Palliative Care
The Palliative Care Program has a broad range of projects and activities that are presently being carried out in Brazil, French-speaking sub-Saharan African countries, India, Nepal, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. These projects and activities are coordinated by Alliance Mondiale Contre le Cancer (AMCC), INCTR’s French Branch, INCTR Brazil, and Two Worlds Cancer Collaboration (TWCC) in collaboration with their partners.
A general summary of on-going projects and activities are listed below
Pediatric pain and palliative care specialist training.
Sensitization workshops for leaders within countries about the need for palliative care.
Establishment of “Centers of Excellence” for palliative care.
Provision of palliative care services to improve access and ease the burden on those needing end-of-life care:
- Mobile palliative care units to provide in-home palliative care services and to deliver required pain and other supportive care medications
- Rural out-reach programs to serve those living far away from major centers
- Establishing district level units for the provision of palliative care services
Establishment of Hospices, including those that are located outside of the hospital setting that focus exclusively on end-of-life care
Dedicated in-patient hospital beds for palliative care
Psychosocial Support for patients and their families
INCTR’s Palliative Care Handbook. It can be downloaded here in pdf: Palliative_Care_Complete.
A Patient Visiting with Friends (photo courtesy of TUCCA Hospice)
Please click on the link to the branch for a more comprehensive description of their respective programs, projects and activities in palliative care.
AMCC’s Pain & Palliative Care Program for French-speaking sub-Saharan Africa
INCTR Brazil’s Hospice for Pediatric Cancer Patients
TWCC’s Palliative Care Program for India, Nepal, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka
Contact info@inctr.be for general information about Palliative Care Programs.