International Pain Policy Fellowship

Bulgaria

Palliative Care Fund
Sofia, Bulgaria
Ilya Nissimov, MD
$44,304 with a $44,304 match from Open Society Foundation – Sofia

Hospice Sofia
This grant supports the establishment of a home-care service for terminally-ill patients. The service will train multi-disciplinary health care teams to work closely with families, create and support a volunteer corps, develop patient and provider educational materials, create a website and 24-hour hotline, organize educational seminars, learn to work with the media, and develop fundraising capacity.

Multi-Profile Hospital for Active Treatment - Kazanlak
Kazanlak, Bulgaria
Dr. Hristo Hristov
$6,481 with a $6,481 match from Open Society Foundation – Sofia
Home Care Program in Kazanlak
This project will develop a home care program for terminally-ill patients. The program will build a palliative care center, training multi-disciplinary teams, provide medical care, non-medical care, and support to patients at home, work with families, and promote the concepts of palliative care to the general population.

Open Society Club Gabrovo
Gabrovo, Bulgaria
Stefan Narimov
$5,458.50 with a $5,458.50 match from Open Society Foundation - Sofia
Home Care Program in Dryanovo
The project will establish a home care service for terminally ill patients, train families to care for relatives with terminal illness, train volunteers, and support pain management training.

Open Society Club, Velinko, Tarnovo
Tarnovo, Bulgaria
Svetla Georgieva Nedeva
$11,020 with a $11,020 match from Open Society Foundation - Sofia
Home Care Program
This project will organize a home patronage program for terminally-ill patients, create educational materials and train a team of specialists.

Georgia

Humanists Union
Tbilisi, Georgia
Dimitri Kordzaya
$5,000 with a $5,000 match from Open Society Foundation - Georgia
This grant will support the creation and training of a palliative care staff, strengthen a resource center, and support a "train the trainers" program in palliative care for 5 physicians, 10 nurses and 20 volunteers.

Hungary

Hungarian Hospice Foundation
Budapest, Hungary
Katalin Muszbek, M.D.
$50,000
This grant will establish a national palliative care resource, education, and training center for health care professionals, health system managers, healthcare policy makers, and the public to provide educational opportunities for both individuals and groups on a broad range of palliative care issues including pain management and symptom control.

Moldova

Soros Foundation Moldova
Chisinau, Moldova
Viorel Soltan
$20,000 with a $20,000 match from Soros Foundation - Moldova
This grant supports the strategic development of a palliative care program in Moldova.

Mongolia

National Medical University of Mongolia; PC Association of Mongolia
Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
Davaasuren Odontuya, MD, PhD
$4,889 with a $4,889 match from Open Society Institute Mongolia
This grant will support a national palliative care education program, including palliative care training for doctors, nurses, and medical workers who will establish home hospices in Mongolia; training for medical faculty who will incorporate palliative care into the medical school curriculum; and training for health workers and officials responsible for drug regulation and legislation in Mongolia. The grant will also support the translation of a palliative care textbook.

Bayankhongor Branch of the National Center Against Violence
Bayankhongor Province, Mongolia
Ch. Dulmaa
Eneral
$403, with a $403 match from Open Society Institute Mongolia
This grant will enable a domestic violence group to teach family members basic end-of-life care.

Poland

Stefan Batory Foundation
Warsaw, Poland
Anna Rozicka
$444.00
This travel grant will enable faculty to attend the World Federation of Societies of Anaesthesiologists Fellowship for Anaesthesiologists conferences.

Eastern Central Europe Palliative Task Force (ECEPT)
Poznan, Poland
Jacek Luczak, MD
$25,000
This grant will build the capacity of the Eastern Central Europe Palliative Task Force, a newly created professional medical association to support palliative care health care professionals in Eastern Europe and the Former Soviet Union.

Slovenia

Palliative Care Development Institute
Ljubljana, Slovenia
Barbara Ravnik
$75,000
This grant will establish a resource and training center to educate health care professionals and the public in palliative care.

Regional

WHO Regional Office for Europe
Copenhagen, Denmark
Kees de Joncheere
$24,358.80
The purpose of this grant is to examine the current national health care policies and drug regulations in six countries in Eastern Europe (Bulgaria, Croatia, Hungary, Lithuania, Poland, Romania) and to recommend the changes necessary to guarantee the availability and reimbursement of palliative care services, including medications needed to relieve pain and suffering for terminally ill patients.

European Association for Palliative Care (EAPC)
Trondheim, Norway
Stein Kaasa, M.D.
$5,000
This grant will enable health care professionals from Eastern Europe to attend the 7th Congress of the European Association for Palliative Care in Palermo, Italy, April 1-6, 2001.

European Association for Palliative Care (EAPC)
Trondheim, Norway
Stein Kaasa, M.D.
$50,000
This grant provides second year funding for the Eastern European activities of the European Association of Palliative Care coordinating center for hospice and palliative care.

European Association for Palliative Care
Stockholm, Sweden
Carl Johan Furst, MD
$63,106
This grant will establish a palliative care coordinating center in Stockholm to support hospice and palliative care activities in Eastern Europe.

European Association for Palliative Care
Stockholm, Sweden
Carl Johan Furst, MD
$5,000
This travel grant will provide funding for health care professionals from Eastern European countries to attend the European Association of Palliative Care's Congress in Lyon, France-May 14-25, 2002.

Oxford International Center for Palliative Care
Svedala, Sweden
Jan Stjernsward, MD, PhD, RRCP
$20,000
These funds will support Dr Stjernsward in his work to integrate palliative care into the public health agendas of national health care policies; address the national and international barriers to drug availability for pain and symptom management ; provide technical assistance to existing and developing palliative care associations, organizations, institutions, and programs; meet with international health donors to promote and encourage funding in palliative care; work with WHO Headquarters and its regional offices to integrate palliative care into the Organization's programs; consult with NGO's in the region to expand palliative care; and, represent palliative care at national and international congresses and meetings.

World Health Organization
Geneva, Switzerland
Dr. Cecilia Sepulveda
$71,190
This grant will support efforts to reduce the cancer burden and improve quality of life for cancer and HIV/AIDS patients and their families in Central and Eastern Europe and Africa.

King's College
London, UK
Department of Palliative Care and Policy
Prof Irene J. Higginson, BM, BS, FFPHM, PhD
$20,000
This grant will support publication of two authoritative guides on palliative care for those involved in planning and supporting health care services. One guide will explain palliative care generally for policy makers, governments and health care workers. The second guide will focus on palliative care for the elderly.

University of Sheffield
Sheffield, UK
David Clark, Ph.D.
$25,118
This grant will support an analysis of existing palliative care programs in Eastern and Central Europe.

Northwestern University
Chicago, US
Linda Emanuel, M.D., Ph.D.
$14,340
This travel grant will support a presentation on the Education for Physicians on the End of Life Care (EPEC) curriculum at the 7th European Association of Palliative Care Congress in Palermo, Italy on April 1-5, 2001.

University of Wisconsin Comprehensive Cancer Center - Pain & Policy Studies Group
Madison, Wisconsin
David Joranson, MSW
$75,000
This grant will support a three-day regional workshop to address the current national health care policies and drug regulations in six countries in Eastern Europe (Bulgaria, Croatia, Hungary, Lithuania, Poland, Romania) and to recommend the changes necessary to guarantee the availability and reimbursement of palliative care services including medications needed to relieve pain and suffering for terminally ill patients. The meeting will take place in Budapest on February 25-27, 2002.