Newsletter: March 2025 Edition
From the President’s Desk
Dear All,
My Greetings to All!
My connection with the IAPC is deep and spread over four decades since late 1980s. I was fortunate to be a part of Gujarat Cancer & Research Institute (GCRI), Ahmedabad, Gujarat, since the early 1980s and was able to continue there my whole career. It is here in GCRI that the Indian Society for the Study of Pain (ISSP) and the IAPC were formed under the legendary leadership of Dr M T Bhatia, my senior and mentor…
Announcements / Messages from IAPC
IAPC’s Infographic of the month
IAPC’s Election Results (2025)
The APM’s Governing Council has been reconstituted
Key Highlights from the IAPC’s AGBM held on 1st February, 2025
Important step forward regarding Living Will
IAPCON 2025 concludes with success and grandeur on 2nd February, 2025
Submit entries before 9th March, 2025, to participate in the IAPC’s initiative to celebrate World Poetry Day!
The IJPC’s January – March 2025 edition is now online
The ‘Goa State Palliative Care Policy’ launched on 4th February, 2025
Early Bird registrations are now open for IAPCON 2026!
The theme for WHPCD 2025: Achieving the Promise: Universal Access to Palliative Care
Tune in at 2:55 p.m. on 20th March, 2025, for a multilingual edition of ‘Singing for the Stars’
Leverage the IAPC’s Social Media to stay connected!
New vacancies from across the country are now published in the IAPC’s Careers page
Call for Support: Your 2 minutes = Someone’s entire lifetime of Peace, Comfort and Dignity!
‘Saath Saath Helpline’: India’s free palliative care helpline
Education and Training
Apply before 25th March, 2025, to participate in the ‘IAPC’s Foundation Course in Palliative Care Pharmacy’
Applications invited for the ‘IAPC’s Foundation Course in Palliative Care for Volunteers’
The ‘IAPC’s Foundation Course in the Physiotherapy – Palliative Care interface’ is now inviting applications
Registrations invited for an online workshop on ‘The Art of Conversations with Patients’ on 27th April, 2025
Apply before 15th March, 2025, for the ‘Certificate Course in Counselling Skills in Cancer and Palliative Care’ offered jointly by BHT-K, KMC Manipal and IPOS
Download your copy of the ‘The Global Handbook of Pediatric Palliative Care’ now!
50 nurses from Neotia Getwel Multispeciality Hospital, Siliguri, sensitised in the basics of palliative care on 7th February, 2025
The maiden batch of the ‘Compassionate Leadership Fellowship’ concludes successfully on 14th February, 2025
185 individuals participate in the ‘Fellowship in Palliative Care 2025’ offered jointly by IPM, SPCP, BSMMU and St Christopher’s Hospice
Over 50 individuals participated in the webinar ‘Busting myths on the right to die with dignity in India’ on 20th February, 2025
35 individuals participate in the IAPC and Sparsh Hospice’s collaborative volunteer training program at Hyderabad on 22nd and 23rd February, 2025
CHO’s and ASHA’s from Hooghly District, West Bengal, are being trained in basics of palliative care
40 Healthcare professionals participate in the ‘Children’s Palliative Care Leadership Program 2025-26’ at Hyderabad between 25th and 28th January, 2025
Update from the APM’s lecture series
Awards and Recognitions
Dr Geeta Joshi bestowed with the ‘Life Time Achievement Award’ by ISSP on 7th February, 2025
Dr Umesh Bhadani presented with the ‘We serve India Awards 2024’ on 28th January, 2025
Military Hospital, Meerut, and CanSupport, jointly inaugurated a 10 bed Geriatric and Palliative Care ward on 4th February, 2025
8 Pain Management Units inaugurated in 8 hospitals across West Bengal in February, 2025
Interesting Reads
IAPC’s Exclusive Articles
- ‘Is there a standard prescription for how to grieve or, how long to grieve??’, by Dr Lipika Patra, Meerut, Uttar Pradesh
- ‘The Common Man of Healthcare’, by Dr Asha Deshmukh, Nasik, Maharashtra
- ‘My Journey into Palliative Care: A Path of Compassion’, by Ms Maheshwari Frawel, Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh
Other Compelling reads
- ‘How do different religions view death and dying?’, a republication from E hospice
- ‘Navigating Care, Agency and Dignity’, a republication from Pallium India
Other upcoming events
Register for the APHN’s webinar on ‘Geriatrics and Palliative Care for Older People’ on 5th March, 2025, 12:00 p.m. (IST)
Register for Pallium India’s two-part webinar on ‘Dignity and Care: The Human Side of Medicine’ on 24th and 26th March, 2025, 7:00 p.m. (IST)
Submit abstracts before 30th March, 2025, for the ‘8th International African Palliative Care and Allied Services Conference 2025’, Gaborone, Botswana, 23rd – 26th September, 2025
APHC 2025: Registrations are now open for pre-conference workshops, Sarawak, Malaysia, 23rd April, 2025
Register before 23rd April, 2025, to avail the early bird registration rates for the ‘2025 ASCO Annual Meeting’, Chicago, USA, 30th May to 3rd June, 2025
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