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

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 ...

In a small home in Uganda's capital, Jane Mwesige, a nurse with a hospice that has transformed African end-of-life care, ...

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

Anne Merriman was born on May 13 1935 to Irish parents in Walton, north Liverpool, the third of four children, and educated at St Matthew’s Primary School and Broughton Hall High School.

When 4 year old Anne Merriman saw pictures of sick children in Africa she announced, “I’m going to Africa to care for the poorly children.” This brash, single mindedness never left her. She spent more ...

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Founded in 1993 by Dr Anne Merriman, it brought holistic end-of-life care to Uganda at a time when it was offered in only three African countries. By the time Merriman died this May, aged 90, she had ...

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