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Monday, 14 February 2011 13:54

Children's Palliative Care in South Africa - The Facts

Since 2007, palliative care programmes for children in South Africa have increased from 6 to 58, mainly through the Paediatric Development programme of HPCA. The Bigshoes Foundation has spearheaded the development of paediatric palliative care in hospitals in three provinces.

Development has ensured that palliative care for children is available within hospices in all nine provinces of South Afrca. This rapid development has come about due to an innovative plan to integrate children's palliative care into existing hospice and palliative care organisations that were either predominantly adult-focused or providing supportive care to children. 

Download a full version of the book "Children's Palliative Care in South Africa - The Facts" below and a report on The Status of Paediatric Palliative Care in Sub Saharan Africa