Palliative and end-of-life care in COVID-19 management in sub-Saharan Africa: a matter of concern.

Related Articles Palliative and end-of-life care in COVID-19 management in sub-Saharan Africa: a matter of concern. Pan Afr Med J. 2020;35(Suppl 2):130 Authors: Essomba MJN, Ciaffi L, Etoundi PO, Esiene A Abstract The COVID-19 pandemic has strained health care systems beyond capacity resulting in many people not having access to life-sustaining measures even in well-resourced countries. Palliative and end-of-life care are therefore essential to alleviate suffering and ensure a continuum of care for patients unlikely to survive. This is challenging in sub-Saharan Africa where lack of trained teams on basic palliative care and reduced access to opioids limit implementation of…
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