This year saw the Eddah’s Hope Cancer Foundation, founded by Mr. Moses Issaji, take a step in the right direction by hosting the first of its kind in the region, the Inaugural Cancer Gala. Hosted at the prestigious Hotel Villa Rosa Kempinski, the team saw to a sitting...

The International Children's Palliative Care Network (ICPN) has declared the first Friday in October every year to be a day for raising funds and international awareness of the work of children's palliative care services worldwide. Support #HATSON4CPC by donating and...

Youth Against Cancer in Kenya (YACK) recently organized a talk at the Peponi Preparatory School in Nairobi. The talk targeted and engaged year eights students in the school. The theme of the talk was the relationship on lifestyles and cancer as well as other...

It isn’t very often that your donors visit the projects they have supported. Kenya Hospices and Palliative Care Association (KEHPCA) and its member institutions were delighted to host a team from Hospice Care Kenya (HCK) this month (September 2015). Ms. Elizabeth...

KEHPCA's Palliative Care Films have been accepted to the Health Rights Film Festival. View Video: Palliative Care is Everyone's Business  View Video: Cancer Is Not Beyond Us - Commemorating World Cancer Day 2015 What's this? This is the inaugural Health Rights Online...

The palliative care week will be celebrated from 5th to 10th October this year, the theme is; Hidden lives/Hidden patients. 10th October will be marked as the World hospice and palliative care day. KEHPCA  the umbrella body for palliative care in Kenya will be...

The Umodzi Children's Palliative Care programme in Malawi cares for children with life-threatening and life-limiting conditions from all around the country. Dr Cornelius Huwa reports that 5% of their patients suffer from malnutrition. This article, taken from the...

In the province of KwaZulu Natal (KZN), the Hospice and Palliative Care Association of South Africa (HPCA) set up a pilot programme to address the palliative care needs of prisoners. A formal partnership was established in 2009 with the KZN Department of Correctional...

Kenya Hospices and Palliative Care Association (KEHPCA) has been working with the Ministry of Health (MoH) to have palliative care services integrated in the health systems. Similarly, KEHPCA has been working with the largest teaching and referral hospital in the...

Fate is a funny thing, isn’t it? You start a journey to a far away land not knowing that the journey is about to change your life forever. That was the case for Kelly Third, a Canadian palliative care nurse a few years ago. She came to the African continent as a...

Children with genetic conditions belong in palliative care programmes. In this article, Dr Chong from StarPALS in Singapore, explains that these children and their families deserve the compassionate and comprehensive care that palliative care can provide. Taken from...

Do you know how many patients in Kenya live with and die from advanced cancer and other incurable conditions? Many! KEHPCA, the umbrella body for hospices and palliative care in the country, works on efforts to relieve their pain and suffering by advocating for...

Two dozen health professionals from Malindi, Kilifi County, in the Coastal region of Kenya, recently benefited from palliative care sensitization training at a local hotel that aimed to improve knowledge and attitudes towards palliative care in the County. The two-day...

Cancer patients in Kenya will soon have better access to affordable specialized treatment. This is after President Uhuru Kenyatta’s announcement at a continental cancer conference that the Government, through public private partnerships, is putting up four specialized...

Palliative care was first started in Nairobi and has now spread to many places and hospitals throughout Kenya. In Kijabe Hospital it was started in 2002 and has slowly gained support from the medical and administrative staff. It is greatly appreciated by the families...