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, ...

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

“Building El Sueño: Isabel Merriman, Sarah Winchester, and the California Dream,” runs June 26-Nov. 30. The exhibition takes ...

Anne Merriman was anxious to introduce her cheap oral morphine, which she had developed in the 1980s in Singapore, as founder of its first palliative care service.

Anne Merriman, Who Brought Hospice Care to Africa, Dies at 90 Known in Africa as ‘the mother of palliative care,’ she established a model for pain management and end-of-life care By Jon ...

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 ...

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 ...