Table of Contents

• A Personal Message  Executive Director Liliana De Lima shares fond memories of Dr. Derek Doyle.
• Dr. Derek Doyle, 1931-2022  A short biography and remembrances of the influential, humble, and kind Dr. Derek Doyle, one of IAHPC’s three cofounders.
• Policy & Advocacy  January was a busy month of online meetings, reported on by Dr. Katherine Pettus.
• IAHPC News
  • IAHPC Advocacy Course Module 3: Advocating for Essential Palliative Care Medicines is now available.
  • Reminder  Apply for a scholarship to the Bruges public health palliative care conference.
  • Pallipedia racked up 190,017 views in 2021, plus December’s Top 10 list.
  • IAHPC Global Directories surpass 2,500 listings, plus new listings.
  • What’s New in the IAHPC Calendar
  • Great idea  Life Ledger in the UK
• News from our members
  • Palliative care books for Africa and Latin America / Recursos de cuidados paliativos para África y América Latina.
  • New Palliative Care Initiators Online Course, Hospice Uganda.
• In other news  Lancet Commission on the Value of Death begins; the Journal of Palliative Medicine invites media reviews; a Canadian Minimum National Standard for PC is of use internationally. Also: Quotable
• Special Report  Five days of mayhem in Kazakhstan, a report by Gulnara Kunirova.
• Book Review  Palliative Medicine: A Case-Based Manual, 4th ed., reviewed by Dr. Frank Brennan.
• Lessons from the Literature

  Under My Microscope  IAHPC Research Advisor Dr. Tania Pastrana selects an article on the use of parenteral lidocaine for complex cancer pain.

  Media Watch: Telehealth  Barry Ashpole selects articles from his weekly report, Media Watch.

• Meet Some of Our Longtime Members  Canadian Dr. Kim Adzich describes his link to a Serbian hospice, and Miguel E. Rodriguez, a general manager and marketing/strategic planning professional who supports IAHPC.
• Membership Matters
  • Members’ Impact
  • Members in This Month’s Newsletter
  • New & Renewing Members’ List
• Last Month’s Donors

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