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

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.

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.

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.

Dr Anne Merriman, the former nun who made it her life’s work to bring effective palliative care to Africa. Producer: Ed Prendeville. Archive used.