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...
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...
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....
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,...
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...
