Category Archives: PALLIATIVE CARE IN HUMANITARIAN CRISES

When a palliative care doctor becomes a refugee.

Posted on June 27, 2023 by pallcare

A war in Sudan between two parts of the military government began in April 2023. Dr Nahla Gafer, a palliative care doctor, had to flee Khartoum, four days into the war which is devastating the capital. In the early years … Continue reading →

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A year of work during the war: Sheptytsky Hospital palliative department, Ukraine.

Posted on February 24, 2023 by pallcare

On 24th February 2022, Russia invaded Ukraine.  As part of our blog series about the impact of the war in Ukraine, and to mark one year since the Russian invasion, Kristina Keleman, from Sheptytsky Hospital, Lviv, Ukraine, reflects on an … Continue reading →

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From Germany to Ukraine: A hospice bridge of solidarity.

Posted on April 13, 2022 by pallcare

The next in our series on the impact of the war in Ukraine is a post from Andreas Stähli, Head of the Academy at Johannes Hospice in Münster, Germany, about a bond of trust between two hospices. As I write … Continue reading →

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Life in Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine.

Posted on March 21, 2022 by pallcare

The next in our series on the impact of the war in Ukraine is a post from Iryna Slugotska, Head of the Regional Clinical Palliative Care Centre in Ivano-Frankivsk, Western Ukraine. My name is Iryna Slugotska. I graduated from the … Continue reading →

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I live in Berlin.

Posted on March 8, 2022 by pallcare

The second of the EAPC blog series on the impact of the war in Ukraine is a post from Claudia Sütfeld, Journalist and #EAPC2023 Congress Co-ordinator. I live in Berlin, less than 900 km from the Ukrainian border. The war … Continue reading →

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