Reports
SOPs For Hospice and Palliative Care Organizations during Covid-19
These SOPs have been developed for palliative care teams through a consultative process to guide the provision of palliative care as a continuing essential health service during the COVID-19 pandemic.While using these SOPs, the Ministry of Health and the Palliative Care Association of Uganda encourages all hospices and palliative care
Statement by Hospice and Palliative Care Organizations
Palliative care addresses the pain and suffering associated with serious chronic illnesses, throughout the disease trajectory from the point of diagnosis through end of life care, for those who succumb to these conditions. There is strong evidence to show that early palliative care interventions improve survival and patient outcomes and,
Civil Society Statement on National Budget Allocation of Palliative Care April 2019
In 2014, the World Health Assembly (WHA67.19) passed a resolution on strengthening palliative care as a component of comprehensive care throughout the life course. The May 2017 WHA70.12 resolution on cancer also commits Governments to provide pain relief and palliative care to their citizens. The African Union (AU) Common Position
PCAU Strategic Plan 2017-2021
Palliative Care Association of Uganda (PCAU) is pleased to release another year’s strategic plan describing its current approaches of contributing towards the scaling up of palliative care throughout Uganda.PCAU has the vision of seeing “Palliative Care for all in need in Uganda†and the mission of “To accelerate the integration
Highlights from the 2nd Uganda Conference on Cancer and Palliative care
The conference, held at the Kampala Serena Hotel, brought together 350 delegates from eight countries, with delegates from Austria, Ethiopia, Ireland, Malawi, Uganda, United Kingdom, the United States, and Zimbabwe. It brought together clinicians, academics, human rights advocates, lawyers, clergy, researchers, social workers, policymakers, Ministry of Health officials and donors,
