Journal of pain and symptom management
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J Pain Symptom Manage · Mar 2014
ReviewPediatric palliative care in sub-saharan Africa: a systematic review of the evidence for care models, interventions, and outcomes.
The progressive disease burden among children in sub-Saharan Africa means the provision of palliative care is essential and should be provided alongside treatment where it is available. ⋯ Pediatric palliative care is a pressing clinical and public health challenge in sub-Saharan Africa. Explicit evidence-based models of service development, patient assessment, and evidence for control of prevalent problems (physical, psychological, social, spiritual, and developmental) are urgently needed. Greater research activity is urgently required to ensure an evidence-based response to the enormous need for pediatric palliative care in sub-Saharan Africa.