The World Social Work day is a day, especially ear marked in a year, to celebrate social workers across the globe to appreciate and acknowledge their crucial and phenomenal contribution to mankind. The International Federation of Social Workers (www.ifsw.org) declared ‘Ubuntu: I am Because We Are’ as the theme for 2021 as it highlights the…
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Palliative Care Awareness Sensitization Campaigns for ANM Students of: 1) Rural Health Training Centre (DGHS, MoHFW), Najafgarh, Delhi and 2) Lady Reading Health School (DGHS, MoHFW), Bara Hindu Rao, Delhi on 25th January 2020. On the eve of Republic Day, the Volunteers of DNipCare held two Palliative Care Sensitization Campaigns on 25th January 2020 for…
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Annual Memorial Service at Bangalore Baptist Hospital Commemorating World Hospice and Palliative Care Day 2019 To commemorate World Hospice and Palliative Care Day, Bangalore Baptist Hospital conducted a memorial service on Friday, 11th October 2019. This event is conducted annually to remember patients who passed away in the past year under the care of the…
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Pediatric Palliative Care Training at MNJ Institute of Oncology, Hyderabad in partnership with Two Worlds Cancer Collaboration Foundation, is providing training opportunities for: 1 Year Clinical Fellowship in Pediatric Palliative Medicine AND 1 Month Advanced Certificate in Pediatric Palliative Care Organization Information MNJ Regional Cancer Centre and Institute of Oncology (MNJ) In July 2006 the…
Read MoreChinchpada Christian Hospital The Chinchpada Christian Hospital, Palliative Care programme is a home based programme for Taluka of Navapur. The programme services mainly patients with terminal cancer but also includes people with renal failure, HIV AIDS, and others who would require Palliative care. Spread to 40 villages in Navapur Taluka there are about 160 patients…
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Jhargram… A small sleepy town about 38km from Kharagpur. It is popular for its Sal forests… a place called Salboni. It’s a small Railway Station, crowded with villagers, carrying their massive loads of fresh vegetables, fish and poultry for sale in larger cities of Kolkata and Tata, and their unique ways of hanging their loads…
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This is a summary of reports received from various locations. Ahmedabad Dr Geeta Joshi Trustees of Gujarat Cancer & Research Institute joined 100 school students, and 50 cancer patients and the members of their families in celebrating World Hospice and Palliative Care Day at the Institute’s Community Oncology Centre, at Vasna, Ahmedabad. The chief guest…
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Saif Mohammed, Institute of Palliative Medicine Over a 1000 trained volunteers have geared up to launch the first-ever community-based palliative care programme in east India, in Nadia district of West Bengal. Named Sanjeevani (“life-giving” in Sanskrit), the programme is set to commence in Krishnanagar, the district headquarters of Nadia and the neighbouring villages of Badkulla,…
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