Depression, anxiety, psychological distress, and perceived social support among Ugandan palliative care providers during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Objectives: To identify the prevalence of depression, anxiety, and psychosocial distress among Ugandan palliative care providers during the COVID-19 pandemic, measure providers' perceived levels of social support, and identify factors affecting a provider's likelihood of being depressed, anxious, distressed, or perceiving various levels of social support.

Methods: Data was collected from 123 palliative care providers using an online survey. Depression, anxiety, and psychological distress were measured using the Patient Health Questionnaire-9, the Generalized Anxiety Disorder-7, and the Self-Reporting Questionnaire, respectively.

Scaling up availability, accessibility, quality and equity - highlights from the 4th Uganda conference on cancer and palliative care, held in Kampala, Uganda.

The 4th Uganda Conference on Cancer and Palliative Care was held from the 14-15 September 2023. It was run jointly by the Uganda Cancer Institute and the Palliative Care Association of Uganda, in collaboration with the Ministry of Health. The conference was held at the Speke Resort, Munyonyo and 450 participants came together for a face-to-face conference following the virtual one held in 2021.

Palliative care in Uganda: quantitative descriptive study of key palliative care indicators 2018-2020.

Background: The first and most recent nationwide audit of palliative care services in Uganda was conducted in 2009. Since then, Uganda has made great strides in palliative care development, including policy, education, and services implementation. This study provides an overview of the availability of palliative care services in the country and the challenges and gaps in Uganda prior to the global COVID-19 pandemic.

Progress Update: Palliative Care Development Between 2017 and 2020 in Five African Countries.

Context: This article provides a progress update on the development of palliative care in five countries in Africa-Kenya, Rwanda, South Africa, Tanzania, and Uganda-between 2017 and 2021, and explores the role of palliative care advocates and the Open Society Foundations in this process.

Objectives: To provide a progress update on the development of palliative care in Kenya, Rwanda, South Africa, Tanzania, and Uganda between 2017 and 2021 and to examine the impact of twenty years of Open Society Foundations support for palliative care in the region on the integration of palliative care into publicly funded health systems.

Methods: In the mid-2000s, palliative care pioneers in these five countries, supported by Open Society Foundations, began to train health care providers and engage policy makers to ensure that people with life-limiting illnesses and their families had access to appropriate services and essential medicines.

Towards universal coverage-highlights from the 2nd Uganda Conference on Cancer and Palliative Care, 5-6 September 2019, Kampala, Uganda.

The 2nd Uganda Conference on Cancer and Palliative Care was held in September 2019 in Kampala, Uganda under the theme: Towards Universal Coverage. It was hosted by the Uganda Cancer Institute and the Palliative Care Association of Uganda (PCAU). The conference brought together 350 delegates from eight countries.

United against cancer: prevention to end-of-life care-highlights from the Uganda Cancer Institute-Palliative Care Association of Uganda Joint International Conference on Cancer and Palliative Care and the 7th Palliative Care Conference, 24-25 August 2017, Kampala, Uganda.

The Uganda Cancer Institute (UCI) and the Palliative Care Association of Uganda (PCAU) jointly hosted an international conference on cancer and palliative care in August 2017 in Kampala, Uganda. At the heart of the conference rested a common commitment to see patient care improved across Uganda and the region. The theme - United Against Cancer: Prevention to End-of-Life Care - reflected this joint vision and the drive to remember that cancer care should include prevention, early diagnosis and screening, treatment, rehabilitation and palliative care.