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Joanne Rosen
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Joanne Rosen

Chief Marketing & Public Affairs Officer, Samaritan Healthcare & Hospice As a member of Samaritan’s senior leadership team, Rosen provides leadership and oversight for all marketing and public affairs operations to support Samaritan’s mission, vision and strategic goals. Samaritan is a community-based, not-for-profit provider serving the southern New Jersey region. Samaritan provides home-based primary care,...

Paul Z. Mmbando
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Paul Z. Mmbando

Health Programs Director, Evangelical Lutheran Church in Tanzania (ELCT) Dr. Mmbando is a Health Programs Director at the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Tanzania (ELCT). He also heads the ELCT Palliative Care Program – which is the largest palliative care program in Tanzania with about 25 active hospital-based palliative care teams. Dr. Mmbando helped lead the...

Olaitan Soyannwo
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Olaitan Soyannwo

President, Centre for Palliative Care Nigeria, Professor of Anesthesia, Consultant Anesthesia, Pain and Palliative Care Professor Soyannwo is a cofounder and president of the Centre for Palliative Care Nigeria and is a professor of anesthesia and consultant in anesthesia, pain and palliative care. She has served as the Head of Department of Anesthesia and Dean...

Happy New Year!
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Happy New Year!

The holidays are behind us and we’re cautiously – but optimistically –looking forward to another year of increasing access to palliative care through partnerships, education and collaboration.

When Funding Gets Tight
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When Funding Gets Tight

The provision of palliative care in a low-resource setting calls for dedication and innovation, even in the best of times. In rural settings, simply getting to patients – or patients to clinics or hospitals – is a major challenge.