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 …

Background: Ethiopia has a national palliative care guideline, and palliative care is explicitly
recognised in the country's healthcare policy and health sector transformation plans …

Introduction: This article reviews the genesis of hospice and palliative care in Ethiopia,
examines recent progress, and makes recommendations for the way forward. Result …

Background: Palliative care aims to reduce physical suffering and the emotional, spiritual,
and psychosocial distress of life-limiting illness. Palliative care is a human right, yet there are …

Introduction: the public health strategy of the World Health Organization for palliative care is
to increase access to palliative care services by integrating it with the healthcare systems …

Introduction In Ethiopia there is an extensive unmet need for palliative care, while the
burden of non-communicable diseases and cancer is increasing. This study aimed to …

Background: Palliative care is an approach that improves the quality of life of patients and
their families facing problem associated chronic and with life threatening illness. Since …

Background Annually 57 million people across the globe require palliative care, 76% are
from low-and-middle income countries. Continuity of palliative care contributes to a decline …

Palliative care is an approach that improves the quality of life of patients and their families
facing the problem associated with life-threatening illness. In Ethiopia, apart from different …

Context This article provides a progress update on the development of palliative care in five
countries in Africa—Kenya, Rwanda, South Africa, Tanzania, and Uganda—between 2017 …