October 23, 2025
Reaching Out to Make Change Widely: National LEAD projects & new Centre for Equity
Leadership Development Grants to Spur Uptake of PC Packages
Read about projects by 7 LEAD grantees, all national institutions, to advocate for Essential and Expanded Palliative Care Packages in Chile, El Salvador, Ghana, Lebanon, Macedonia, Nepal, and the Philippines.
A Coalition of the Living
A new Canadian Centre of Equity & Innovation freely offers experienced aid for existing or developing palliative care programs tending to the marginalized, such as First Nations peoples and those who are homeless, addicted, in prison, or have untreated mental illness.
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Palliative Care for Persons with Dementia: WHO Tools is a joint IAHPC/WHO open access webinar on October 30, to mark the 2025 International Day of Care and Support. Register.
Last week to submit your photos to the IAHPC Photo Contest: October 31, 2025 is the deadline. Winners receive cash prizes and membership extensions. Read the rules & how to send us your photos. Every member who submits a photo that follows the rules will receive a 3-month extension to their membership. (Become a member!)
Participants are being sought for a research study, "Palliative Care Education in low-middle income country Humanitarian contexts: an exploration of Humanitarian Health Worker’s learning needs" by the University of Edinburgh. The survey is estimated to take 15-20 minutes.
IAHPC Resources
Free for everyone
Pallipedia details conditions, symptoms, treatments, medicines & their suggested dosages, etc., from a palliative care perspective, including a reference for each. It's a terrific online resource, searchable by term or a category (such as palliative care basics, ethical/legal issues, psychological/social/spiritual issues, symptom management, assessments, & more). The most searched term in recent years? Overflow diarrhea (spurious diarrhea)
Free for members
Two modules of the IAHPC Comprehensive Pain and Symptom Management Course cover a wide range of gastrointestinal symptoms: anorexia/cachexia, constipation, diarrhea, nausea & vomiting, malignant bowel obstruction, and oral symptoms.
Upcoming Events in the Calendar
Explore the IAHPC calendar of events to find educational events, conferences, and congresses to expand and improve your palliative care skills and knowledge.