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Giving Tuesday – Special Hearts to Nurture Every Child (1)2023
SHiNE Child Program
As we come together to celebrate the abundance in our lives, let’s transform our gratitude into meaningful action. In Uganda, many face life-threatening illnesses without access to palliative care. This Giving Tuesday on the 28th of November, 2023, join the Palliative Care Association of Uganda (PCAU) to bring comfort, support, and dignity to children who are facing sickness and vulnerability together with their impoverished families.
PCAU’s Position Paper on the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (Control) Bill, 2023.
On 2nd August 2023, the Executive Director of the Palliative Care Association of Uganda (PCAU), Mark Donald Mwesiga led a delegation to meet the Committee on Health Parliament of the Republic of Uganda. The delegation was composed of representatives from PCAU Members and partner organizations as well as the Ministry of Health.
PCAU Research Grants 2024
We developed a focused and multidisciplinary Research Agenda to strategically support the research direction for Palliative Care Research and Information by PCAU. Click to read more about the Research Agenda PCAU can offer limited and highly competitive research grants, designed to support graduate students, health workers, and academia in Uganda
30 years of Palliative Care in Uganda: PCAU energized with a new Strategic Plan
The Palliative Care Association of Uganda (PCAU) is one of the pioneer national Palliative Care Associations on the African Continent. Founded in 1999, PCAU is the umbrella civil society organization for all who advocate for and support the government to integrate palliative care into Uganda’s health system. The association has
Research Agenda
The PCAU Research Agenda (RA) provides focus and direction for Palliative Care Research andstrategic information by the Palliative Care Association of Uganda (PCAU). The developmentof the research agenda was accomplished through a consultative process covering a widerange of stakeholders and is aligned with the PCAU strategic plan (2022-2026), APCA’s 2020-2030
