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Palliative Care 'Coverage' in Uganda

Hospice Africa Uganda provides a palliative care service to patients and their families within a 20 kilometre radius of the hospice, and promotes this care throughout Uganda and in other African countries.

Mbarara Mobile Hospice covers a radius of 20 kilometres encompassing the area of Mbarara and beyond. It also has outreach services and roadside clinics.

Joy Hospice provides a travel-to service that covers 15 districts of Uganda (population 100,000).

Mildmay is an internationally recognized referral centre that has accepted patients countrywide from Uganda and also from Kenya, Rwanda, Democratic Republic of Congo and Eritrea.

The Palliative Care Unit; Lira Regional Referral Hospital provides a hospital referral service; a home care service operates within a bicycle ride of the hospital.

Kitovu Mobile Home Care covers the 26 sub-counties of Masaka, Rakai and Ssembabule districts.

Association François-Xavier Bagnoud covers three sub-counties of Luweero: Semuto, Makulubita and Kasangombe.


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