The team at Hospice Ethiopia in Addis Ababa had a very productive meeting with the Ethiopian Minister for Health, Her Excellency Dr Lia Tadesse, along with other representatives from the Ministry of Health (MOH) and staff from Hospice Africa Uganda. Palliative care and opioid use for pain relief were discussed, and representatives from the Ministry of Health committed to support the re-initiation of local Morphine production. This is a crucial step as Morphine is a very effective pain-relieving drug in palliative patients and is currently unavailable in Ethiopia. The palliative care representatives at the MOH will be working with the technical advisory team, the pharmacy department at Addis Ababa University, and other pharmaceuticals in the country to assess the resource requirements and mobilization for the local production of morphine.
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