TY - JOUR
AU - Afolabi, Oladayo A.
AU - Abboah-Offei, Mary
AU - Namisango, Eve
AU - Chukwusa, Emeka
AU - Oluyase, Adejoke O.
AU - Luyirika, Emmanuel B.K.
AU - Harding, Richard
AU - Nkhoma, Kennedy
PY - 2021
DA - August
TI - COVID-19 and palliative care capacity, African Region
JO - Bulletin of the World Health Organization
EP - 542
VL - 99
IS - 8
DO - https://doi.org/10.2471/blt.20.285286
AB - 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.
PB - World Health Organization
UR - http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/2927293
KW - Coronavirus (COVID-19)
ER