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Hope Worldwide in Abidjan is partnering with the African Palliative Care Association (APCA) in Kampala, Uganda, to increase the availability of appropriate palliative care drugs in Côte d’Ivoire.

Launched in April 2007, this south-south partnership is developing a country-specific advocacy program and strengthening networks and linkages among health and social support organizations to improve the provision of palliative care in this West African nation of 17.3 million.

Program accomplishments to date include:

• Completion of a comprehensive capacity assessment of Hope Worldwide’s organizational systems and palliative care services conducted by the APCA partners;
• A one-day fundraising training for Hope Worldwide to help them expand donor support; and
• Development and implementation of a holistic, home-based palliative care package and care kit for community caregivers.

Future activities will include close collaboration with the National AIDS Task Force to develop an advocacy implementation plan for Côte d’Ivoire, as well as conducting mapping of community-based palliative care organizations and the types of services they provide.

 

Updated June 5, 2009