Cairdeas Gathering, 5th December in Aberdeen
Cairdeas
1st December 2018
You are warmly invited to join us for our annual Gathering of supporters and friends old and new of Cairdeas International Palliative Care Trust, to hear updates on our work all over the world over the past year, and to hear how you can support our work.
The Garthering will take place on Wednesday 5th December 2018 from 7pm to 8.30pm in Gerrard Street Baptist Church, Aberdeen
The event will be hosted by Cairdeas' Medical Director, Dr Mhoira Leng, Cairdeas Trustee, Jacqui Mackintosh and Gerrard Street Baptist Church, long time supporters of the work of Cairdeas.
Dr Mhoira Leng is back in Scotland for a short visit. Mhoira spends most of the year working in Kampala, Ugadna as Head of Palliative Care for the Mulago and Makerere Palliative Care Unit, and this is a unique opportunity to hear first hand about the work and progress of Cairdeas.
Dr Mhoira Leng (centred) pictured in the Royal College of Physicians during her recent trip to Edinburgh. Also pictured (left to right): Grahame Tosh, Dave Fearon and Nahla Gafer
Global Palliative Care Day 2018: Healing the Nations; Leaving None Behind
Cairdeas
11th October 2018
The University of Edinburgh, Cairdeas International Palliative Care Trust and the International Children’s Palliative Care Network invite you to a global palliative care day on Thursday November 29th2018 (09:00 – 16:00) at the University of Edinburgh.
Exploring the theme of ‘Healing the Nations; Leaving None Behind’, there will be presentations and panel discussions on:
Palliative Care and Universal Health Care (UHC);
Review of the 2018 Lancet Commission Report;
A celebration of 10 years of evidence based palliative care work in Uganda;
Commission on palliative care – establishing indicators, measuring outcomes and learning lessons from Africa;
Case studies from Sudan, Nepal, North India, Gaza and Bangladesh;
Leadership – sharing lessons learned for palliative care and midwifery and Uganda nurse leaders.
Venue: St Catherine's Argyle Hall, 61-63 Grange Road, Edinburgh, EH9 1TY
To register a place at the conference please click on this Eventbrite link.
Screening of “Hippocratic: 18 Experiments in Gently Shaking the World”
Cairdeas
7th October 2018
On Monday 8th October 2018, from 6pm - 8.30pm in the Royal College of Physicians (Queen Street, Edinburgh), the Scottish premiere screening of "Hippocratic: 18 Experiments in Gently Shaking the World", will take place. A must-see documentary for all those interested in the power of the human spirit, human rights and social justice - tickets are free, but must be booked in advance via the following link: http://Screening of "Hippocratic: 18 Experiments in Gently Shaking the World". The film tells the story of global health leader, and friend of Cairdeas, Dr Rajagopal, who is one of those leading the way in palliative care programmes in India.