The beginnings of children's palliative care in Africa: evaluation of a children's palliative care service in Africa.

Aim: To evaluate a children's palliative care service designed specifically for a resource-poor sub-Saharan African setting.

Methodology: The study used mixed quantitative and qualitative methodology: quantitative retrospective, comparative survey and cross-sectional, noninterventional interview survey.

Results: Evaluation showed increases in referrals, proportion of children on program, morphine and chemotherapy prescriptions, and improved compliance for a cost of $100 per child.

A study into the children's palliative care educational needs of health professionals in Uganda.

Study Aim: To research the children's palliative care (CPC) educational needs of health professionals in Uganda. METHODOLOGY DESIGN AND SETTING: Mixed quantitative and qualitative survey set in three hospice sites in Uganda.

Interventions: Self-rating survey, log book of problem cases, focus group of students of a CPC course.