Argentina

Individual Grant- International Pain Policy Fellowship
Dr. Jorge Eisenchlas
$14,000
Grant period: September 1, 2006 – September 1, 2008
To support the development of a project that will review and analyze the legal and regulatory frameworks in the country regarding the access and availability of opioid analgesics for pain management for cancer and AIDS patients, and all patients with life-limiting illness.

Colombia

Individual Grant – International Pain Policy Fellowship
Dr. Marta Ximena Leon
$14,000
Grant period: September 1, 2006 – September 1, 2008
To support the development of a project that will review and analyze the legal and regulatory frameworks in the country regarding the access and availability of opioid analgesics for pain management for cancer and AIDS patients, and all patients with life-limiting illness.

Georgia

Lasha Zaalishvili
$10,000 (matching)
Grant date: October 2, 2006
To support the project proposal, “Promotion of Further Development of Palliative Care in Children in Georgia,” presented by the Humanists Union.

Hungary

Hungarian Hospice Foundation
Katalin Muszbek
$11,664
Grant period: July 1, 2006 – August 31, 2006
To support a conference in which international doctors will introduce and analyze the need for complex and integrated hospice care to palliative care professionals in Hungary, and discuss the steps still needed to further develop programs in the country.

Moldova

Open Society Foundation – Moldova
Victor Ursu and Liliana Gherman
$271.00
Grant date: April 14, 2006
To support the participation of Angela Capcelea and Ion Cuzuioc at the Bucharest conference and Expert Committee meeting regarding realization of curricula for doctors, pharmacists, LPA, police authorities, and anti-drug agencies regarding implementation of the new law on opioids.

Open Society Foundation – Moldova
Victor Ursu and Liliana Gherman
$1,708.00 (matching)
Grant date: July 25, 2006
To support the palliative care education for three years for general medical students at the National Medical College for Nursing.

Open Society Foundation – Moldova
Victor Ursu and Liliana Gherman
$4,528 (matching)
Grant date: September 26, 2006
To support the review and revision of the National Standards for Palliative Care in HIV/AIDS.

Open Society Foundation – Moldova
Victor Ursu and Liliana Gherman
$10,493 (matching)
Grant date: October 2, 2006
To support education, training, and policy development in Moldova.

Nigeria

Individual Grant – International Pain Policy Fellowship
Dr. Daisy Amanor-Boadu
$14,000
Grant period: September 1, 2006 – September 1, 2008
To support the development of a project that will review and analyze the legal and regulatory frameworks in the country regarding the access and availability of opioid analgesics for pain management for cancer and AIDS patients, and all patients with life-limiting illness.

Panama

Individual Grant- International Pain Policy Fellowship
Dr. Rosa Buitrago
$14,000
Grant period: September 1, 2006 – September 1, 2008
To support the development of a project that will review and analyze the legal and regulatory frameworks in the country regarding the access and availability of opioid analgesics for pain management for cancer and AIDS patients, and all patients with life-limiting illness.

Romania

Hospice Casa Sperantei
George Ungureanu
$15,102.50 (matched; $15,102.50 from Roma Health Project)
Grant period: November 1, 2006 – November 1, 2007
To increase the access to palliative care for patients from the Roma community through education and direct care.

Sierra Leone

Individual Grant – International Pain Policy Fellowship
Mr. Gabriel Madiye
$14,000
Grant period: September 1, 2006 – September 1, 2008
To support the development of a project that will review and analyze the legal and regulatory frameworks in the country regarding the access and availability of opioid analgesics for pain management for cancer and AIDS patients, and all patients with life-limiting illness.

Serbia

BELhospice and the Clinical Center of Serbia
Natasa Milicevic, MD      
$16,174.03
Grant period: August 1, 2006 to August 1, 2008
To provide a two-year grant to a general hospital with a focused oncology program to support the salary of a clinical palliative care physician to develop a palliative care program, providing that BELhospice will pay the remaining 50 percent salary support during the second year of the candidate’s work.

