Improving provision of quality palliative care in French speaking African countries through e-learning

To raise the standards of palliative care, through an e-learning course for healthcare professionals in Africa

Project start date : 01/01/2018

Beneficiary country : South Africa Zimbabwe Ghana Nigeria Botswana Uganda Gambia (the) Egypt Kenya Namibia

Healthcare themes targeted

  • Cancer

Fields of application

  • Health professional training

Stage of development

  • Routine project/operational

Financing method

  • Public (grant/subsidies, call for proposals/call for tender, etc.)

Area where the project is utilised

  • International (in several countries)

Economic model(s)

  • Donations

Target audience

  • Healthcare professionals and structures (hospitals, healthcare centres/clinics, health networks)

Project objectives

  • Reduced suffering

Materials used

  • Smartphone
  • Tablet
  • Computer

Technologies used

  • Internet

About the sponsor

The ecancer Global Foundation

The ecancer Global Foundation is a charity that funds the development and distribution of education for the global oncology community. The Foundation runs ecancer.org, a free online platform for oncology professionals incorporating an open-access journal, news, video and e-learning, visited by an average of 45,000 users per month.

Sector : Institutions (Communities, public authorities, NGOs, foundations, etc.)

Country of origin : United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (the)

Contact : Sponsor website Project website

Offline use

No

Open source

No

Open data

No

Independent evaluation

No

Partners

  • African Palliative Care Association

    Institutions (Communities, public authorities, NGOs, foundations, etc.)

  • University of Cape Town

    Academic entities (Universities, research laboratories, etc)

  • Cardiff University

    Academic entities (Universities, research laboratories, etc)

  • AORTIC

    Institutions (Communities, public authorities, NGOs, foundations, etc.)