Background: Paediatric palliative care (PPC) is considered an essential component of the management of children and adolescents with cancer. The International Society of Paediatric Oncology Global Mapping Programme surveyed hospital-based paediatric oncology facilities across Africa from 2018-2020 to document PPC and provision of PPC services. Procedure: An electronic and paper survey were widely distributed to elicit the presence of components of PPC: PPC teams, bereavement counselling services, patient support groups, and spiritual and religious support. Results were correlated with the countries’ Gini coefficient, World Bank income status indicators and Human Development Index. Results: Hospital-based paediatric oncology facilities in 16/54 African countries reported having all four PPC services while those in 11 countries reported having none of the four PPC services. No clear correlations were found between provision of such services and selected economic factors. Conclusions: This study demonstrates that hospital-based paediatric oncology facilities with limited resources caring for children and adolescents can provide PPC. Adoption of the World Health Organisation’s conceptual framework for palliative care and knowledge transfer between African facilities on the integration of PPC into paediatric oncology care, would benefit the increasing numbers of children and adolescents with cancer across the continent.

Ten years after the six International Society of Paediatric Oncology (SIOP) Baseline Standards for Nursing Care in Low- and Middle-Income Countries (LMIC) were published (2014), multiple LMIC nurses have used the standards for practice assessment and change. The WHO Global Initiative for Childhood Cancer has galvanized LMIC member states to prioritize childhood cancer and save one million lives by 2030. The CureALL framework highlights critical nursing practice actions aligned with the nursing standards to meet this goal. SIOP Nursing Network’s Baseline Standards special interest group has a 5-year strategic plan for advocacy, research, and standards implementation through global multidisciplinary collaboration.