During the 2 days on 14th and 15th Sept 2023 at Speke Resort Munyonyo, at least 450 clinicians, academics, human rights advocates, lawyers, clergy, researchers, social workers, policymakers, MoH officials, and donors gathered. They were from over 40 organizations and 13 countries. Delegates came from Uganda, Kenya, Rwanda, Ethiopia, Somalia, Eritrea, the UK, Norway, the...
This year 2023 marks 30 years since Dr. Anne Merriman founded Hospice Africa Uganda (HAU) the pioneer stand-alone palliative care facility in Uganda. In the last 30 years, Uganda has registered several milestones for palliative care as access to the service still stands at slightly over 11% for all those in need.
This year, PCAU launched the initiative to create the pioneer compassionate community in Uganda. Our initiative of the compassionate community is rooted in a health promotion approach to palliative care, aiming to support solidarity among community members at the end of life. Its to empower ‘community to support community’. We will raise consciousness among the...
The first thing I and the team at Kitagata Hospital saw was the bright and smiling face of a young seven-year-old girl. She guided us into her home where her parents greeted us. On the surface, she seemed like a happy seven-year-old, but the reality was that she had been battling leukemia for the last...
SHiNE Child Program ‘’Our conviction is that we can raise a community of compassionate people to support children from impoverished families who are facing challenging life situations to realize their full potential.’’
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.
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.
The Palliative Care Association of Uganda has petitioned Parliament for the second time in three years ahead of the World Hospice and Palliative Care Day 2022 commemoration.
The Palliative Care Association of Uganda was not only recognized for its support and contribution to improving access to Palliative Care services in Africa but also for the best oral presentation on integrating palliative care data into the national Health Management Information Systems (HMIS) during the Covid-19 pandemic.
