The aim of this project is to build capacity for the provision of children’s palliative care (CPC) in Ghana, improving the quality of care provided to children with life-limiting conditions and their families.

With >21 million children globally needing access to palliative care there is recognition of a growing unmet need. A recent needs assessment of CPC in Ghana estimated that in 2019 there were 152,238 children <20 years of age who needed palliative care: 101 per 10,000 children, and yet provision of CPC was at a very early stage. The importance of increasing access to CPC education across the health system was highlighted, both in terms of continuing and specialist education. This reflects recommendations put forward in the WHA resolution (2017) and by the WHO (2021).