AFRICAN PALLIATIVE CARE

Driven by a profound desire to reduce unnecessary pain and suffering from life-limiting illnesses across Africa, APCA was formally founded in Tanzania in 2004. We work collaboratively with existing and potential providers of palliative care services to help expand service provision (although we don't provide direct clinical care to people living with progressive, life-limiting illnesses). We also work with governments and policymakers to ensure the optimum policy and regulatory framework exists for the development of palliative care across Africa... Acknowledging the emergence of modern palliative care from the UK, we help adapt it to African traditions, beliefs, cultures and settings - all of which vary between and within communities and countries... Under this we focus on improving access to essential but internationally controlled palliative care medicines, national palliative care policies, human resources development and education, and palliative and comprehensive chronic care..

Also known as: African Palliative Care Association

Primary location: Kampala Uganda