Welcome
Welcome to the Hospice and Palliative Care Association of South Africa's Paediatric Palliative Care Virtual Resource centre. This resource has been developed by HPCA with the generous support of the Diana Princess of Wales Memorial Fund and the Open Society Institute.
The centre aims to provide multi-disciplinary professionals (doctors, nurses, social workers, educators, psychologists, counsellors, clergy and other spiritual workers) working in South Africa with useful resources and on-line clinical support to improve palliative care provided to children living with life limiting and life threatening illnesses.
The new WHO Guidelines for Pharmacological Treatment of Persisting Pain in children with Medical Illnesses are out.
Help us reach the target at the 3rd SA TB Conference from the 12th -15th June 2012 in Durban
The 2012 World Cancer Congress is taking shape, read on to see what is new this month with the Preliminary Programme, Call for Abstracts, Early Bird Registration and the Global Village.
The Children and HIV: Closing the Gap - Ending Vertical Transmission through Community Action Symposium will build on the evidence presented at the three previous children’s symposia. It will examine how a wide range of community based responses can contribute to the successful scale-up of effective PMTCT programmes.
2 copies of the 'Children's Palliative Care in Africa' textbook and a R200 gift voucher for Exclusive Books to be won. Fill in the survey and stand a chance to win.
HeadSmart is a project that aims to enhance the awareness of symptoms of brain tumours in children and young people.
This website is intended for the public and for health professionals, to help to improve diagnosis of childhood brain tumours.
To find out more go to:
http://www.headsmart.org.uk/home/
News from the United States of America
The CCCR provision (Section 2302 of the ACA) states that children under the age of 21 who have been diagnosed with a life-limiting illness—and are eligible for Medicaid or the Children’s Health Insurance Program—may receive all services that are related to the treatment of a child’s life-limiting illness. This would allow these young people to have palliative and hospice care services while they are receiving other disease-modifying treatments.
