The Palliative Care Education and Research Consortium (PcERC) was established in 2017 by a group of professionals as part of the work of the Makerere/Mulago palliative care unit which has been in existence since 2008 to support the further development and access for palliative care. We work in conjunction with
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Job Vacancy – Office Assistant (Cleaner)
The job holder takes care of the office premises and carries out cleaning duties. He/she provides housekeeping services to maintain the premises of PCAU in a safe, sanitary, and tidy condition at all times.
Job Vacancy – Locum Driver
The job holder will be responsible for safely transporting the team in the organization’s manual vehicles across the country while portraying the organization’s corporate image. The position involves occasional driving with or without staff in the vehicle and reports directly to the Administrative Assistant.
Mobile Health (mHealth) Palliative Care Surveillance: Pioneering Data-Driven Decision-Making for Palliative Care in Uganda
The Palliative Care Association of Uganda (PCAU) launched a groundbreaking mobile Health (mHealth) Palliative Care Surveillance program in 2015, initially spanning four health facilities. Utilizing Android smartphones and the Open Data Kit (ODK) application, the initiative aimed to collect aggregated data on palliative care service provision, facilitating informed decision-making, advocacy, research, and policy formulation.
Enhancing Palliative Care Data Collection Nationwide
Apart from our commitment to integrating palliative care into Uganda’s Health Care System, the Ministry of Health introduced specialized data collection tools integrated into the Health Management Information System (HMIS). These tools address the limitations of previous indicators, providing invaluable insights for policy formulation, decision-making, and research in palliative care.
Health-Related Suffering among Children from Impoverished Settings: A case of a mother and her baby failing TB and advanced HIV Disease in South Western Uganda
How help came to a very sick mother with her seemingly dying baby and her other 2 children:
In 2022, a community volunteer in southwestern Uganda was concerned about the plight of a dying baby with her mother who lived in a small makeshift. The two lived with two other young children in a very impoverished family of four people. The community volunteer approached the palliative care team at Kitagata Hospital for help. The Hospital is located about 3 miles from the village where the venerable family lives.
First Quarter 2024 updates from PCAU
Dear PCAU Members and Friends,
Thank you so much for your continued support and connection with PCAU. Please receive our 1st quarter 2024 newsletter. We are most excited about our plans for this year as we celebrate 25 years of PCAU. I encourage you all to renew your membership and commit to supporting PCAU. As we celebrate 25 years, we take stock of how our focused investment has yielded compassion, holistic care, pain-relief, comfort, hope, and justice for individuals, families, and Ugandan communities.
Rotary Clubs Commit to Supporting Palliative Care
From March 1st – 3rd this year, we joined Rotary Clubs in Uganda for their Rotary Northern Mega Fellowship which was held in Arua City. They had a captivating theme: “Creating Hope in Palliation.”
The three days were filled with a spirit of compassion. Over 200 people from over 10 Rotary Clubs gathered and spoke about the main need to relieve pain and suffering among many patients and families faced with life-limiting illnesses.
Volunteering Opportunity
PCAU is seeking volunteer services from a dynamic and results-oriented communications and marketing professional. The officer will focus on strategic advocacy for the availability and access to palliative care, the organizational corporate image, interest generation, events management, information generation, and dissemination. He or she will oversee internal and external communications activities. They will support the management and delivery of the PCAU Communication Strategy. The officer will be directly responsible to the Advocacy and Communications Manager.
Breast Cancer Awareness and Fundraiser
On February 25th, 2024, we joined our partners the Uganda Cancer Society for their annual Cancer Sukuma Dance event in Kampala. We were official partners in the event this year.
This is an annual fitness, cancer awareness, and fundraising event with a specific theme also to commemorate World Cancer Day. This year the theme was: Restore Smiles, A Breast for Her.