ReviewFrontiers in pediatrics2023
Perinatal palliative care in sub-Saharan Africa: recommendations for practice, future research, and guideline development.
Review in Frontiers in pediatrics, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.
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8 citing papers in PubMed, 5 citations in OpenAlex.
- Key practical aspects of perinatal palliative care: a scoping review mapping and grading their coverage in the literature.BMC palliative care · 2026Article
- Clinical spectrum and documentation patterns of cerebral palsy among children at Arthur Davison Children's Hospital and Kitwe Teaching Hospital, Zambia: a retrospective record review.BMC pediatrics · 2026Article
- Nurses' experiences in pediatric cerebral palsy care: Insights from a transitional health system.Journal of Taibah University Medical Sciences · 2026Article
- Clinical ethics training needs among pediatricians and pediatric residents in Ethiopia: conference-based cross-sectional survey.BMC medical ethics · 2026Article
- Priorities for research in perinatal palliative care: an international Delphi study.BMC palliative care · 2025Article
- Meeting the emotional and behavioral health needs of bereaved NICU parents.Journal of perinatology : official journal of the California Perinatal Association · 2025Review
- Facilitating home birth in perinatal palliative care: A case report.Palliative medicine · 2024Article
- Perinatal loss in Tanzania: Perspectives of maternal-child healthcare providers.PLOS global public health · 2024Article
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8 authors at 6 institutions in 3 countries.
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Abstract
Worldwide, sub-Saharan Africa has the highest burden of global neonatal mortality (43%) and neonatal mortality rate (NMR): 27 deaths per 1,000 live births. The WHO recognizes palliative care (PC) as an integral, yet underutilized, component of perinatal care for pregnancies at risk of stillbirth or early neonatal death, and for neonates with severe prematurity, birth trauma or congenital anomalies. Despite bearing a disproportionate burden of neonatal mortality, many strategies to care for dying newborns and support their families employed in high-income countries (HICs) are not available in low-and-middle-income countries (LMICs). Many institutions and professional societies in LMICs lack guidelines or recommendations to standardize care, and existing guidelines may have limited adherence due to lack of space, equipment, supplies, trained professionals, and high patient load. In this narrative review, we compare perinatal/neonatal PC in HICs and LMICs in sub-Saharan Africa to identify key areas for future, research-informed, interventions that might be tailored to the local sociocultural contexts and propose actionable recommendations for these resource-deprived environments that may support clinical care and inform future professional guideline development.
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