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.

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...

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.

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 engaged in palliative care work...

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 launched a new strategic plan...

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 strategic plan and Uganda Ministry...