International Cooperation in the Alleviation of Human Suffering

Case Report

Volume 5, Issue 3 (March Issue)

International Cooperation in the Alleviation of Human Suffering

Wilson Astudillo A¹, Carmen Mendinueta A², Antonio Salinas M³, Guida da Ponte⁴, Folaju Oyebola⁵, John Comba M⁶, Zemilson Bastos B Souza⁷, Fernando Carmona E⁸, Berta Moreno M⁹, Carmen de la Fuente H¹⁰, Sabina Ah Chu¹¹, Catherine D’Souza¹² and Michael Silbermann^13*

¹Neurologist and Family Medicine, Chairman of Palliative without borders, San Sebastián, Spain
²General physician, San Sebastián, Spain
³Radiotherapist in Hospital Universitario Virgen de la Candelaria, Tenerife, Spain
⁴Department of Psychiatry and Mental Health, Centro Hospitalar Barreiro-Montijo, Portugal
⁵Chief of Pain and Palliative Medicine Department, Federal Medical Center, Abeokouta, Nigeria
⁶Pathologist, Hospital Universitario Donostia, San Sebastián, Spain
⁷Anesthesiologist, Pain Medicine, Palliative care, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
⁸Paliativist, Hospital Universitario Puerta del Mar, Cádiz
⁹Urologist, Hospital de Urduliz, Vizcaya, Spain
¹⁰Internal Medicine, Palencia, Spain
¹¹Oncologist pediatrician, Panamá
¹²Palliative Care, South Canterbury Hospice, New Zealand
¹³Faculty of Medicine, Technion, Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel

^*Corresponding author: Michael Silbermann, Faculty of Medicine, Technion, Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel. E-mail: cancer@mecc-research.com

Received: January 13, 2023; Accepted: January 29, 2023; Published: February 15, 2023

Citation: Astudillo AW, Mendinueta CA, Silbermann M, et al. International Cooperation in the Alleviation of Human Suffering. Clin Image Case Rep J. 2023; 5(2): 299.

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Abstract

World Health needs require international partnership and cooperation, particularly with low and middle income countries (LMICs). While there is a need for continuous work to reduce premature deaths related to cancer, AIDS, endemic infectious diseases, and other ailments, diseases, wars, earthquakes, tsunamis, other disasters require prompt assistance, supportive care, and relief of pain. In this review, we will focus on how cancer care, suffering and pain, and how quality of healthcare can increase patient satisfaction and reduce inequalities around the world.

Keywords: Quality health systems; Severe suffering; Palliative care; Cancer; Premature death; Professional training; International health cooperation