Tag Archives: Palliative Care

Uganda in the American News for Improving Access to Pain Medicine for Seriously Ill Ugandans 

Posted on January 3, 2016 by

January 3, 2016:  Everyday I receive Google Alerts for news in Uganda so that I can keep up with the “happenings” there and this morning I was pleasantly surprised with a story reported by NPR (America’s National Public Radio) that … Continue reading →

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Pharmacy Interns at Mulago Hospital, Kampala, Uganda Learn About Palliative Care

Posted on July 20, 2015 by

Gonsha, one of the Ugandan Pharmacists working with me for 8 weeks at my practice site, Wilkes-Barre General Hospital, as part of an Advanced Pharmaceutical Care Training Program, is an educator herself when in Uganda, in addition to running 2 … Continue reading →

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First Full Run of the Pharmaceutical Care Skills Lab

Posted on August 27, 2014 by

Today my voice just about gave out after running the first Pharmaceutical Care Skills Lab (PCSL) twice in a row.  The lab session is 3 hours long and most of the time, students are actively working in groups to role-play … Continue reading →

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Hospice Africa Uganda Supplies Morphine for the Entire Country

Posted on March 9, 2014 by

This in not an official U.S. Department of State (DOS) blog and the views and information presented are my own and do not represent the Fulbright Program or the DOS. In the USA we definitely take it for granted that … Continue reading →

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