Education United States Project #54505

Changing the World One Bedside at a Time

by International Association for Hospice and Palliative Care (IAHPC)

Changing the World One Bedside at a Time

Project Report | Jan 26, 2025
Changing the world one country at a time

By Liliana De Lima | IAHPC Executive Director

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IAHPC hosted its first open-access webinar of 2025, “Changing the World One Country at a Time,” on January 17, at 2 p.m. UTC. The event featured four of our five Leadership Development Program (LEAD) institutional grantees. The institutions which were awarded the grants were:

Mary Potter Hospice - Albania
Groupe de Recherche et d’Actions Sociales GReAS - Burkina Faso
Asociacion de Cuidados Paliativos de Colombia (ASOCUPAC) - Colombia
Cancer Aid Society - India
Zambia Medical Association - Zambia

During the webinar the representatives of the institutions presented their projects they worked on from 2022 through 2024 in their countries, related to leadership at specified levels of governance to:

Raise public and policymaker awareness about how basic palliative care services can prevent catastrophic out of pocket spending
Build alliances and partnerships with other professional and grassroots organizations to increase the support base for palliative provision
Improve access to essential palliative care medicines in the public health system
Include palliative care in professional education curricula
Implement services to improve access to palliative care treatment
Develop policies and/or implement existing policies at the national and sub-national levels

LEAD Institutional grantees

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