Advocacy & Awareness Creation
Objective: To advocate for a supportive environment and increase understanding of palliative care among stakeholders in Uganda.
We conduct national, district, and community advocacy activities for palliative care, advocate for the early initiation of palliative care for children and adults with cancer, and importantly support children with cancer to start and continue treatment at cancer treatment centers (SHiNE Program), strengthen the empowerment program for childcare-givers – Road to Hope, share palliative care information in different languages, advocate for the availability and access to Palliative Care medicines, including oral liquid morphine as well as access to essential equipment, patient support, devices, technologies, and supplies as well as support and coordinate Stakeholder meetings to develop the national palliative care strategy. We also hold awareness activities and trainings that promote Palliative care as a human right and ensure inclusivity in palliative care programming for persons with disability, older persons, armed forces, and other vulnerable populations like prisoners as well as coordinate all the actors, members, and civil society in the organization and mobilization for the commemoration of the World Hospice and Palliative Care Day activities in Uganda.
