This year, PCAU launched the initiative to create the pioneer compassionate community in Uganda. Our initiative of the compassionate community is rooted in a health promotion approach to palliative care, aiming to support solidarity among community members at the end of life. Its to empower ‘community to support community’. We will raise consciousness among the people of Lweza Zone B in Wakiso district to recognize the power they have and how they can all work together to address the issues of caregiving, grief, and bereavement that affect them. The need for palliative care is universal. PCAU is working with Taibah International School and the Lweza Community Health Program to deliver this important initiative.
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The graduation of another Advanced Diploma in Palliative Care Nursing Cohort -2023
By Joyce Zalwango Capacity Building Manager Read brief Stories about our recent activities
When I Visited a Home of a Child Who Faced Cancer in Rural Uganda
The first thing I and the team at Kitagata Hospital saw was the bright and smiling face of a young seven-year-old girl. She guided us into her home where her parents greeted us.
On the surface, she seemed like a happy seven-year-old, but the reality was that she had been battling leukemia for the last three years of her life. Only recently had she gone into remission. This was no small feat, and her family was greatly supported by Project SHiNE, a transport program for pediatric cancer patients run by Kitagata Hospital and supported by the Palliative Care Association of Uganda (PCAU).
Special Hearts to Nurture Every Child Program
SHiNE Child Program
‘’Our conviction is that we can raise a community of compassionate people to support children from impoverished families who are facing challenging life situations to realize their full potential.’’
Commemorating the World Hospice and Palliative Care Day (WHPCD) 2023 in Uganda
Uganda Joins the rest of the world this week to commemorate the WHPCD 2023. The theme of the WHPCD 2023 is Compassionate Communities: Together for Palliative Care.
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 Petitions Parliament on the State of Palliative Care in Uganda
The Palliative Care Association of Uganda has petitioned Parliament for the second time in three years ahead of the World Hospice and Palliative Care Day 2022 commemoration.
PCAU Double Awarded at the 7th International African Palliative Care Conference
The Palliative Care Association of Uganda was not only recognized for its support and contribution to improving access to Palliative Care services in Africa but also for the best oral presentation on integrating palliative care data into the national Health Management Information Systems (HMIS) during the Covid-19 pandemic.
PCAU disseminates data collection tools for Palliative Care
Palliative Care Association of Uganda on Thursday 28th June 2022 disseminated data collection tools for palliative care services to health facilities in central Uganda at Fairway Hotel Kampala.
15 facilities from central Uganda received the tools that included the HMIS OPD 008 Unit Palliative Care registers and HMIS 105c monthly palliative care report books to help them keep track of palliative care services at the facilities.
PCAU Trains Health Workers from West Nile in Palliative Care
Palliative Care Association of Uganda – PCAU equipped health workers from the West Nile region with basic skills and knowledge in palliative care service provision. The three-day training took place at Yumbe Regional Referral Hospital from Monday 13th to Wednesday 15th June and was attended by 38 private and public