Palliative Care Initiative, Nigeria

As Professor of Anaesthesia and Dean of Clinical Sciences at the College of Medicine Olaitan Soyannwo developed an interest in pain management, especially of patients undergoing acute surgery and trauma. Expanding her interest to cancer pain she attended the World Pain Congress in 1996 and thereafter established a palliative care team in her home country. The Palliative Care Initiative, Nigeria is being registered as a non-governmental organisation. 3 members of the group have experience in palliative care.

Hospice Nigeria

Olusola Fatunmbi is a nurse and became aware of international hospice programmes during the 1990s. A combination of training courses at St Christopher’s Hospice in the UK and a visit by Anne Merriman to Nigeria provided her with the confidence to establish a home based care programme in Lagos for people living with terminal illness.