Implementation of primary palliative care interventions across six sub-Saharan African countries: understanding contextual determinants and lessons learnt
Anna Peeler, Oladayo Afolabi, Kennedy Nkhoma, Catherine Evans, Eve Namisango, Mary Abboah-Offei, Lindsay Farrant, Joy Hunter, Edwina Beryl Opare-Lokko, Adwoa Boamah Mensah, Maya Jane Bates, Dorothee van Breevoort, Duncan Kwaitana, Modai Mnenula, Dickson Chifamba, Lovemore Mupaza, Richard Harding · 2026
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A large team distils lessons from five comfort care projects in six African lands south of the Sahara. Comfort care at the local clinic level can reach far more sick people than hospital care can. Each project had its own way, so the team read them as one set to find what helped or blocked the work. They spoke with all seven site leads and read project files in depth.
Four aids stood out across the sites. Care that put the person first beat standard care in clear ways. Keen local staff champs pushed each project through hard spots. Long talks with policy chiefs, staff, patients, and kin kept backing wide. Reach past cancer cases, to all grave illness, won fresh support. Blocks, from drug gaps to staff load, are named with the fixes each site used.
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| CREATOR | Anna Peeler, Oladayo Afolabi, Kennedy Nkhoma, Catherine Evans, Eve Namisango, Mary Abboah-Offei, Lindsay Farrant, Joy Hunter, Edwina Beryl Opare-Lokko, Adwoa Boamah Mensah, Maya Jane Bates, Dorothee van Breevoort, Duncan Kwaitana, Modai Mnenula, Dickson Chifamba, Lovemore Mupaza, Richard Harding |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 73 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |