Challenges to Rehabilitation Services in Sub-Saharan Africa From a User, Health System, and Service Provider Perspective: Scoping Review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Rehabilitation aims to restore and optimize the functioning of impaired systems for people with disabilities. It is an integral part of universal health coverage, and access to it is a human right.

Objective

We aimed to identify the key challenges to rehabilitation services in Sub-Saharan Africa from a user, health system, and service provider perspective.

Methods

This scoping review was conducted in accordance with the 5-stage framework proposed by Arksey and O'Malley. A comprehensive electronic search was run to identify published articles on rehabilitation services in Sub-Saharan Africa. Of the 131 articles retrieved, 83 articles were assessed for eligibility and 15 papers that met the inclusion criteria were considered.

Results

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SUBMITTER: Cyuzuzo C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11887585 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature