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 ...

Anne Merriman was born on May 13, 1935, in Liverpool, England, one of four children of Thomas Merriman, the headmaster of a Catholic primary school, and Josephine (Dunne) ...

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

These home visits, combining affordable medical care and spiritual support, are part of Mwesige's routine with Hospice Africa ...

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, 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.

Dr Anne Merriman with local children in Uganda. Tue 24 Mar 2009 at 01:00 Even as a little girl, Anne Merriman knew that she wanted to work in the African missions.

Liverpool-born Dr Anne Merriman MBE, 89, was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize in 2014 for her pioneering work in palliative care ...

Dr Anne Merriman is a former Nobel prize nominee who founded a hospice. Comments. News. Tom Duffy. 11:37, 21 Apr 2020 Updated 12:08, 21 Apr 2020.