By Lynna Chandra | Founder & Trustee
Making Palliative Care Available and Accessible for All
2015 has been a fabulous year of collaborative impact. After 9 years of beating the palliative care drums alone, the year finally saw many in the medical industry in Indonesia coming to embrace the concept. This phenomena is due in no small part to the recognition of the unmet needs of the quickly rising number of people living with chronic diseases. A problem caused by the insufficient number of trained medical professionals in Indonesia, which in turn brings to question the ability of the recently established Universal Health Coverage to adequately deliver health care for all.
Rising to the Challenge: To Deliver a World-Class Palliative Care
Working in collaboration with Singapore International Foundation (“SIF”), and Cancer Foundation (YKI DKI), a 3-year palliative care training program was launched in February for medical professionals from 12 public hospitals. The aim is to ensure the availability of palliative care for all in the public hospital system.
At the primary health setting where many remains without access to healthcare, we intensified our efforts to mobilise and train community volunteers to provide care and assistance for those who are sick at home. Community Network in Palliative Care (CNPC) Program forges collaboration between trained medical professionals and volunteers to help deliver care to those in need.
Recognising the urgent need for trained palliative care nurses, we launched the Clinic-in-a-Box program to equip nurses with home-based palliative care skills. The maiden 6-week course was launched in October this year in collaboration with Padjadjaran University in Bandung.
Gratefulness
Our journey to establish a palliative care ecosystem in Indonesia has been paved with awesome volunteers and collaborative partners, generous and faithful supporters and donors. We are grateful to all whose continued support has helped bring us closer to our vision that no child should ever have to die in pain. Thank you.
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