A medical doctor and former nun, she found an affordable way to expand palliative care in the developing world, bringing pain ...

In a small home in Uganda's capital, Jane Mwesige, a nurse with a hospice that has transformed African end-of-life care, ...

Dr Anne Merriman, who has died aged 90, was a former nun from Liverpool known as “the mother of palliative care in Africa”. She revolu­tionised end-of-life care in low-income countries by devising a ...

Known in Africa as “the mother of palliative care,” she established a model for pain management and end-of-life care.

These home visits, combining affordable medical care and spiritual support, are part of Mwesige's routine with Hospice Africa Uganda. Founded in 1993 by Dr Anne Merriman, it brought holistic end ...

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Marcy Helen Merriman, 19, Yacolt, and Charlie Edward Ritola, 18, La Center. Maria Cecilia Richards, 72, Vancouver, and William Vincent Rochat, 82, Portland.

Anne Merriman was anxious to introduce her cheap oral morphine, which she had developed in the 1980s in Singapore, as founder of its first palliative care service.

When 4 year old Anne Merriman saw pictures of sick children in Africa she announced, “I’m going to Africa to care for the poorly children.” This brash, single mindedness never left her. She spent more ...

Founded in 1993 by Dr Anne Merriman, it brought holistic end-of-life care to Uganda at a time when it was offered in only three African countries. By the time Merriman died this May, aged 90, she had ...