Anne MerrimanAnne Merriman, MBE, MCommH, FRCPI, FRCP (born 1935 in Liverpool, England) is a British doctor, known for her pioneering work and influential research into palliative care in developing countries in Africa. She has campaigned to make affordable oral mrphine widely available. In 1993, Dr. Merriman founded Hospice Africa Uganda. Under Anne Merriman's guidance, this introduced a model system of terminal care customized to developing countries with limited resources. From Hospice Africa Uganda (HAU) the Palliative Care Association of Uganda and was founded and Anne was the founding Vice President. On a continent-wide basis, she is a founder member of the African Palliative Care Association.Awards and degreesNominated for Nobel Peace Prize, 2014, Founder and Director of Policy and Initiator (2000) and leader of International Programmes for 20 years, Hospice Africa Uganda; Honorary Teaching Fellow, International Observatory on End of Life Care in the Institute for Health Research, Lancaster University; Honorary Professor of Palliative Care at Makerere University in Kampala, Uganda; Founder Member and the Founding Vice Chair of the Board of the Palliative Care Association of Uganda (formed in 1999); Chair of Steering Committee of IHPCA and later Founder Member and the Founding Vice Chair of the Board of the African Palliative Care Association (formed in 2005); Board Member of Hospice Africa UK and Hospice Africa; Past Board Member of the International Association for Hospice and Palliative Care (IAHPC); VicePresident for East Africa of the African Organisations for Research and Training in Cancer (AORTIC); MBE: Member of British Empire, honorary for contribution to health in Uganda; Irish Presidential award recipient for bringing peace to suffering in Africa. Read More Read Less