- Title Pages
- Disclaimer
- Foreword to Hospice and Palliative Care in Africa
- Acknowledgements
- Chapter 1 Overview of the study
- Chapter 2 Oral history in africa
- Chapter 3 Personal motivations
- Chapter 4 Confronting the issues
- Chapter 5 New models, new care
- Part 3 Hospice—palliative care service development in Africa: countries approaching integration
- Chapter 6 Kenya
- Chapter 7 South Africa
- Chapter 8 Uganda
- Chapter 9 Zimbabwe
- Part 4 Hospice—palliative Care Service Development In Africa: Countries With Localized Provision
- Chapter 10 Botswana
- Chapter 11 Republic of the Congo (Congo-brazzaville)
- Chapter 12 Egypt
- Chapter 13 Malawi
- Chapter 14 Morocco
- Chapter 15 Nigeria
- Chapter 16 Sierra Leone
- Chapter 17 Swaziland
- Chapter 18 Tanzania
- Chapter 19 The Gambia
- Chapter 20 Zambia
- Part 5 Hospice-palliative care service development in Africa: countries with capacity building activity
- Chapter 21 Algeria
- Chapter 22 Cameroon
- Chapter 23 Cote D'ivoire
- Chapter 24 Democratic Republic of the Congo (Congo-Kinshasa)
- Chapter 25 Ethiopia
- Chapter 26 Ghana
- Chapter 27 Lesotho
- Chapter 28 Mozambique
- Chapter 29 Namibia
- Chapter 30 Rwanda
- Chapter 31 Tunisia
- Appendix 1 Average daily consumption of defined daily doses (for statistical purposes) of morphine per million inhabitants, 2000–2002: countries of Africa
- Appendix 2 Countries of Africa involved in PEPFAR, the Diana, Princess of Wales Memorial Fund (Diana Fund) and WHO projects
- Appendix 3 Total health expenditure (Intl $) per capita and as a percentage of GDP: countries of Africa, 2001
- Appendix 4 GDP per capita (Intl $): countries of Africa, 2001
- Appendix 5 Further Reading
- Index
Overview of the study
Overview of the study
- Chapter:
- (p.3) Chapter 1 Overview of the study
- Source:
- Hospice and Palliative Care in Africa
- Author(s):
Michael Wright (Contributor Webpage)
David Clark
Jennifer Hunt
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
The history of palliative care should be seen in the context of social and political change, ideological conflict, civil war, economic fragility and an inadequate infrastructure. The palliative care in Africa is discussed. The work is intended as a focus for the efforts of existing researchers and palliative care workers and to stimulate research capacity building through the involvement of new colleagues. It also seeks to promote heightened awareness among international funders and donors, with the potential for increased involvement in and additional resources for new and existing programmes. Taking into account the overall development of hospice-palliative care in Africa, the continent's forty-seven countries can be grouped into four categories: (1) no known hospice-palliative care activity; (2) countries with hospice and palliative care capacity building activity; (3) countries with localized provision of hospice and palliative care; and (4) countries where hospice and palliative care activities are approaching integration with the wider public health system. In general, this review of hospice-palliative care developments in Africa shows the impact of individual, charismatically led service initiatives, but also reveals some of their limitations.
Keywords: palliative care, Africa, hospice, building activity, public health
Oxford Scholarship Online requires a subscription or purchase to access the full text of books within the service. Public users can however freely search the site and view the abstracts and keywords for each book and chapter.
Please, subscribe or login to access full text content.
If you think you should have access to this title, please contact your librarian.
To troubleshoot, please check our FAQs , and if you can't find the answer there, please contact us .
- Title Pages
- Disclaimer
- Foreword to Hospice and Palliative Care in Africa
- Acknowledgements
- Chapter 1 Overview of the study
- Chapter 2 Oral history in africa
- Chapter 3 Personal motivations
- Chapter 4 Confronting the issues
- Chapter 5 New models, new care
- Part 3 Hospice—palliative care service development in Africa: countries approaching integration
- Chapter 6 Kenya
- Chapter 7 South Africa
- Chapter 8 Uganda
- Chapter 9 Zimbabwe
- Part 4 Hospice—palliative Care Service Development In Africa: Countries With Localized Provision
- Chapter 10 Botswana
- Chapter 11 Republic of the Congo (Congo-brazzaville)
- Chapter 12 Egypt
- Chapter 13 Malawi
- Chapter 14 Morocco
- Chapter 15 Nigeria
- Chapter 16 Sierra Leone
- Chapter 17 Swaziland
- Chapter 18 Tanzania
- Chapter 19 The Gambia
- Chapter 20 Zambia
- Part 5 Hospice-palliative care service development in Africa: countries with capacity building activity
- Chapter 21 Algeria
- Chapter 22 Cameroon
- Chapter 23 Cote D'ivoire
- Chapter 24 Democratic Republic of the Congo (Congo-Kinshasa)
- Chapter 25 Ethiopia
- Chapter 26 Ghana
- Chapter 27 Lesotho
- Chapter 28 Mozambique
- Chapter 29 Namibia
- Chapter 30 Rwanda
- Chapter 31 Tunisia
- Appendix 1 Average daily consumption of defined daily doses (for statistical purposes) of morphine per million inhabitants, 2000–2002: countries of Africa
- Appendix 2 Countries of Africa involved in PEPFAR, the Diana, Princess of Wales Memorial Fund (Diana Fund) and WHO projects
- Appendix 3 Total health expenditure (Intl $) per capita and as a percentage of GDP: countries of Africa, 2001
- Appendix 4 GDP per capita (Intl $): countries of Africa, 2001
- Appendix 5 Further Reading
- Index