Palliative care in Malawi: a scoping review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Universal access to palliative care remains a distant goal in many low resource settings, despite the growing evidence of its benefits. The unmet need for palliative care is evident in Africa, but great strides in palliative care development have occurred in several African countries. Located in sub-Saharan Africa, Malawi has been regarded as an exemplar of progress in this area that is achievable in a low resource region. This scoping review examined the literature on the development and state of palliative care in Malawi according to the pillars of health care policy, medicine availability, education, implementation, research activity, and vitality of professionals and advocates.

Methods

A scoping review was conducted of the MEDLINE, Embase, Global Health, CINAH

SUBMITTER: Palumbo N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10548577 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature