The pack was developed during 2011 as a result of being awarded funding from the Beacons Programme (an engagement fund supported by Cardiff University, University of Glamorgan, BBC Wales and Techniquest).
This paper will discuss the Beacon Centres programme, a programme to develop children's palliative care services in South Africa, Uganda and Tanzania, through the development of Beacon sites to provide training and clinical experience in children's palliative care (CPC).
The Beacon Centres programme was set up in 2009, aimed at improving access to CPC in South Africa, Uganda and Tanzania through more and better-trained health professionals and CPC clinical services of a high standard.
The Beacon Centres programme, funded through The Diana, Princess of Wales Memorial Fund (The Fund), arose out of this need to build capacity, not only for providing CPC, but also to train and mentor health professionals in the field.
The Beacon Centres Programme was set up in 2009 with the objective of improving access to CPC in South Africa, Uganda and Tanzania through increasing trained health professionals to deliver CPC clinical services of a high standard.
The pre-publication history for this paper can be accessed here: http://www.biomedcentral.com/1472-684X/12/8/prepub The authors would like to thank all those who have participated in the Beacon Centre programme in Tanzania, Uganda and South Africa, including all of the staff at PASADA, Mildmay and HPCA, the students and associated organisations.
But Facebook's first really serious backlash came around the creation of an advertising programme called "Beacon", which it launched in late 2007.
Additionally, templates were folded and secondary structures avoided using MFold programme and beacon hairpin melting temperatures were calculated using the Zucker software.
Bruce Etherington, programme manager for Wales's beacon, says the project has helped academics realise public engagement can be something universities want them to do as part of their job.
