Dear members and friends, please join us as we update you on the activities and changes that took place in 2016.
The 16th APHN council was formed during our annual general meeting in Hue, Vietnam.
Activities in 2016
| January | Lien Collaborative for Palliative Care 6th Teaching Module – Myanmar
APHN Dialog Session 1 – A discussion of palliative care service development in Asia Pacific |
| February | Lien Collaborative for Palliative Care 4th Teaching Module – Sri Lanka
APHN Dialog Session 2 – Pain control in palliative care |
| March | Lien Collaborative for Palliative Care 4th Teaching Module – Bangadesh
APHN Dialog Session 3 – Management of cancer wound |
| May | APHN 15th Anniversary Special Newsletter
Launch of APHN Facebook Discussion Group |
| June | APHN Dialog Session 4 – Bereavement Care
Launch of APHN Chinese Wechat Initiative |
| July | 5-day foundation course for Lien Collaborative for Palliative Care – India project |
| August | Lien Collaborative for Palliative Care 5th Teaching Module – Sri Lanka |
| October | Launch of advocacy film “Life Asked Death” under Lien Collaborative for Palliative Care |
| November | Presentations at the Myanmar Orthopaedic Association conference (LCPC)
Presentations at the Myanmar National Pain Seminar (LCPC) Lien Collaborative for Palliative Care follow up lectures at Mandalay General Hospital and Yangon General Hospital (Myanmar) Launch of APHN Webpage – Mandarin Version |
| December | Continuation training for Lien Collaborative for Palliative Care – India project
Lien Collaborative for Palliative Care Clinical Fellowship |
We also commissioned a film under the Lien Collaborative for Palliative Care project called “Life Asked Death”.
Looking forward to 2017
We will be continuing with the APHN dialog webinar series, expanding the palliative care resource page and adding more content to our website! Do look out for them and follow us for regular updates!
Please email our secretariat at aphn@aphn.org to contribute news, events, workshops, ideas, or articles. We look forward to a year of building stronger ties having greater collaboration among organizations in the region.
We wish a happy and fulfilling year ahead to all.
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