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.
Palliative Care Association of Uganda on Thursday 28th June 2022 disseminated data collection tools for palliative care services to health facilities in central Uganda at Fairway Hotel Kampala. 15 facilities from central Uganda received the tools that included the HMIS OPD 008 Unit Palliative Care registers and HMIS 105c monthly palliative care report books to...
Palliative Care Association of Uganda – PCAU equipped health workers from the West Nile region with basic skills and knowledge in palliative care service provision. The three-day training took place at Yumbe Regional Referral Hospital from Monday 13th to Wednesday 15th June and was attended by 38 private and public health care workers from 22...
The Bible Society of Uganda officials hailed the PCAU team for the historical Annual General Meeting that was held on 27th May 2022 at Fairway Hotel in Kampala. In a cheerful evaluation on 2nd June 2022 at Café Tenda in Bwebajja Entebbe Road, Ruth Ikiriza Muhanguzi, the Membership and Relationships officer at The Bible Society...
The President and Chairperson Board Palliative Care Association of Uganda (PCAU) Dr. Henry Ddungu has unequivocally made a public appeal for expansion of the Associations office premises to further improve the provision of palliative care to all in need in Uganda. “One of the needs PCAU has is larger premises for our secretariat; where we...
At our Annual General Meeting held on Friday, May 28th, PCAU Members selected new members to join our Board of Directors, the selection followed a vigorous process of nominations and vetting of the nominees by the outgoing Board. As per our constitution, it the duty of members to select who sits on the Board. The...
Through the African Palliative Care Association (APCA) led project on fast-tracking strategic advocacy for the inclusion of palliative care in Universal Health Coverage in Africa, PCAU has continued to engage different stakeholders to see to it that PC is integrated in the UHC processes in Uganda. The project has seen palliative care providers in Uganda...
PCAU has been leading efforts to ensure the continuity of palliative care services amidst the COVID-19 Pandemic. Since March 2020, PCAU has offered over Uganda Shillings 70M in grants and materials support to member organizations to cope with COVID-19 Pandemic Challenges. On Friday 12th April 2021, PCAU handed over various items to hospices including personal...
Road to Hope is one of PCAU’s programs under advocacy and awareness creation established in 2012 in partnership with the Center for Hospice Care in Indiana USA. The program is aimed at supporting child caregivers to start or continue with education and psychosocial support. The children are identified in collaboration with palliative care practitioners especially...
The Palliative Care Association of Uganda (PCAU) is working with the Bible Society of Uganda (BSU) to reach families of Palliative Care patients for spiritual care and support. The visiting team offers bibles to the family and food items. The families visited are selected by the providers and the campaign started in Mbarara district, some...
