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Development of palliative care in CIS countries
TUESDAY 5TH OCTOBER 2021
11.30 AM – 1.00 PM CET
12:30 – 14:00 Moscow 05.30 – 07.00 am Washington DC
Co-moderators: Diana Nevzorova & Stephen Connor
Opening of the section
Stephen Connor Executive Director, Worldwide Hospice Palliative Care Alliance
Diana Nevzorova Chief Specialist on palliative care of the Ministry of Health of the Russian
Federation, Chairman of the Board of the Hospice Care Professionals Association, Director of
Scientific and Practical Center for Palliative Care, I.M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical
University
Julie Ling Chief Executive Officer of the European Association for Palliative Care
Eric Krakauer Director, Global Palliative Care Program / Physician, Division of Palliative Care &
Geriatrics, Massachusetts General Hospital, Assoc Professor of Medicine and of Global Health &
Social Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Sophia Michaelson Executive Director, American Eurasian Cancer Alliance, Fox Chase Cancer Center
Part 1: Palliative care in the Russian Federation
11.35 am Development of palliative care in the Russian Federation
Diana Nevzorova
11.40 am Development of paediatric palliative care in Russian Federation: 2011-2021
Helena Polevichenko MD, PhD, Professor, Department of Oncology, Hematology and Radiation
Therapy of Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University, Chief specialist on paediatric
palliative care, Ministry of Health of Russian Federation, member of the Board of the Hospice Care
Professionals Association
11.50 am Pain relief in the Russian Federation: progress and prospects
Guzel Abuzarova MD, PhD, Head of Palliative Care Center, P. Hertsen Moscow Oncology Research
Institute, Expert, Scientific and Practical Center for Palliative Care, I.M. Sechenov First Moscow
State Medical University, member of the Board of the Hospice Care Professionals Association
12.00 pm Life-sustaining technologies. Respiratory support at home in the Russian
Federation
Olga Osetrova MD, Head of the Autonomous Non-Profit Organization “Samara Hospice”, member of
the Board of the Hospice Care Professionals Association, Chief Specialist on palliative care of the
Volga Federal District, member of the Board of the Hospice Care Professionals Association
12.08 pm Teaching palliative care in the Russian Federation
Alexander Sidorov MD, PhD, Head of Pharmacognosy and Pharmaceutical Technology Department,
Yaroslavl’ State Medical University, Ministry of Health of Russia, Senior Researcher, Scientific and
Practical Center for Palliative Care, I.M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University
Part 2: Palliative care in the post-Soviet space: Progress and obstacles for PC in the country
12.16 pm Republic of Belarus
Olga Mychko Secretary-General of the Belarus Red Cross Society
12.24 pm Republic of Moldova
Valerian Isak Chairman of the National Association for Palliative Care of the Republic of Moldova,
Chief Specialist of the PP of the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Moldova
12.32 pm Republic of Kazakhstan
Gulnara Kunirova President of the Kazakhstan Association for Palliative Care, Member of the Board of
Directors of the IAHPC, Executive Director of the “Together Against Cancer” Foundation
12.40 pm Republic of Tajikistan
Zafar Huseinov Professor, Chief Oncologist of the Ministry of Health and Social Protection of the
Republic of Tajikistan, Director of the Republican Cancer Research Center of the Ministry of Health
and Social Protection of the Republic of Tajikistan
12.48 Closing remarks
Diana Nevzorova
12.55 Discussion of the Resolution for the section