@article{Afolabi_O-2021_101735,
title = {COVID-19 and palliative care capacity, African Region},
author = {Afolabi, O. and Abboah-Offei, M. and Namisango, E. and Chukwusa, E. and Oluyase, A. and Luyirika, E. and Harding, R. and Nkhoma, K.},
month = {aug},
year = {2021},
abstract = {Palliative care is included within the universal health coverage goal of the sustainable development goals as an essential health service and is considered a human right. The seventy-third World Health Assembly recommended palliative care as a core component within the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) response plans of Member States. However, the neglect of palliative care is a well established problem worldwide. Of the roughly 60 million people experiencing serious health-related suffering who would benefit from palliative care in a given year, over 80% live in developing countries where such care is scarce or non-existent. Mortality projections from the World Health Organization show an anticipated rapid increase in serious health-related suffering at the end of life in the coming decades. Delivering timely, appropriate and effective palliative care is a pressing challenge highlighted by the morbidity and mortality caused by COVID-19.},
pages = {542-542},
volume = {99},
issue = {8},
journal = {Bulletin of the World Health Organization},
publisher = {World Health Organization},
url = {https://doi.org/10.2471/blt.20.285286},
}
