• The only gain was that an RN sponsored by the government to train as an oncology nurse.
  • Total quietness until Rev. Sackey (Director of Cancer Society) opened the page again.
  • The birth of APCA and inclusion of  a Ghanaian on its first Board has brought home the value of palliative care initiative in the in the 21st century.
  • Ghana has been engaged in some educational initiative since 2004 through the collaborative work of Cancer society (Rev. Victor Sackey) and  Ms Terry Magee from St. Helena Hospice, UK + Hospice Africa Uganda.
  • Palliative Care Ghana (PCG) was established after the Arusha conference.
  • PCG ran a TOT workshop in 2006.
  • The participants were mainly RNs with few health care assistants.
  • The programme was sponsored by the founders of Palliative Care Ghana. 
  • Another training was scheduled for March this year but failed to materialize because of lack of funds. 
  • A  gallant step forward is the inclusion of palliative care as a course in the new curriculum  for training Registered Nurses at the Diploma level. 
  • It is hoped that palliative  care would be included in all curricular in the health sector. 
  • When funds become available, a workshop on palliative care would be mounted for all professionals and non-professionals in practice. 
  • The training would  be tailored according to level of practice and responsibility. 
  • There is no known hospice in Ghana. 
  • Individuals and private organizations engaged in home care services are applying PC principles in their practice. 
  • The increasing number of  cancer, AIDS, and other life-limiting illnesses in Ghana demands the assimilation of palliative care into the Ghana national health care system



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