Individual Grant – International Pain Policy Fellowship
Dr. Snezana Bosnjak
$14,000
Grant period: September 1, 2006 – September 1, 2008
To support the development of a project that will review and analyze the legal and regulatory frameworks in the country regarding the access and availability of opioid analgesics for pain management for cancer and AIDS patients, and all patients with life-limiting illness.

South Africa

Open Society Foundation – South Africa
Zohra Dawood
$3,950
To support the travel costs of Elizabeth Gwyther of the Hospice and Palliative Care Association of South Africa to the American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine meeting in Nashville, Tennessee.

Open Society Foundation – South Africa
Zohra Dawood
$12,833 (matching; $12,833 from the Law and Health Initiative)
Grant date: December 8, 2006
To support the Hospice Palliative Care Association of South Africa in their project "Linking Legal Advocates and Palliative Care Providers."  Funding will support the establishment of a Reference Committee and the hiring of an administrative person to support and promote communication and collaboration between palliative care providers and paralegals in South Africa.  LAHI, IPCI, and OSF-SA will each support 1/3 of the total grant amount ($38,500).

Ukraine

IRF Ukraine
Masha Savchuk
$5,081
Grant date: October 5, 2006
To support two costs – the first in the amount of $81.00 for the invitation letter sent via DHL to Marie Coughlan. The second, in the amount of $5,000.00 for “The Right to Live.” Headed by Galina Maistruk, the project will focus on palliative care and the protection of rights for patients needing palliative care.

IRF Ukraine
Masha Savchuk
$5,311
Grant date: November 21, 2006
To support the travel and related expenses of Alexander Wolf, Marie Coughlan’s in-country counterpart for the needs assessment.

Tajikistan

Open Society Institute Assistance Foundation
Zarina Abdullaeva
$1,000 (matching)
Grant date: November 30, 2006
To support the printing and publication of the needs assessment.

Vietnam

Individual Grant – International Pain Policy Fellowship
Mrs. Nguyen Thi Phoung Cham
$14,000
Grant period: September 1, 2006 – September 1, 2008
To support the development of a project that will review and analyze the legal and regulatory frameworks in the country regarding the access and availability of opioid analgesics for pain management for cancer and AIDS patients, and all patients with life-limiting illness.

Regional

African Palliative Care Association
Dr. Faith Mwangi-Powell
$14,000
Grant period: September 1, 2006 – September 1, 2008
To support Henry Ddungu to develop a project that will review and analyze the legal and regulatory frameworks in the region regarding the access and availability of opioid analgesics for pain management for cancer and AIDS patients, and all patients with life-limiting illness.

African Palliative Care Association
Dr. Faith Mwangi-Powell
$4,275
Grant period: July 1, 2006 – August 31, 2006
To support the participation of an African Palliative Care Association representative in the 2006 International AIDS Conference in Toronto.

African Palliative Care Association
Dr. Faith Mwangi-Powell
$10,000
Grant period: October 2006 – March 2007
To support the printing and distribution of A Clinical Guide to Supportive and Palliative Care for HIV/AIDS in Sub-Saharan Africa.

African Palliative Care Association
Dr. Faith Mwangi-Powell
$187,880
Grant period: December 1, 2006 – December 31, 2008
To provide partial salary support for the Executive Director and the Monitoring and Evaluation Officer of the African Palliative Care Association for a two year period of time, and partial support for the development of a pediatric outcome measurement scale to be used throughout Africa.

African Palliative Care Association
Dr. Faith Mwangi-Powell
$23,000 (funded by the Public Health Program)
Grant period: January 1, 2007 – January 1, 2008
To support a conference session at the APCA International Palliative Care Conference in Nairobi, Kenya in 2007 on “Global Fund Support of Palliative Care Activities in Africa.”

East East Program
Mary Frances Lindstrom
$18,000 (matching)
To support the project, “Social Innovations in Palliative Care: Experiences in Moldova, Romania, and Ukraine.”

Help the Hospices
Claire Morris
$10,080
Grant period: June 1, 2006 – August 31, 2006
To support the presence of palliative care at the conference in order to increase understanding of the role of palliative care in the management of HIV/AIDS, particularly in resource-poor settings. To provide a learning and networking opportunity for palliative care professionals involved in Vietnam and Russia.

Help the Hospices
Nick Pahl
$140,452 (funded by the Public Health Program)
Grant period: December 15, 2006 – March 31, 2010
To support researching the experiences of hospice and palliative care services with the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria in order to discover the challenges and successes facing hospice and palliative care services when accessing Global Fund funds; this research will then lead to technical assistance for services in accessing funds, opportunities for service providers to engage with the Fund, and advocacy with the Fund on recommendations to improve the mechanisms for funding for hospice and palliative care services in order to improve care for people living with HIV/AIDS.

Hospice Palliative Care Association of South Africa
Dr. Liz Gwyther
$23,850
Grant period: January 1, 2007 – December 1, 2007
To support the salaries of two faculty members (social worker and nurse) of the interdisciplinary palliative care training program at the University of Cape Town Palliative Medicine Unit and their development and implementation of a postgraduate training program for health care professionals other than physicians.

Human Rights Watch
Seth Davis
$4,500
Grant period: June 24, 2006 – July 24, 2006
To fund the attendance of a representative of Human Rights Watch at OSI’s conference on palliative care and pain management to be held in Kampala, Uganda, from June 27 – June 29, 2006. 

Hungarian Hospice Foundation
Katalin Muszbek
$25,000
Grant period: January 1, 2007 – January 1, 2008
To support the Hungarian Hospice Foundation’s four international training programs to be held in 2007 for hospice and palliative care, and to provide salary support to the project manager, staff, and numerous trainers.

Hungarian Hospice-Palliative Association
Dr. Katalin Hegedus
$17,540
Grant period: January 1, 2007 – December 31, 2007
To support the continued development of the monthly online Palliative Care Newsletter in English and Russian languages.

International Observatory on End of Life Care, Lancaster University
David Clark
$29,782
Grant period: May 1, 2006 – January 31, 2007
Funds to identify national and international foundations and agencies that provide funding for hospice and palliative care activities in developing countries.

International Observatory on End of Life Care, Lancaster University
David Clark
$10,000
Grant period: January 1, 2007 – December 1, 2007
To support the International Observatory on End of Life Care’s (IOELC) continued revision of existing hospice and palliative care country reports for Central and Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union, and the dissemination of information from publications and presentations on new developments in the palliative care services in 28 countries for posting on its website.

International Network for Cancer Treatment and Research
Dr. Ian Magrath
$24,035
Grant period: August 1, 2006 – July 31, 2007
To increase access to palliative care in Tanzania and other countries in the region by creating a center of excellence, involving patient care, education and research at the Ocean Road Cancer Institute in Dar es Salaam in conjunction with the International Network for Cancer Treatment and Research.

International Psycho-Oncology Society (IPOS)
Luigi Grassi
$10,000
To support the travel of persons from developing countries to attend the IPOS conference.

Eric Krakauer
$1,988
Travel grant / Requested February 8, 2006
To support study tour of established palliative care programs in Southeast Asia.

European Association for Palliative Care
Carl Johan Fürst
$15,000
Grant period: February 1, 2006 – June 10, 2007
To increase the number of active participants from Eastern Europe in the EAPC conference in Budapest 2007, by making travel grants available for delegates from Eastern European countries.

European Society of Medical Oncology
Dr. Aage Schultz
$24,140
Grant period: April 1, 2006 – March 31, 2007
To sponsor palliative care speakers at ESMO sponsored conferences

World Health Organization – EURO
Dr. Agis D. Tsouros
$37,000
Grant period: April 1, 2006 – June 1, 2006
To spread awareness of comprehensive palliative care based on the best available scientific evidence and to stimulate debate and action in all CIS countries by achieving the widest possible dissemination of the Russian version of the two WHO booklets: "The Solid Facts of Palliative Care" and “Better Palliative Care for Older People.”