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

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

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 ...

Dr Anne Merriman (right) carries a baby during the Hospice Africa Uganda 30th anniversary celebrations in Makindye, Kampala in October 2023. Photo/Tonny Abet. A national and continental legacy.

Dr Anne Merriman, a visionary humanitarian who introduced palliative care to Uganda and much of Africa, has died at the age of 90.Widely regarded as the “mother of palliative care in Africa ...

Jean Callanan, chair of the Irish Hospice Foundation, with Dr Anne Merriman, founder of Hospice Africa Uganda . Arthur Beesley. Mon May 19 2025 - 23:36.

Food coloring, water, a preservative and a pound of morphine powder. These are the ingredients in Dr. Anne Merriman's recipe for liquid morphine. "It's easier than making a cake," says Merriman, a ...

Dr. Anne Merriman is determined to give the dying relief from pain in their last days. Food coloring, water, a preservative and a pound of morphine powder. These are the ingredients in Dr. Anne ...