- 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
Democratic Republic of the Congo (Congo-Kinshasa)
Democratic Republic of the Congo (Congo-Kinshasa)
- Chapter:
- (p.423) Chapter 24 Democratic Republic of the Congo (Congo-Kinshasa)
- Source:
- Hospice and Palliative Care in Africa
- Author(s):
Michael Wright (Contributor Webpage)
David Clark
Jennifer Hunt
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
Democratic Republic of the Congo (population 58.32 million people) is a country in Central Africa that covers an area of 2, 345, 410 km2. Interest in palliative care has come to light in the Democratic Republic of the Congo where a group based in Kinshasa is introducing a broader form of care at the general hospital and at the Clinique Universitaire. A nascent home care service is also being pioneered. The International Youth Association for Development and its partner organization, Tout-Age, are NGOs and rely on charitable donations. The International Narcotics Control Board has published the following figures for the consumption of narcotic drugs in the Democratic Republic of the Congo: codeine 13 kg; morphine 1 kg; pethidine 1 kg; and diphenoxylate 7 kg. The WHO overall health care system performance score places the Democratic Republic of the Congo 188th out of 191 countries. Moreover, the political economy of the Democratic Republic of the Congo is explained.
Keywords: Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kinshasa, narcotic drugs, Tout-Age, health care system, political economy
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- 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
