Measuring palliative care integration in Malawi through service provision, access, and training indicators: the Waterloo Coalition Initiative.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Fewer than 1 in 20 people on the African continent in need of palliative care receive it. Malawi is a low-income country in sub-Saharan Africa that has yet to achieve advanced palliative care integration accompanied by unrestricted access to pain and symptom relieving palliative medicines. This paper studied the impact of Malawi's Waterloo Coalition Initiative (WCI) - a local project promoting palliative care integration through service development, staff training, and increased service access.

Methods

Interdisciplinary health professionals at 13 hospitals in southern Malawi were provided robust palliative care training over a 10-month period. We used a cross-sectional evaluation to measure palliative care integration based on 11 consensus-based indicators over a

SUBMITTER: Kiyange F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10790398 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature