Progress Update: Palliative Care Development Between
2017 and 2020 in Five African Countries
Emmanuel Luyirika, M Fam Med, MPA, MB, ChBa,, Diederik Lohman, MSPH, MAa, , Zipporah Ali, MD, MPH, MPC, Mackuline Atieno, BSN, Anna Mahenge, RN, BA(SW), Paul Mmbando, MD, Esther Muinga, MD, David Musyoki, BScN, Mark Donald Mwesiga, MMS, BA, Eve Namisango, PhD, MSc, BSc, Peter Nosim, SW, Geoffrey Opio, MPHIL, Sara Pardy, BA, Aimable Ruzima, MBA, Eva Skowronska, MD, MPH, Blaise Uhagaze, MD, Joyce Zalwango, BSc, RN, and Aggrey Aluso, MA African Palliative Care Association (E.L., E.N.), Kampala, Uganda; Open Society Foundations (D.L., S.P.), New York, New York, USA; Kenya Hospices and Palliative Care Association (Z.A., M.A., E.M., D.M.), Nairobi, Kenya; Evangelical Lutheran Church in Tanzania (ELCT) (A.M., P.M., P.N.), Arusha, Tanzania; Palliative Care Association of Uganda (PCAU) (M.D.M., J.Z.), Kampala, Uganda; Open Society Initiative for East Africa (G.P., A.A.), Kampala, Uganda; Rwanda Palliative Care and Hospice Organization (A.R., B.U.), Kigali, Rwanda;
Hospice Palliative Care Association (HPCA) (E.S.), Cape Town, South Africa
