Announcements

IAPC’s Infographic of the month: January 2025

IAPC's January 2025 Infographic

The IAPC’s January Infographic focuses on ‘Dignity in Palliative Care‘.

The IAPC in its constant endeavour to promote palliative care education and awareness across the country launched the “IAPC’s Infographic of the month” initiative in June 2023.

This initiative was conceived and is continuing to be supported by Dr Wasimul Hoda (Assistant Professor, Department of Anesthesia, RIMS, Ranchi).

These infographics will focus on a different topic each month and will look at both simple and complex topics in palliative care. 

Please click on the image above to download the IAPC’s January Infographic.

Click here to access the IAPC’s infographics published till date.

IAPCON 2025: Register now!

The 32nd Annual International Conference of the Indian Association of Palliative Care (IAPCON 2025) will be held at the Auditorium of AIIMS Jammu, between Friday, 31st January, 2025, and Sunday, 2nd February, 2025. Pre-conference workshops have been slated for Thursday, 30th January, 2025.

The conference is themed ‘Evidence based Palliative Care‘.

Submissions are also invited for IAPCON’s first time ever organised meme competition! Registered delegates are invited to submit either a serious / humorous / inspiring / interesting meme related to palliative care. Submissions can be in either English or in any regional language (provided subtitles in English is presented). Three interesting prizes are up for grabs. Please click here for further information and don’t forget to submit your entries before 11 p.m. on Monday, 20th January, 2025.

Click here to know more about IAPCON 2025. 

Submissions invited: IAPC’s initiative to celebrate World Poetry Day!

To commemorate World Poetry Day (21st March, 2025), the Indian Association of Palliative Care (IAPC) invites all those touched by the transformative journey of palliative care to express their experiences and emotions through poetry.

This initiative aims to highlight the profound connections, reflections, and moments of healing that define palliative care.

The last date to submit your poem is 11:59 p.m., on Sunday, 9th March, 2025.

Click here for further information.

Notice: The IAPC’s AGBM will be held on 1st February, 2025

Notice is hereby given to all members of the IAPC, that the IAPC’s Annual General Body meeting (AGBM) is scheduled to be held at 5:00 p.m. on Saturday, 1st February, 2025. The in-person AGBM will be held at Hall A, Auditorium, AIIMS Jammu, Jammu and Kashmir. 

As always, the AGBM will be held on the second day of the Annual International Conference of the Indian Association of Palliative Care. The agenda for the AGBM as below:

  • Welcome
  • Presentation of the Minutes of the previous last AGBM / CC meeting
  • Presentation of the IAPC’s Activities
  • Presentation of the IAPC’s Financial Statements
  • Presentation of the Indian Journal of Palliative Care’s report
  • Update: IAPC Election Results
  • Update: Academy of Palliative Medicine (APM)
  • Presenting levels of Education in Palliative Care in India
  • Update: Compassionate Leadership Fellowship
  • Update: Quality and Standards group, ACP working group, home and hospice care group, IAPC and IAPSM, and Family Medicine Group
  • Constitutional amendments
  • Recommendations for review
  • Update: IAPCON 2026
  • IAPCON 2027 
  • Other matters with the permission from chair

Join us at 2:50 p.m. on Tuesday, 18th February, 2025, for a multilingual edition of ‘Singing for the Stars’

The IAPC and the Shankar Mahadevan Academy Nirvana (SMA Nirvana) invite you to join us for a multilingual edition of ‘Singing for the Stars’, a virtual evening of harmonies for our palliative care patients, their caregivers, and our health care professionals.

This edition is dedicated to our friends from across the country and is scheduled for Tuesday, 18th February, 2025, at 2:50 p.m.

The evening of harmonies will be presented by Mr Athishay Jain (Vocalist, Music Composer, Performing Artist).

The Zoom login credentials to join the event:

Meeting ID: 993 8760 8732
Passcode: 232081

Feel free to share the event details with your colleagues, your patients and their caregivers.

To know more about ‘Singing for the Stars’ and to view past recordings click Here

IAPCON 2024, an academic extravaganza, concludes successfully with grandeur

The 31st Annual International Conference of the Indian Association of Palliative Care (IAPCON 2024) concluded successfully on Sunday, 11th February, 2024. IAPCON 2024 was an in-person conference organised by the Department of Palliative Medicine, Gujarat Cancer and Research Institute (GCRI), Ahmedabad, Gujarat.

The conference themed ‘Revisiting the domains of Palliative Care’ was conducted successfully under the able guidance of Dr Geeta Joshi (Organising Chair), Dr Priti Sanghavi (Organising Secretary), Dr Bhavna Patel (Scientific Committee Chair) and Dr Dinesh Kumar (Workshop Committee Chair).

438 delegates from across the globe participated in the main conference held between Friday, 9th February, 2024, and Sunday, 11th February, 2024. 183 delegates participated in the Pre-conference workshops conducted on Thursday, 8th February, 2024.

Click here to read further information. 

IAPC Academy

Recordings from the online Lecture Series

For details about the currently ongoing Academy of Palliative Medicine’s (APM) Lecture Series 3, click here.

To access recordings of the lectures conducted before 31st December, 2023, click here.

To access recordings of lectures from 1st January, 2024, visit the IAPC’s Members Corner.

To access recordings from the previous series, click here.

Palliative Care Status Update in India

We are excited to inform you that the IAPC has drawn upon this year’s World Hospice and Palliative Care Day (WHPCD) theme, ‘Leave no-one behind – equity in access to palliative care’, to put together a special feature with an update on the status of palliative care services from every State in the country.

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IAPC Offers Virtual Internship Program

Indian Association of Palliative Care offers Virtual Internship Program for students. Considering the current situation of COVID-19 pandemic, and requirements of the students, it has been decided to offer a virtual internship program for students. Find the details and the application form Here

NEWS

The IAPC pays tribute to Dr. Robert Twycross: India’s ‘Teacher of Palliative Care’

In honor of Dr. Twycross’ remarkable legacy, IAPC dedicates a memorial webpage. We warmly invite you to share inspiring anecdotes, photographs and memories highlighting Dr. Twycross’ transformative impact.

Click here to submit your entries and share your tributes.

Read more News Here