At the Palliative Care Association of Uganda (PCAU), we have always been committed to integrating palliative care into Uganda’s healthcare system. Through our work in capacity building, advocacy, research, and resource mobilization, we’ve made strides in expanding access to palliative care. However, we’ve identified a significant challenge: the lack of accessible, comprehensive information on palliative...
The Palliative Care Association of Uganda (PCAU) launched a groundbreaking mobile Health (mHealth) Palliative Care Surveillance program in 2015, initially spanning four health facilities. Utilizing Android smartphones and the Open Data Kit (ODK) application, the initiative aimed to collect aggregated data on palliative care service provision, facilitating informed decision-making, advocacy, research, and policy formulation.
Apart from our commitment to integrating palliative care into Uganda’s Health Care System, the Ministry of Health introduced specialized data collection tools integrated into the Health Management Information System (HMIS). These tools address the limitations of previous indicators, providing invaluable insights for policy formulation, decision-making, and research in palliative care.
The Palliative Care Association of Uganda (PCAU) has been holding National Palliative Care Biennial Conferences since 2003. The conferences bring together people from all rounds of the world. With great support from the Ministry of Health, the conferences offer a platform for palliative care researchers, academicians, and service implementers to share their discoveries, innovations, and...
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 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...
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...
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...
