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Hospice and Palliative Care in Africa: A Review of Developments and Challenges

Michael Wright and David Clark

Print publication date: 2006

Print ISBN-13: 9780199206803

Published to Oxford Scholarship Online: November 2011

DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199206803.001.0001

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The Gambia

The Gambia

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(p.377) Chapter 19 The Gambia
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Michael Wright (Contributor Webpage)

David Clark

Jennifer Hunt

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Oxford University Press
DOI:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199206803.003.0019

Gambia (population 1.55 million people) is a country in Western Africa that covers an area of 11, 300 km2. Just one organization provides palliative care services in Gambia, Future Care Hospice. It was officially registered as a charitable organization in October 2004. In April 2005, Abel Iqbe (hospice co-ordinator) reported that the hospice provided home care and day care services. Future Hospice Care is a charity and relies on fundraising and voluntary donations for its income. Patients within travelling distance of Future Care Hospice are covered. In 2004, it opened with four nurses, one chaplain, five auxiliary nurses and three voluntary workers. The public health context, health care system, and political economy are reviewed.

Keywords:   Gambia, Future Care Hospice, Abel Iqbe, public health, health care system, political economy

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