Conference

2nd KEHPCA Palliative Care Conference
The overall theme of the conference 2010 was sharing the care. Quality palliative care is realized when strong networks exist between different palliative care providers, NGOs INGOs, Faith Based Organizations, the Private Sector, the Government, the Community and many others. It is only when we work together as a team to meet the needs of our patients and their families that we can achieve quality palliative care for those who need it.

The conference aims to reflect the diversity that makes up the palliative care sector, understand the shared responsibilities with primary focus on how we can work together to advance palliative care in Kenya.

Presentations
DAY 1 – 4th November 2010
Plenary

• Dr. Faith Mwangi Powell – Key note address
• Dr. Zipporah Ali – Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow
• Olivia Dix – The future of Palliative Care Financing: A donor Perspective
• Dr. Ochiba Lukandu – The National Cancer Control Strategy
• Ann Gathumbi – Palliative Care is a Human Right Issue
• Juliane Kuppenberg & Laura Thomas – Needless pain: Government failure to provide care for children in Kenya
• Lorna Numbers & Iain Rennie – Sharing Knowledge and experience through writing for publications

Breakout Sessions
Room 1 – Training, Education and Standards

• Dr. Peter Kamau – Integrating palliative care with oncology in Western Kenya
• Hellen Iyekat – Integrating and building specialist palliative care competencies within HIV/AIDS care organizations initiative
• Dr. Hellen Kariuki – Knowledge and practice towards pain and pain treatment in Kenya
• Harriet Kibirungi – Integrating palliative care in government health facilities: A case of Kiboga and Kbaale districts in Uganda
• David Musyoki – Incorporation of Legal and Human right issues in palliative care
• Rose Kiwanuka – Mentorship and support supervision improves palliative care service provision

Room 2 – Monitoring, Evaluation and Research

• Godfrey Agupio – Assessing health and social care workers satisfaction on children’s palliative care (CPC) training course in Uganda
• Dr. Faith Mwangi Powell – Cultural in end of life care
• Dr. John Weru – Record keeping in palliative care
• Dr. Faith Mwangi Powell – Kenyan preference and priorities for end of life care

Workshop

• Joan Marston – Palliative care for children
• Juliane Kuppenberg & Laura Thomas – Needless pain: Government failure to provide care for children in Kenya

DAY 2 – 5th November 2010
Plenary

• Joan Marston – Development a national and international network of palliative care services for children
• Dr. Robai Gakunga – Assessing total pain in the terminally ill cancer patients in the Kenya public health care system
• Liz Salmon – Hospice Care Kenya
• Dr. Helena Musau – Integrating palliative care into the curricula of Health Care Professionals
• Joyce Marete – Impact of fungating wounds on the quality of life of cancer patients
• Dr. John Weru – Assessment tools in palliative care: Why the gap?

Breakout Sessions
Room 1 – Clinical Palliative Care and Service Delivery and Advocacy and Policies
• Ruth Sego – Quality of life during and after cancer treatment
• Ann Mwangi – Nausea and vomiting secondary to hydronephrosis in palliative care
• Dr. Essie Muinga – Palliative care in Webuye district hospital
• Rose Kiwanuka – Involving male community givers in palliative care service delivery
• Mutala Shem – Program development
• Abby Baguma – National policy review in ten African countries

Room 2 – Palliative Care for Special Groups

• Eunice Nderitu – Grief in children
• Dr. Frasia Karua – Palliative care in pediatric HIV/AIDS: A case study from Sunshine Smiles Clinic Getrude’s Children’s Hospital
• Stella Kubania – Management of lymphoedema in advanced breast cancer
• Samwel Obara – Psychosocial well being in integrating relationships between older carers and children orphaned by AIDS in Eastern and Southern Africa
• Dorcas Olangh – Palliative care for special groups
• James Nyaga – Lessons from a child with cancer
• Kiprotich Jackson – Palliative care for special groups
Conference summary
• Dr Faith Mwangi Powell – Summary and final thoughts