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Global Fund e Forum
Hello to All,
In an effort to raise awareness of the need for increased and accurate palliative care in the spectrum of care for those suffering from HIV/AIDS and other terminal illnesses, we invite you to provide feedback to the Global Fund eForum. Please read below for the details. We feel that this is an important opportunity to challenge the GF to pay more attention to the inclusion of and betterment of palliative care in their various programs. Please join us in a collaborative effort.
Sincerely,
The NHPCO & FHSSA team
The on-line discussions leading up to the second Partnership Forum of the Global Fund to fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria are now open: http://forum.theglobalfund.org/. This eForum and the ensuing meeting to be held in Durban on 2-3 July 2006 are a unique opportunity for all Global Fund stakeholders to have their voices heard and to contribute to strategic and broad policy development. You are invited to join in and share your thoughts in either one of four languages: English, French, Spanish or Russian.
Over the next 5 months there will be moderated discussions on four key themes (see below) and weekly topics will be developed and introduced by our moderation team. Before we start with the first weekly topic next Monday, we would like to invite you to share your comments on any success or challenge you feel the Global Fund is experiencing in your country or at a more global level. You also have the opportunity, as you will throughout the duration of the eForum, to come up with any suggestion for discussion topics in relation to the four following themes:
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The Global Fund strategic positioning – what is the appropriate role of the Fund in the fight against the three diseases as part of national and international efforts?
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Ensuring impact – how can the Fund improve the ways it works towards fighting the three diseases? – E.g. by optimizing how and what it funds, helping to ensure strong grant performance, better tapping the potential of civil society and the private sector, and positively influencing the global market for essential health products.
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Working more efficiently with local and global partners – how can the Fund work more harmoniously with local and global partners to reduce transaction costs and ensure the lasting impact of the programs it funds? – E.g. through changes to its financing model and architecture.
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Ensuring Global Fund financial sustainability – how can the Fund and all its partners further improve and diversify their resource mobilization efforts to secure predictable and sustainable financial support at the country level?
Thank you for your commitment to the fight against AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria and for your interest in the Global Fund.
Palliative care: a basic human right
The global HIV pandemic has raised awareness of the need to provide care for those suffering from incurable diseases. Palliative care aims to maximise the quality of life and relieve the suffering of patients and their families.
The latest issue of 'id21 insights health' is edited by Richard Harding, King's College London, with contributions including:
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Liliana De Lima, International Association for Hospice and Palliative Care, examines whether the WHO's palliative care strategy is working in Latin America.
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Liz Gwyther, Hospice Palliative Care Association of South Africa, calls for palliative care to be an integral part of every health care professional's role.
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Anne Merriman, Hospice Africa Uganda, on the success story that is Uganda's palliative car service and how it is a model for the rest of Africa.
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Olivia Dix, Diana Princess of Wales Memorial Fund, argues that donors must think and act strategically both together and with existing health systems to support palliative care.
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Suresh Kumar, Neighbourhood Network in Palliative Care (Kerala, India), highlights a remarkable experiment in Kerala where local communities have created the first large scale palliative care programme of its kind in a developing country.
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