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June 2024

May 31, 2024

Welcome to the June 2024 edition of Pallium India's newsletter. Read more to get updates from the palliative care world, upcoming events including training for professionals and volunteers, interesting articles, career opportunities and so on..
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Some Welcome Pharma News for India

September 18, 2012

In a recent case, The Delhi High Court held that Indian pharmaceutical company Cipla has not infringed upon the patent right of Swiss drug company [...]
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Life; interrupted: What it feels like to have chemotherapy

September 2, 2012

Look up the “side effects of chemotherapy” on the web and you are likely to find anywhere between 15 to 30 of them listed – [...]
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Supreme Court of India’s Ultimatum Regarding Morphine Availability

August 30, 2012

The Indian Supreme Court today warned the states that their Chief Secretaries would have to appear before it if they failed to comply with its [...]
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Travel Grants Available for EAPC Conference

April 12, 2012

Here is some news from the European Association for Palliative Care (EAPC) on the 7th World Research Congress, 7-9 June 2012. Applications are now open for travel [...]
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50/50: A Must See Film

March 28, 2012

You cannot afford to miss the feature film “50/50” directed by Jonathan Levine.  Inspired by a true story, the film shows you a 27 year [...]
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Jivdaya Foundation’s Palliative Care Efforts Grow by Leaps and Bounds

March 28, 2012

JivDaya Foundation (JDF) based in Dallas, Texas, USA was founded by Dr Vinay Jain and his wife. The foundation got into palliative care work in [...]
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A Very Special Summer Camp

March 28, 2012

Palliative care is a personal kind of care. It is provided in the home whenever possible. This means that the team gets to know the [...]
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Nigeria Improves Access to Pain Relief

March 7, 2012

We were very pleased to hear last week from Meg O’Brien, Ph.D., director of the Global Access to Pain Relief Initiative (GAPRI) of its collaboration [...]
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More Good News from Guatemala!

January 9, 2012

Dr Eva Duarte MD, Chief of Palliative Medicine and Symptom Control Department at National Cancer Institute of Guatemala, writes to share a piece of good [...]