Dr Anne Merriman obituary
Dr. Anne Merriman, a pioneering doctor, passed away at the age of 90. She was the founder of the Hospice Africa charity, which aims to provide palliative care across the African continent. While working in Singapore in the 1980s, Merriman developed an affordable morphine-based painkiller, which she later brought to Africa in the 1990s. In 1993, she established Hospice Africa in Kampala, Uganda, creating a hospice model that could be adapted for other countries. By 2023, Hospice Africa had cared for more than 37,000 patients in Uganda, and it now helps provide home-based palliative care in over 35 African countries. Merriman's pioneering work has made a significant impact on improving access to palliative care in Africa, benefiting thousands of patients and their families.
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