ReviewFrontiers in health services2024
Comprehensive scoping review of palliative care development in Africa: recent advances and persistent gaps.
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7 citing papers in PubMed.
- Multi-level determinants of comprehensive palliative care delivery for breast and cervical cancer patients in Ethiopia: using the socio-ecological model as an analytical framework.BMC palliative care · 2026Article
- Motor neuron disease in Africa: a critical appraisal of the literature.Nature reviews. Neurology · 2026Review
- Epidemiology of cancer-related pain in Africa: A systematic review and meta-analysis of studies from 2001 to 2024.SAGE open medicine · 2026Review
- Empowering African professionals to assess palliative care development: regional application of the WHO framework.BMJ global health · 2025Article
- A qualitative study of differences in palliative care in hospitals and traditional home-based care in Cameroon.BMC palliative care · 2025Article
- Decoding the palliative care landscape in Nigeria: Progress, challenges, and the road ahead.Palliative & supportive care · 2025Review
- What is the role of family medicine in providing palliative care in Africa?African journal of primary health care & family medicine · 2025Article
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Abstract
Worldwide 56·8 million people need palliative care (PC), and Africa shows the highest demand. This study updates the 2017 review of African PC development, using a scoping review methodology based on Arksey and O'Malley's framework and the PRISMA-ScR checklist. The review was conducted across PUBMED, CINAHL, Embase, government websites, and the African PC Association Atlas, from 2017 to 2023, charting its progress using the new WHO framework for PC Development, which, in addition to Services, Education, Medicines, and Policies, two new dimensions were incorporated: Research and Empowerment of people and Communities. Of the 4.420 records, 118 met the inclusion criteria. Findings showed increased adult specialised services (
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