Abandoned in agony
Subtitle: cancer and the struggle for pain treatment in Senegal
By: [Angela Chung]
Contributors: Human Rights Watch (Organization)
Publisher: Human Rights Watch
Published: 2013
Place of publication: [New York]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 85
ISBN-13: 9781623130565
Copyright date: 2013
Subjects: Cancer; Palliative treatment; Pain; Treatment; Neoplasms; Drug therapy; Human Rights Abuses; Morphine; Supply & distribution; Pain Management; Methods; Palliative Care
Other titles: Cancer and the struggle for pain treatment in Senegal; Senegal :
Description: "The 85-page report found that 70,000 Senegalese each year need what is known as palliative care to control symptoms related to chronic, life-threatening diseases. Morphine is an essential and inexpensive medication for treatment of severe pain, but Senegal only imports about one kilogram of morphine each year - enough to treat about 200 cancer patients. Human Rights Watch also found that morphine is unavailable outside of Dakar, Senegal's capital. Frequent shortages limit access to the medication in the capital as well"--Publisher's website.
Notes: "October 2013."

"Research for this report was conducted by Angela Chung.  Angela Chung wrote the report."--Page 85.

Includes bibliographical references.

Also available via the Human Rights Watch website.
Table of contents: title: Key terms in palliative care and pain treatment; title: Summary and key recommendations; title: Bineta's story; title: Methodology; title: I. Background. The global burden of non-communicable and chronic illnesses ; Global palliative care needs and regional availability ; Background on Senegal ; Non-communicable and chronic illnesses and palliative care ; Senegal's health care system; title: II. Palliative care in Senegal : the plight of patients. The suffering caused by untreated pain ; The impact on healthcare workers ; Cancer barriers and the heightened need for palliative care ; Diagnosis ; Economic barriers ; The most common scenario : no access to palliative care ; The impact of stock-outs ; The special needs of children; title: III. Exploring the causes of the palliative care gap. Policy ; Senegal's essential medicines list ; Training ; Medical education in Senegal ; Nursing education ; Consequences of inadequate training ; Drug availability ; Challenges with the supply and distribution of opioid analgesics ; Procurement authorization ; Rules for handling, prescribing and dispensing of opioid analgesics; title: IV. Senegal's obligation to improve palliative care. National law ; The right to health ; Palliative care and the right to health ; No interference with palliative care ; Facilitating the development of palliative care ; Ensuring age appropriate palliative care for children ; Ensuring integration of palliative care into health services ; Pain treatment medication and the right to health ; Pain treatment and the right to be free from cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment; title: Recommendations. To the Senegalese government ; In the area of policy development ; In the area of education ; In the area of drug availability ; To the international community ; To the International Narcotics Control Board ; To the World Health Organization and UN Office on Drugs and Crime ; To international donors, in particular the Global Fund against AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, the US and EU Governments; title: Acknowledgments.