Mental Health in Palliative Care Workshop – Jordan

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SANAD’s Mental Health team and president presented a workshop about Palliative and Hospice care at the King Hussein Cancer Center in Jordan. The objective of the workshop was to enhance the knowledge and skills of psychologists and nurses required to address psychosocial and psychological issues that impact people with advanced chronic or terminal illnesses, and their caregivers based on international …

Patience Assistance and Care Excellence Congress

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SANAD participated in the Patient’s Assistance and Care Excellence Congress (PACE) 2019 ‘Palliative Care Day’ at the Notre Dame Des Secours University Hospital. A presentation about SANAD’s Model was presented by our medical director Dr Salam Jalloul. In addition to that, our Registered Nurse Mira Obeid and our Nursing Director Zeinab Zebara conducted two workshops – one being on pain …

Mental Health Curriculum for Health Care Providers in Palliative Care Settings

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SANAD has signed an Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the National Mental Health Program at the Ministry of Public Health, to facilitate the implementation of mental health and/or substance use related activities/projects, in line with the “Mental Health and Substance Use Strategy for Lebanon 2015-2020”. This project includes: developing a curriculum for mental health professionals working in palliative care and …

Social Worker Capacity Building on Conducting Support Groups for Parents of Children with Cancer at the Children’s Cancer Center of Lebanon (CCCL)

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The Children’s Cancer Center of Lebanon (CCCL), supported by WHO, are collaborating with SANAD to build and enhance the capacity of social workers at the CCCL to run support groups for parents of children with cancer. SANAD will: develop and provide the training to the social workers, shadow the social workers while leading the parent support groups and monitor and …