, Advisor
Liliana de Lima
MHA, Executive Director
Danilo Fritzler
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