The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Tanzania is working with Iowa Sister States and Iowa Health to strengthen palliative care capacity in Tanzania’s Pare Diocese.
Partners are training both medical and non-medical workers, including community volunteers, to provide high quality care and support to people living with HIV with the goal of improving clinic- and home-based palliative care.
In close collaboration, partners have developed a palliative care curriculum based on best practices of the African Palliative Care Association (APCA).
To date, they have trained 200 community and church leaders on the curriculum, as well as on a referral system through which health facilities notify community volunteers about patients in need of HIV-related palliative care services.
Future activities include two planned workshops on palliative care for 160 healthcare workers along with training for selected individuals to improve computer and internet skills.
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