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 on Controlled Substances and Access...

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 of palliative care in Uganda...

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, representing over 100 organizations, to...