Jun 4, 2014

The IASP Developing Countries Working Group has announced the winners of grants to improve the scope and availability of education for pain clinicians. The winners receive up to US$10,000 to combine practical instruction with theory via courses, lectures, or demonstrations to develop education curricula or to develop distance-learning materials. Thirty-six individuals from 23 countries applied for the grants. Here is a list of the winners and their projects:

Andrew Amata, Guyana Pain Management and Palliative Care for New Clinicians: Principles and Practice
Adrian Belii, Moldova Inter-Professional Simulation Based Training in Pain Assessment and Treatment of Chronic Pain in Family Medicine Practice
Abderrahmane Chahidi, Morocco Fundamental and Clinical Bases of Neuropathic Pain
Nahla Gafer, Sudan Training of 100 Multidisciplinary Health Professionals on Pain Assessment and Management
Babita Ghai, India Pain Education in the Graduate Nursing School at a Tertiary Care Center in India
Samina Ismail, Pakistan Pain Relief in Women: A Need for Educational Courses in Pakistan
Hellen Kariuki, Kenya A Multidisciplinary Pain Educational Course for Health Care Workers in Eastlands, Nairobi
Speciosa Kimenye, Kenya Pain Management Training Course for Orthopedic Surgeons, Residents, and Nurses at an Orthopedic Surgical Hospital in Rural Kenya
Li Li, China Elective Course on Geriatric Pain Management for Undergraduates: An Inter-Professional Approach
Institute of Hospice and Palliative Care (IHPCA), Hospice Africa Uganda (HAU) (Founder and Primary Organizer: Anne Merriman), Uganda Bachelor of Science in Palliative Care
Narine Movsisyan, Armenia The Postgraduate Pain Management Curriculum for Primary Care Physicians
Kybele, Inc.(President: Medge Owen), USA-Ghana Multi-Country Obstetric Anesthesia Training in Regional Anesthesia and Analgesia Techniques
Igor Radchuk, Ukraine Tactic of Treatment of Chronic Cancer Pain
M.R. Rajagopal, India Project for Educating Medical and Nursing Students on Managing Persistent Pain Through Appropriate Utilization of WHO Ladder Analgesics and Interventional Techniques
Brigadier Mohammad Salim, Pakistan Workshops on Palliative Care for Cancer Patients
Palanisamy Vijayanand, India Essential Pain Management-Lite (EPM-Lite)
Hong Xiao, China A Pain Education Course for Multidisciplinary Primary Practitioners in the Community Hospital of Chengdu