Message from the Chair and Executive Director
Dear readers:
This month we wish to focus on three important projects:
1. Free access to Palliative Care Journals : One of the most critical tools to enable and facilitate research to improve patient care is access to new information and transfer of technologies. In this regard, scientific publications and peer reviewed journals are some of our most powerful tools. However, access to publications is very limited in the developing countries for several reasons, but mostly the high subscription costs and membership fees charged by some of the organizations which own these journals.
Most of you probably know that IAHPC has an agreement with EBSCO to offer our members access to a large database of journals and publications (CINAHL) to help bridge this gap. Through the database, our members are able to access thousands of citations, as well as full online access to hundreds of journals, including the following:
- Indian Journal of Palliative Care
- International Journal of Palliative Nursing
- Internet Journal of Pain, Symptom Control & Palliative Care
- Journal of Palliative Medicine
- Journal of Pain and Palliative Care Pharmacotherapy.
- Palliative Medicine
- Progress in Palliative Care
Last month we sent a special announcement offering to non-members (individuals) a special free 30 day trial of the CINAHL database. This will permit them to experience the same benefits as members have to access hundreds of journals and specialty palliative care peer reviewed journals. This benefit is normally available only to our paid members. This edition of the NL includes a copy of the announcement. If you are considering joining IAHPC, take advantage of this offer and see how great this resource is.
2. Bursaries to support palliative care in Africa: Another special announcement sent last month was a call for applications for bursaries to build, improve, and advance palliative care in sub-Saharan Africa. This program is made possible thanks to a grant from the Diana, Princess of Wales Memorial Fund (DPWMF). Individuals living and working in Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Rwanda, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe are eligible to apply. Bursaries will be awarded in post graduate qualification and research courses. This newsletter also includes the call for applications and the links to the applications. We are very grateful with the DPWMF for this support and generosity.
3. Access to Pain Relief: A film documentary project - LIFE Before Death - produced by Moonshine movies in Australia about the global crisis of untreated pain and the dramatic life changing affects palliative care services can deliver to patients and their families around the world was recently launched. LIFE Before Death includes 50 short films themed around pain control and end of life issues. The release of films began in May 2011 and will continue each week for one year. A feature film will be released late in 2011 followed by a one-hour TV documentary. The production team filmed in 11 countries including India, Uganda, Singapore, Canada, China, USA, South Africa, Australia, Georgia, Ireland and Hong Kong and explored a diverse range of cultural perspectives on pain, death and dying. The short films feature several IAHPC board members, including Kathy Foley, Frank Ferris, Faith Mwangi-Powell, Jim Cleary, and Liliana De Lima as well as many palliative care leaders from around the world. The project’s website is at www.LifeBeforeDeath.com The films can be viewed and used for educational purposes. Also available in You Tube - www.youtube.com/lifebeforedeathmovie We invite you to watch these powerful movies and share them with your friends and colleagues.
Until next month,
Roberto Wenk, MD
Chair, Board of Directors
Liliana De Lima, MHA
Executive Director
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