Elevator pitch workshop report/how-to guide & PC in Bhutan

IAHPC Notes

Act Now to save 20%!  Join IAHPC or renew and extend your membership now and save 20%. Membership is based on a country's income level. Until August 31, individuals in low-income countries pay just $16 USD for a one-year membership; those in lower-middle-income countries can join for $40, a $10 savings; those in upper-middle-income countries can join for $76, saving $19; those in high-income countries can join for $132, saving $33. The savings are even greater for two-year memberships and institutional members. As always, undergraduate students in any program and graduate students in any healthcare field can join for free.

Symptom Management Webinar  Register now for an August 14 webinar on symptom management, the topic of Module 3 of the IAHPC-ELNEC Palliative Care Basics Course. The webinar, free for members, takes place at 7 a.m. PT, 10 a.m. EST, 4 p.m. CET, 2 p.m. GMT. IAHPC members can also access recordings of Module 1: An Overview of Palliative Care Nursing, and Module 2: Pain Management. See the topics of all upcoming modules, being held on consecutive Thursdays, ending September 4.

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Full WHO Guideline The English version of the full WHO guideline on balanced national controlled medicine policies to ensure medical access and safety is now freely available as a downloadable pdf. The 80-page document details policy development on controlled medicines, pricing and financing, supply chain management, regulation and control, prescribing and dispensing, as well as educating healthcare professionals, patients, and the public. It is in the process of being translated into Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian, and Spanish.

Palliative Care by Nurses Improves Outcomes  Nurse-Led Palliative Care for Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis: A parallel, single-blind, pragmatic, randomised controlled trial in Uganda is an open-access article in the August Lancet reporting on a study involving 154 participants. The authors concluded that "Additional nurse-led palliative care for patients with multidrug-resistant tuberculosis improved self-reported outcomes spanning physical, psychological, social, and spiritual domains, and increased medication adherence." The eight authors include former IAHPC Board Members Eve Namisango and Julia Downing.

International Children's Palliative Care Network has released its resources for the October 10, 2025 edition of #HatsOn4CPC, an international effort to raise awareness of the need for pediatric palliative care.