The Institute of Hospice and Palliative Care in Africa (IHPCA) is the education arm of Hospice Africa Uganda. We are a one specialty Institute focusing on Palliative Care accredited by the National Council for Higher Education in 2009 and affiliated to Makerere University since 2003.
The Institute provides special palliative care trainings for organizations and institutions interested in integrating palliative care into their programme. Interested organizations should submit their Palliative care training requests to Hospice Africa Uganda through IHPCA preferably in September each year.
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The Institute of Hospice and Palliative Care in Africa (IHPCA) offers the following courses; Bachelor of Science in palliative care, Diploma in palliative care, Diploma in clinical palliative care (DCPC) and other short courses like Health professionals course (HPC) and Traditional healers’ course and so many others.
Students who come to IHPCA receive not only a qualification, but a calling to care for patients facing life-threatening illnesses and their families. With a student focused approach IHPCA provides individual mentorship to students who come from across sub-Saharan Africa to ensure they understand the theoretical and practical components of palliative care centred on the patient
