Newsletter: February 2025 Edition
From the President’s Desk
Dear Friends,
As I reflect upon my time as the President of the Indian Association of Palliative Care (IAPC), I am filled with gratitude and a sense of accomplishment. The journey has been fulfilling, challenging, and eventful, and I am incredibly proud of all that we have achieved together.
In February 2018, when I became the President-Elect during the IAPC’s Annual General Body Meeting (AGBM) at IAPCON Delhi, I embarked upon a journey with a clear vision and concrete goals, unaware of the unprecedented challenges destiny had in store…
Announcements / Messages from IAPC
IAPC’s Infographic of the month
Calling all poets: Submissions invited for the IAPC’s initiative to celebrate World Poetry Day!
Notice: The IAPC’s AGBM will be held on 1st February, 2025
IAPCON 2025 kicks off to a successful start
Tune in at 2:50 p.m. on 18th February, 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 now to participate in the ‘IAPC’s Foundation Course in Palliative Care Pharmacy’ on 29th March, 2025
The ‘IAPC’s Foundation Course in Palliative Care for Volunteers’ is now inviting applications
178 clinicians participate in the ‘Part A’ component of the IAPC’s ‘Foundation Course in Essentials of Palliative Care’ in January, 2024
The APM launches the maiden batch of the ‘IAPC’s Certificate Course in Basics of Palliative Care: A Blended Learning Approach’ in January 2025
Apply before 9th February, 2025, to participate in St. Jude’s Global Academy Training Seminar in Palliative Care 2025
Registrations invited for KIPCER’s course on ‘Skills in Neuropalliative Care’ on 8th and 9th March, 2025
Baptist Christian Hospital, Tezpur, trains 57 nurses from Assam and Nagaland in Advance and End of life care on 10th and 11th January, 2025
Over 50 physicians from API’s Salem Chapter sensitised about the need and importance of palliative care on 12th January, 2025
NHM Rajasthan in collaboration with AIIMS Jodhpur trains in-service Doctors, Nurses and Community Health Officers in essentials of home based palliative care
25 Doctors and Nurses participate in the ICMR-AIIMS-BHU-UP palliative care capacity building training program on 29th and 30th December, 2024
IAPC Kerala’s State Chapter Conference was held at Pampady, Kottayam District, on 28th and 29th December, 2024
Sri Sathya Sai Palliative Care Center sensitises 50 women about palliative care at Enumulappali Village, Puttaparthi, on 26th December, 2024
Update from the APM’s lecture series
Awards and Recognitions
CanSupport in collaboration with IGMCH and support from Cipla Foundation begin home-based palliative care services in Shimla
State Cancer Institute, Guwahati, inaugurated a Pain and Palliative Medicine OPD Unit on 6th January, 2025
An ‘Integrated Cancer Care Clinic’ inaugurated at MVR Cancer Center and Research Institute, Kozhikode, on 15th January, 2025
Bagchi Karunashraya Palliative Care Centre, Bhubaneswar, inaugurated on 21st January, 2025
Interesting Reads
IAPC’s Exclusive Articles
- ‘How much is too much? A Life-Changing Encounter’, by Dr Khusbu Singh, Bhubaneswar, Odisha
- ‘Empowering Patients Navigating Malignant Bowel Obstructions’, by Dr Devina Juneja, New Delhi
- ‘My unexpected foray into palliative care’, by Ms Surabhi Mondal, New Delhi
Other Compelling reads
- ‘Bereavement Companionship: A Luxury or Societal Standard?’, a republication from e hospice
- ‘4 Ways Family Caregivers Can Take Care of Themselves’ a republication from Get Palliative Care
Other upcoming events
Registrations invited for the virtual ‘Marie Curie Research into Practice Conference 2025’, 11th – 14th February, 2025
Submit abstracts before 14th February, 2025, for the MD Anderson Center’s ‘28th Supportive and Palliative Care Clinical and Research Symposium’, 19th – 20th September, 2025
Support SVYM’s ‘Swaraanubhuthi’, a musical movement for palliative care, Bengaluru, Karnataka, 15th February, 2025
Submit abstracts before 17th February, 2025, for the ‘Oceanic Palliative Care Conference 2025’, Brisbane, Australia, 10th – 12th September, 2025
Participate in Harvard Medical School’s virtual seminar on ‘Measuring Global Palliative Care Development’ on 26th February, 2025, 6:30 p.m. (IST)
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