Health care providers received a one week training at Homa Bay District Hospital to equip them with quality skills and knowledge for provision of comprehensive palliative care services. This is part of a three year project approved by the UK Department for...

September 17th - 20th, Johannesburg, South Africa This conference is about coming together to improve the lives of African patients living with life-threatening illnesses through innovation and dialogue. It’s about bringing your area of expertise to the table in an...

Spiritual assistance is one of the core areas in palliative care that any hospice or palliative care set up should not ignore. It demotivates spiritual leaders when doctors see them as intruders in their quest to help patients in their end of life. Reverend Patrick...

Laikipia Palliative Care Centre started its day-care services this year with an initial attendance of 10 patients out of the possible 22 registered patients. The centre’s patients responded to this step positively. They were pleased with the introduction of such...

Despite the many challenges faced at various levels of its development, there is willingness to develop palliative care and there is a shift to centralize political power at the county level, which holds promise that palliative care can develop from the ground up and...

Call for Abstracts OPEN!  Make the world your audience.  The International Palliative Care Network Conference - 2013 is an online conference hosted on the Palliative Care Network Community Site. Participation and access to the virtual conference is FREE!  Palliative...

Cancer is emerging to be the biggest public health challenge faced today in Kenya as it contributes to 7% of total mortality every year. Annually, an estimate of over 28,500 new cases of cancer are diagnosed while 22,100 people die of the disease each year. Over 60%...

80% of nurses working in rural areas have no idea of palliative care, 80%  fear the process of breaking bad news, 55% feel it consumes time, 65% fear burn out after prolonged care while 50% fear  prescribing morphine and causing addiction to patients. This is...

Kenya’s palliative care service provision and its integration into public health care system did not come easy. Most of those who have struggled to ensure these services are available started from very humble beginnings. The many hurdles those championing palliative...

Kisii Level 5 Hospital palliative care unit aims to become the best service provider and grow to become a hospice. Kisii Level 5 Hospital is one of the eleven government hospitals that have integrated palliative care in its services. Mrs. Mary Lwanga is a palliative...

Since it started operations in April 2011, Machakos Level 5 Palliative Care Unit is working towards becoming a mentor unit. With the able hands of Mr. Elijah Musau, the head of palliative care unit at Machakos Level 5 Hospital, the unit officially started operation in...

Despite the fear most health care providers have towards the use of morphine in the relief of severe pain among patients with terminal illnesses, those who have embraced its use can attest the help it is giving patients with chronic pain. Such testimony is hereby...

KEHPCA is increasing its outreach to health care providers to instil palliative care skills and knowledge. Kenya Hospices and Palliative Care Association (KEHPCA) carried out a Continuous Medical Education (CME) to Mbagathi District Hospital health care givers in...

After a training of two Naivasha hospital nurses for one week in palliative care in June 2010 by Nairobi Hospice staff and Nakuru Hospice Staff, the struggle to have palliative care recognized in Naivasha District Hospital started. Intensive awareness creation and...