News, October 2012

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  • United States of America
30.10.12 | Applications are open for the Pediatric Bioethics Certificate Program at Children’s Mercy Hospital
  • Applications are now being accepted for tue 2013-14, on-line, Certificate Program in Pediatric Bioethics.  

  • Swaziland
08.10.12 | The Swaziland Hospice Association march for World Hospice and Palliative Care Day 2012
  • World Hospice and Palliative Care day is for anyone and everyone who cares about or is involved in hospice and palliative care anywhere in the world. If you are an organisation or an individual, with or without experience of hospice and palliative care, you can do something to support hospice and palliative care worldwide.
  • United Kingdom
07.10.12 | Two year paediatric research grant launched by IAS
  • The International AIDS Society (IAS) has launched a major two-year paediatric research initiative: the Collaborative Initiative for Paediatric HIV Education and Research (CIPHER). The initiative is aimed at answering outstanding clinical and operational research questions needed to optimize clinical management and delivery of HIV services for infants, children and adolescents. 

  • Austria
02.10.12 | Governments failing to address “global pandemic of untreated cancer pain"
  • Landmark global survey reveals major shortcomings in many countries around the world.