Access to palliative care is insufficient in many countries around the world. In an effort to
improve access to palliative care services and treatments, a public health approach as …

The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) is engaged in field demonstration projects
in Latin America and the Caribbean to expand the availability and effectiveness of palliative …

Colombia's health sector reform has been recognized for its universal health (UHC)
coverage scheme. However, this reform evolved without palliative care (PC), thereby …

A mother in Colombia advertises in a newspaper with a desperate plea to the government to
make morphine available to her dying daughter. A man with cancer in India wants to end his …

As in other developed and developing countries, the most common chronic disorders
affecting the Chilean population are cardiovascular disease, cancer, cirrhosis, diabetes …

174 KE Clemens et al. significantly different from those in the developed world. They need to
address predominant regional causes of death, such as AIDS and tuberculosis. Their …

Palliative care is characterized by having an integral and multidisciplinary approach with
multiple benefits for patients with advanced disease. Its development in Latin America …

An additional way of monitoring the availability of palliative care is based on the use of
morphine and other opioids for pain relief. Data published by the International Narcotics …

The quality of life of at least 100 million people would have improved—if today's knowledge
of palliative care was accessible to everyone. A Public Health Strategy (PHS) offers the best …

Access to palliative care has been advocated as a human right by international associations,
based on the right to the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health. It has …