Asia Pacific Hospice Palliative Care Network

23/11/2025

In a thought-provoking piece in International Association for Hospice and Palliative Care Pallinews, they explore how digital tools — from apps to virtual assistants — are being integrated into palliative care to support patients, caregivers, and healthcare professionals. These “digital aids” offer new ways to ease suffering, improve communication, and make care more accessible, especially in low-resource settings. 👇

At the Oceanic Palliative Care Conference in September, I was struck by the rapid evolution in community-based and digital care. Digital care is not about replacing the essential human element of our work, but enhancing our ability to deliver it effectively and compassionately.

21/11/2025

Meet the doctor who defied expectations and dedicated her career to easing the suffering of New Zealand’s dying children. In her profile piece, Michele Hewitson explores how this physician overcame early doubt, charted a unique path, and now stands as a quiet hero in paediatric palliative care.

Read the full profile here 👇

The Listener: After a childhood of violence and broken dreams, Amanda Evans has forged a career making a huge difference to the lives of dying children. She is one of only two palliative-care specialists for children in NZ

20/11/2025

We are thrilled to share our key takeaways from the 4th ICPCN - International Children's Palliative Care Network International Conference on Children's Palliative Care. The event in Manila celebrated crucial "Milestones" achieved and illuminated the ambitious "Horizons" still ahead.

The power of collaboration and commitment was palpable. We return with a renewed dedication to ensuring that no child, no family, and no community walks this journey alone.

Read the full article for conference highlights, inspiring moments, and what this momentum means for the future of children's palliative care in the Asia Pacific region👇

A transformative gathering of the global children's palliative care community

20/11/2025

Kythe Foundation, Inc., said on Monday that many hospitals in the Philippines lack “child life services” essential to the overall well-being of sick children. “The levels of anxiety in these children significantly decreased upon the provision of the child life services,” Kythe Foundation Con...

20/11/2025

KUCHING (Nov 19): Deputy Premier Datuk Amar Dr Sim Kui Hian has shared candidly about his mother Puan Sri Datin Amar Lim Su Kheng’s battle with colon cancer. Diagnosed in March last year, he said she underwent surgery, chemotherapy, and radiotherapy, which kept her well for eight months before the...

19/11/2025

Lien Centre for Palliative Care is thrilled to announce that enrollment is now open for the third run of their Graduate Certificate Programme in Health Economic Evaluation (GCP-HEE)!

This fully online, evening programme (Mondays and Wednesdays from 6 to 9pm) is designed to provide the skills required to conduct high quality health economics and outcomes research.

🗓Courses begin 26 January 2026

For more info or to register 👇

SGD $5400 (USD $4000) per course for each of 4 courses. Singapore citizens and PRs are eligible for SkillsFuture discounts of up to 90%

18/11/2025

✨ Join us for the fifth and final session of our 2025 Webinar Series!

Our upcoming session will be on “Rehabilitation in Palliative Care: Exploring techniques to enhance patient mobility, quality of life, and independence through rehabilitation services in a palliative setting".

🗓 4 December 2025 (Thursday)
🕝 2:30–3:30 pm SGT
💻 Live on Zoom | 1-hour session + Q&A

For this session, we are honoured to have Luca Lucchesi (Australia), Dr Julie Brose (Australia) and Low Su Jiun (Malaysia) as our speakers and with Dr Rachel Coghlan as our moderator!

Registration is free! Hurry and secure your spot now: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/uoYaOY6GRv6ESujueGUx_w

18/11/2025