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Global State of Pain Treatment
Access to Palliative Care as a Human Right
Key Terms in
Palliative Care and Pain Treatment
Summary
I.
Background: Palliative Care and Pain Treatment
The Need for
Palliative Care and Pain Treatment
The
Consequences of Untreated Pain and Lack of Palliative Care
Impact of
Palliative Care and Pain Management
The
Palliative Care and Pain Treatment Gap
Barriers to
Palliative Care and Pain Treatment
II. Survey
Findings: Global Overview of Barriers to Pain Treatment
Availability
of Policies that Promote Palliative Care and Pain Treatment
Training for
Healthcare Workers
Drug
Availability
Supply and
Distribution System for Opioid Analgesics
Drug
Regulations
Cost of Opioid Medications
Best
Practices: Addressing Barriers to Pain Treatment and Palliative Care through
Comprehensive Reform
Map of Sub-Saharan Africa
III.
Sub-Saharan Africa
Regional
Overview
Drug
Availability
Drug
Regulations
Best
Practice and Reform Efforts: Uganda
Map of the Americas
IV. The
Americas
Regional
Overview
Drug
Availability
Best Practice
and Reform Efforts: Colombia
Map of the Middle
East and North Africa Map
V. The
Middle East and North Africa
Regional
Overview
Drug
Availability
Developing
Palliative Care: Jordan
Map of Europe
VI. Europe
Regional
Overview
Drug
Availability
Best
Practice and Reform Efforts: Romania
Asia Map
VII. Asia
Regional
Overview
Drug
Availability
Developing
Palliative Care: Vietnam
VIII.
International Human Rights Obligations and Pain Treatment
Health as a
Human Right
Pain
Treatment and the Right to the Highest Attainable Standard of Health
Pain
Treatment and the Right to Be Free from Cruel, Inhuman, and Degrading
Treatment
IX.
Recommendations
To
Governments around the World
General
Ensuring an
Effective Supply System
Developing
and Enacting Pain Management and Palliative Care Policies
Ensuring
Instruction for Healthcare Workers
Reforming
Drug Regulations
Ensuring
Affordability of Medications
To Global
Drug Policy Makers
To the WHA,
WHO, UNAIDS, and the Donor Community
To the
Global Human Rights Community
X.
Methodology
Acknowledgements
Appendix 1
– List of Survey Participants
Appendix 2
– Survey Questions
Appendix 3
– Table of Calculations Used to Produce Maps
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