GLOBAL PARTNERS IN CARE: Teaching One Reaches Multitudes
The Ripple Effect of Training a Palliative Care Provider Anna Ayugi is finishing her master’s degree in palliative care at the Institute of Hospice and Palliative Care in Africa (IHPCA) at Makerere University in Uganda. As a recipient of the GPIC and African Palliative Care Association’s African Palliative Care Education Scholarship, Anna has been able […]
GLOBAL PARTNERS IN CARE: The Student Becomes the Teacher: Expanding Palliative Care Education
Palliative Care Scholarships Offer Much Needed Training Without nurses and other cadres of health care workers trained in palliative care, those in low-resource settings who suffer from life-limiting conditions will continue to struggle with pain and symptom management. This is why Global Partners in Care (GPIC), together with the African Palliative Care Association (APCA), offer […]
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GLOBAL PARTNERS IN CARE: GPIC and Partners Support Pediatric Cancer Patients
Right now, millions of children globally need palliative care. Palliative care is essential for cancer patients – including children with cancer. According to the World Health Organization, “Palliative care for children represents a special, albeit closely related field to adult palliative care”. It is an active and total approach to care, embracing physical, emotional, social […]
GLOBAL PARTNERS IN CARE: AIDS and COVID-19 in Ghana
When Global Partners in Care (GPIC) began in 1999, it was in response to the HIV/AIDS pandemic sweeping through Sub-Saharan Africa. GPIC partner, Matthew 25 House, began in Ghana in 1998 with a similar mission. HIV is one of the deadliest global public health threats in recent history, having claimed nearly 33 million lives to […]
