Hospices and organizations offering palliative care services in Uganda submitted a written statement to the Chairperson to the Coronavirus National Taskforce, Rt. Hon Dr. Ruhakana Rugunda, the Prime Minister of Uganda. The statement makes recommendations on ensuring essential health services and psychosocial support for the vulnerable, who included people with palliative care needs and their...
As the COVID-19 pandemic progressed, health systems around the world were straining under the extra burden. In Uganda, PCAU partners and member organizations improvised different ways to assess patients and to make sure that they get the care they needed, while avoiding unnecessary and potentially risky travel for staff. Although Uganda has not been as...
Despite the disruptions brought about by the coronavirus restrictions on transport, the Palliative Care Association of Uganda (PCAU) found ways to ensure that it continued to support hospices and palliative care centers to offer the much-needed services to cancer patients.
The Palliative Care Association of Uganda has been hosting weekly online Zoom discussions with the palliative care fraternity in Uganda, with a specific focus on palliative care in the COVID-19 response. The discussions brought together different kinds of people within the palliative care fraternity including member organizations, partners, policymakers, leaders, palliative care practitioners, and other...
Meet Morris, 20 years. He is from Hoima district. Moses joined the Road to Hope program in 2014. He was identified by the Palliative Care Nurse in Little Hospice Hoima when he was taking care of his mother who was suffering from cancer. Morris had missed school for a year due to lack of school...
At five years of age, George was caring for his dying father in their one-room mud house. He was responsible for picking medicine refills for his father and for looking for food from friends and well-wishers in the community. After his father died and he went to live with his mother, who was unable to...
Annually, PCAU holds a fundraising dinner during December to support a specific standalone hospice work. The dinners are held under the theme of “Scaling up Cancer and other Palliative Care response in remote areas in Uganda”. The resources raised are donated to a selected hospice to support a cause much needed in their field of...
PCAU is in various collaborations and networks to influence efforts and create synergies to contribute to an enabling environment to have palliative care for all people in need. PCAU actively participates in advocacy & network meetings, events among others at both national and international levels. At all the different events, PCAU exhibits a lot of...
To promote an understanding of palliative care among the different stakeholders, various Information, Communication, and Education Materials are developed by PCAU. The IEC materials are focused on information about palliative care and the Right to Palliative Care. These are disseminated to Hospices, Palliative Care Organizations, health workers, Media, policymakers, and the general public. Some of...
The Palliative Care Association of Uganda (PCAU) organizes an inter-organization soccer gala as an event to drum up support for palliative care issues and to create awareness. It is held annually in commemoration of the World Hospice and Palliative Care Day (WHPCD) which takes place on the second Saturday of October every year. This is...
