Empowering Palliative Care in Timor Leste through Strategic Partnerships and Training
In 2023, APHN formalized a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Ministry of Health, marking a pivotal step in delivering comprehensive Palliative Care training in Timor Leste.
Timor Leste Lien Collaborative Trip in April, 2023
After conducting a scoping trip in November 2022, the Lien Collaborative team returned to Timor Leste in April 2023 to initiate its inaugural training session for local healthcare professionals interested in palliative care.
My First Visit to the Philippines under the Lien Collab for Palliative Care Programme
“Mabuhay!”(Welcome in Filipino) – The National Palliative and Hospice Training Program, under PSHPM and Family Medicine, addresses the Philippines’ critical care gap, with fewer than 60 specialists serving over 115 million people. Since 2015, national policies and laws, including NICCA and UHC, have recognized every Filipino’s right to palliative and hospice care. – “Pasulong!” (Onward in Filipino)
Lien Collaborative Palliative Care Workshop for Sarawak
The Lien Collaborative Palliative Care Workshop for Sarawak was held from 10th to 14th April 2023 in Kuching, Sarawak.
Report on the First LAO National Palliative Care Conference
Lao PDR is a lower middle income group country with 7.1 million population in 2019. It is located in Indochinese Peninsula and is bordered by Myanmar, China, Vietnam, Cambodia, and Thailand.
Timor Leste Scoping Trip：20-25th Nov, 2022
A scoping team consisting of Dr Sylvia McCarthy, Dr Naveen Salins, Ms Joan Ryan, Mr Giam Cheong Leong and Ms Trudy Giam visited Timor Leste in November 2022 in order to assess the viability of a palliative care capacity building program as part of the Lien Collaborative for Palliative Care (Lien Collab) Program.
India Cancer Treatment Centres (CTC) Programme
With the success of the CTC programmes, our partner AIIMS has been designated by WHO as a Collaborating Centre for Training and Education in Palliative Care (WHO CC IND-163), led by Dr Sushma Bhatnagar
CTC5 Foundation Course: 14 – 19th Aug, 2022
With the success of running the CTC programmes, our partner AIIMS (Department of Onco-Anaesthesia and Palliative Medicine at the Dr BRA Institute Rotary Cancer Hospital, All India Institute of Medical Science) has been designated by the World Health Organization (WHO) as a WHO Collaborating Centre for Training and Education in Palliative Care (WHO CC IND-163).
The Pandemic of Fear
“Madam, they (hospital administration) are not providing us with adequate personal protection equipment (PPE), no N95 respirator nor surgical masks,” lamented a young colleague from a ‘red zone’ town in India, a place that is recording rising number of COVID-19 cases.
Workshop at SMS Medical College Jaipur Rajasthan
SMS Medical College is part of Lien Collaborative for Palliative Care CTC3 Program. They have since setup a Palliative Care service successfully and provided care to their patients.