Travel Grants IAHPC

The International Association for Hospice and Palliative Care (IAHPC) and the European Association for Palliative Care (EAPC) are pleased to announce the winners of this year’s IAHPC Traveling Scholarships, to support their travel to the 16^th World Congress of the Euorpean Association for Palliative Care (EAPC) in Berlin, Germany, 23 – 25 May 2019.

As per the criteria for applications, all grantees are active member of IAHPC, working actively in palliative care and are registered web users of the EAPC database. Preference was given to individuals who work in countries that are classified as lower, lower-middle or upper-middle income categories.

Numerous applications were received from a wide range of countries, background and professions, including physicians, nurses, psychologists and other disciplines. The committee was pleased with the high quality of applications and would like to thank all those who applied, for their interest in both the IAHPC and EAPC World Congress.

The final list of the 20 grantees selected by IAHPC and EAPC are:

Sarah Akande Dr Lagos, Nigeria		Alvaro Mendez Dr Ciudad de la Costa, Uruguay
Barbara Amity N. Flores Dr Quezon City, Philippines		Wah Wah Myint Zu Dr Yangon, Myanmar
Bernadette Basemera Kampala, Uganda		Mirela Myrto Korce, Albania
Sanghamitra Bora Dr Guwahati, India		Elizabeth Namukwaya Dr Kampala, Uganda
Natalia Carafizi Dr Chisinau, Moldova		Oyinloye Oyebukola (Bukky) Oluwatoyosi  Ile Ife, Nigeria
Sonia Patricia Carreño Moreno Prof Bogota, Colombia		Gayatri Palat Dr Hyderabad, India
Anelise Coelho Da Fonseca Dr Rio de Janeiro, Brazil		Byamukama Polycarp Kampala, Uganda
Odontuya Davaasuren Prof Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia		Rubayat Rahman Dr Dhaka, Bangladesh
Yasemin Kilic Ozturk Dr Izmir, Turkey		Stella Rithara Dr Nairobi, Kenya
Lubna Mariam Dr Dhaka, Bangladesh		Neha Tripathi Lucknow, India