Vietnam: integrating palliative care into HIV/AIDS and cancer care.

Vietnam's palliative care initiative: successes and challenges in the first five years.

In 2005, Vietnam's Ministry of Health (MoH) launched a palliative care initiative that uses the World Health Organization (WHO) public health strategy for national palliative care program development. With international financial and technical support, the initiative has made significant early progress. A rapid situation analysis in 2005 led to national Guidelines on Palliative Care in 2006, ra...

The Lack of Systematic Training for Health Care Providers, A Challenge for Providing Pediatric Palliative Home Care: A Comparative Study

Background: The growing prevalence of chronic diseases in children has increased their need for palliative care. We aimed to compare pediatric palliative care and home care training in Iran and in the selected countries. Materials and Methods: This comparative study was conducted based on the classifications of palliative care for children and using databases such as Scopus, Science Direct, Ovi...

A Community Health Approach to Palliative Care for HIV/AIDS and Cancer Patients 2 A COMMUNITY HEALTH APPROACH TO PALLIATIVE CARE FOR HIV/AIDS AND CANCER PATIENTS IN SUB-SAHARAN

Causes of Death in HIV Patients and the Evolution of an AIDS Hospice: 1988–2008

This paper reports on the transformation that has occurred in the care of people living with HIV/AIDS in a Toronto Hospice. Casey House opened in the pre-HAART era to care exclusively for people with HIV/AIDS, an incurable disease. At the time, all patients were admitted for palliative care and all deaths were due to AIDS-defining conditions. AIDS-defining malignancies accounted for 22 percent ...

Assessing and Responding to Palliative Care Needs in Rural Sub-Saharan Africa: Results from a Model Intervention and Situation Analysis in Malawi

INTRODUCTION Palliative care is rarely accessible in rural sub-Saharan Africa. Partners In Health and the Malawi government established the Neno Palliative Care Program (NPCP) to provide palliative care in rural Neno district. We conducted a situation analysis to evaluate early NPCP outcomes and better understand palliative care needs, knowledge, and preferences. METHODS Employing rapid evalu...