in id21 insights health. This issue provides insight into the key issues of introducing palliative care in poor countries.

Conference news article by Daloni Carlisle, published in British Medical Journal 8 November 2003.

WHO Report, published in 2004.

A range of relevant documents available for download, including "Palliative Care Advocacy Workshop", "Palliative Care Milestones" and "Palliative Care Background Information" by Dr Faith Mwangi-Powell.

Clinical review by Wood CG, Whittet S and Bradbeer CS. Full text, published in British Medical Journal 1997 Nov 29; 315(7120): 1433-1436 available from this site.

Founded in 2003, to help support and promote the development of palliative care and palliative care professionals throughout Africa. It is made up of professionals and others with a special interest in the promotion of palliative care, and National and Local palliative care associations /programmes.

Assessment Tools and Guidelines developed by the Regional Palliative Care Program and references for assessment tools used but not developed by the program. (Regional Palliative Care Program in Edmonton Alberta)

Produced on 23 October 2003 in response to increased global public health funding initiatives to HIV/AIDS care in Africa, this study aimed to describe practice models, strategies and challenges to delivering end-of-life care in sub-Saharan Africa.

Generates support and technical assistance for hospice, palliative care and home-based care programs for the terminally ill in sub-Saharan Africa.

A number of reports, publications, tool kits and other documents available from this site, some are free to download.

Objectives: **To provide a palliative care service to patients and families, within a 20km radius of Hospice and to promote this care throughout Uganda. **To carry out education programmes in palliative medicine, to health professionals at undergraduate and postgraduate levels throughout Uganda so that this form of care can be available to all in need. **To encourage the initiation/consolidation of palliative care in other African countries, by providing a facility at Hospice Uganda for training, and experience of Palliative care working in the African context.

Information on hospices and palliative care services worldwide, provided by Help the Hospices and St Christopher's Hospice in the UK.

The Mission of Hospice Palliative Care Association of South Africa is to provide an holistic and individually tailored palliative care service to all who require such a service, irrespective of the ability to pay.

Archive of HIV/AIDS -related articles in journal 'Innovations in End-of-Life Care'

Integrated Management of Adolescent and Adult Illness (IMAI) modules, part of the WHO's 3 by 5 -initiative. Sections include: Acute care; Chronic HIV care with antiretroviral therapy; General principles of good chronic care; Palliative care.

International Association for Hospice and Palliative Care

To find out about palliative care in a specific country.

Published by the US Department of Health and Human Services in August 2004.

The ultimate goal of the conference, held in Kiev, Ukraine, was to improve the care and treatment of HIV/AIDS patients in Moldova, Russia and Ukraine, and to make sure that palliative care is available for these patients from the time of diagnosis on and not limited to the last days or weeks of life. Most presentations available online (PowerPoint).

This section can be used in whole or in part as an introduction to the other training modules. It provides a brief overview of palliative care and its importance in HIV/AIDS care. PDF.