Research intoPalliative Care in Sub-Saharan Africa

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dc.contributor.authorHarding, Richard
dc.contributor.authorSelman, Lucy
dc.contributor.authorPowell, Richard A.
dc.contributor.authorNamisango, Eve
dc.contributor.authorAli, Zipporah
dc.contributor.authorGikaara, Nancy
dc.contributor.authorHigginson, Irene
dc.date.accessioned2022-07-01T07:39:48Z
dc.date.available2022-07-01T07:39:48Z
dc.date.issued2013
dc.description.abstractRoughly half a million people die of cancer in sub-Saharan Africa every year. Despite rapid expansion of palliative care for cancer, coverage remains woefully inadequate. The WHO public health strategy for palliative care aims to increase access to palliative care services through its integration into health-care systems. We present the available evidence for the four WHO strategy pillars of policy, education, drug availability, and implementation, and propose a fifth pillar of research activity to stimulate improvement of care. Increased attention to the generation of research evidence is essential to achieve quality and coverage of appropriate palliative care for patients with advanced cancer in sub-Saharan Africa. The use of locally validated, patient-reported outcome measures is an important advance in the measurement and improvement of care and patient wellbeing. Palliative care for patients with cancer in Africa currently receives far less research attention than does palliative care for patients with HIV/AIDS, but in view of projected increasing cancer incidence in the region, generation of local evidence to inform and allow assessment of palliative care for patients with cancer is urgently needed.en_US
dc.identifier.citationHarding, R., Selman, L., Powell, R. A., Namisango, E., Downing, J., Merriman, A., ... & Higginson, I. (2013). Research into palliative care in sub-Saharan Africa. The Lancet Oncology, 14(4), e183-e188.https://doi.org/10.1016/S1470-2045(12)70396-0en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://nru.uncst.go.ug/handle/123456789/4134
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherThe Lancet Oncologyen_US
dc.titleResearch intoPalliative Care in Sub-Saharan Africaen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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