Emmanuel Luyirika
Biographic Data
| ID | 7729601 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Emmanuel Luyirika |
| GIVEN NAMES | Emmanuel |
| FAMILY NAME | Luyirika |
| SIGNATURE | LUYIRIKA E |
| AFFILIATIONS | African Palliative Care Association |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-6580-3304 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 8 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2006 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Empowering African professionals to assess palliative care development
INTRODUCTION: The WHO has proposed a structured framework to assess palliative care development through 14 actionable indicators across 6 dimensions. While prior applications have been limited to individual countries, this study explores the feasibility of empowering professionals across an entire region to independently evaluate palliative care development using the WHO framework. METHODS: An expert-informed, participatory implementation study w…
Mapping of Children’s Palliative Care Development Globally in 2023
Background: The demand for children's palliative care is increasingly urgent, with over 21 million children worldwide needing access, yet only 5-10% currently receiving it. Mapping the development of children's palliative care is important in tracking progress and focusing priorities for future work. Methods: In 2023, a cross-sectional survey was conducted to assess the status of children's palliative care globally, focusing on eight key indicato…
The Meaning of Healing to Adult Patients with Advanced Cancer
Themes from patients' responses suggest subjective and varied definitions of healing which encompass physical, social, spiritual, and psychological domains of well-being, distinct from the physical cure of disease. Clinicians should adopt a holistic, person-centered approach to care, attending to bodily, psychosocial, spiritual, and emotional needs to help patients find meaning in their experiences, nourish resilience, and experience a sense of h…
Redefining Palliative Care—A New Consensus-Based Definition
CONTEXT: The International Association for Hospice and Palliative Care developed a consensus-based definition of palliative care (PC) that focuses on the relief of serious health-related suffering, a concept put forward by the Lancet Commission Global Access to Palliative Care and Pain Relief. OBJECTIVE: The main objective of this article is to present the research behind the new definition. METHODS: The three-phased consensus process involved he…
Alleviating the access abyss in palliative care and pain relief—an imperative of universal health coverage
Integrating palliative care into national health systems in Africa
BACKGROUND: The WHO is calling for the integration of palliative care in all health care settings globally. METHODS: A 3.5-year program was implemented in 12 government hospitals, three each in Kenya, Rwanda, Uganda and Zambia. A four-pillared approach of advocacy, staff training, service delivery strengthening and international and regional partnership working was utilized. A baseline assessment was undertaken to ascertain needs, and 27 indicato…
Women, economic hardship and the path of survival
The results are presented from a 2005 survey of 377 women in four HIV/AIDS treatment programs in Uganda. The aim of the study was to explore women's economic hardships and the association with four sexual risk behaviors: whether a woman was sexually active in the last 12 months, whether a condom was used during the last sex act, whether she reported having had a sexual partner in the last six months who she suspected had multiple partners and rep…
Disclosure of HIV Status and Adherence to Daily Drug Regimens Among HIV-infected Children in Uganda
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Disclosure of HIV Status and Adherence to Daily Drug Regimens Among HIV-infected Children in Uganda
Women, economic hardship and the path of survival
The results are presented from a 2005 survey of 377 women in four HIV/AIDS treatment programs in Uganda. The aim of the study was to explore women's economic hardships and the association with four sexual risk behaviors: whether a woman was sexually active in the last 12 months, whether a condom was used during the last sex act, whether she reported having had a sexual partner in the last six months who she suspected had multiple partners and rep…
Integrating palliative care into national health systems in Africa
BACKGROUND: The WHO is calling for the integration of palliative care in all health care settings globally. METHODS: A 3.5-year program was implemented in 12 government hospitals, three each in Kenya, Rwanda, Uganda and Zambia. A four-pillared approach of advocacy, staff training, service delivery strengthening and international and regional partnership working was utilized. A baseline assessment was undertaken to ascertain needs, and 27 indicato…
Alleviating the access abyss in palliative care and pain relief—an imperative of universal health coverage
Redefining Palliative Care—A New Consensus-Based Definition
CONTEXT: The International Association for Hospice and Palliative Care developed a consensus-based definition of palliative care (PC) that focuses on the relief of serious health-related suffering, a concept put forward by the Lancet Commission Global Access to Palliative Care and Pain Relief. OBJECTIVE: The main objective of this article is to present the research behind the new definition. METHODS: The three-phased consensus process involved he…
The Meaning of Healing to Adult Patients with Advanced Cancer
Themes from patients' responses suggest subjective and varied definitions of healing which encompass physical, social, spiritual, and psychological domains of well-being, distinct from the physical cure of disease. Clinicians should adopt a holistic, person-centered approach to care, attending to bodily, psychosocial, spiritual, and emotional needs to help patients find meaning in their experiences, nourish resilience, and experience a sense of h…
Empowering African professionals to assess palliative care development
INTRODUCTION: The WHO has proposed a structured framework to assess palliative care development through 14 actionable indicators across 6 dimensions. While prior applications have been limited to individual countries, this study explores the feasibility of empowering professionals across an entire region to independently evaluate palliative care development using the WHO framework. METHODS: An expert-informed, participatory implementation study w…
Mapping of Children’s Palliative Care Development Globally in 2023
Background: The demand for children's palliative care is increasingly urgent, with over 21 million children worldwide needing access, yet only 5-10% currently receiving it. Mapping the development of children's palliative care is important in tracking progress and focusing priorities for future work. Methods: In 2023, a cross-sectional survey was conducted to assess the status of children's palliative care globally, focusing on eight key indicato…
Medicine (7 works) · Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues (6 works) · Nursing (5 works) · Palliative care (5 works) · Family medicine (4 works) · Health care (3 works) · MEDLINE (3 works) · Palliative and Oncologic Care (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life (2 works)