Background Humanitarian healthcare organization preparedness for palliative care patients
is generally limited. Improved understanding of palliative care in specific humanitarian crises …

With no cure and a high mortality rate, Ebola virus disease (EVD) outbreaks require
preparedness for the provision of end-of-life palliative care. This qualitative study is part of a …

At the World Health Assembly (WHA) in May 2014, the World Health Organization affirmed a
commitment to develop and implement policies that integrate palliative care services across …

Access to palliative care, and more specifically the alleviation of avoidable physical and
psychosocial suffering is increasingly recognized as a necessary component of …

Background Palliative care is limited in Ethiopia, particularly in rural areas, where more than
78% of the population live. Current initiatives and research are focused on urban settings …

Palliative care is an approach that improves the quality of life of patients and their families
facing the problems associated with life-threatening illness, through the prevention and relief …

Background: Liberia faces a critical shortage of palliative care services, particularly for
persons with advanced-stage HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, diabetes, and cancers. Access to …

Palliative care—of which the end-of-life care described by Orbinski is one component—has
always featured in humanitarian response, although it has not always been understood and …

Context Palliative care awareness, education and practice vary widely across global health
systems, especially throughout low-and middle-income countries such as Nigeria …

Background Many people live and die in pain in Africa. We set out to describe patient, family
and local community perspectives on the impact of three community based palliative care …