Among life threatening illnesses facing Kenyans today is cancer. Cancer has emerged the third killer disease after cardiovascular diseases and infectious diseases. This is having a major effect on the Kenyan economy and labor force. The Medical Services Minister Hon....

Is hospital based palliative care more beneficial than home based care? This was the argument put forward by Eunyoung Choi, the Associate Field Director of Palliative Care Program at AMPATH Oncology Institute in Kenya, during KEHPCA’s 3rd Kenya National Palliative...

The 3rd Kenya National Palliative Care Conference kicked off today at the Sarova Panafric in Nairobi Kenya. The three day conference hosted by the Kenya Hospices and Palliative Care Association (KEHPCA) aims to create a platform for participants to understand the...

KEHPCA receives the Red Ribbon Award at the AIDS 2012 Conference in Washington DC  Kenya Hospices and Palliative Care Association (KEHPCA) was among the ten community-based organizations that received the prestigious Red Ribbon Award for innovative response to AIDS...

Kenya Hospices and Palliative Care association (KEHPCA) together with Africa Palliative Care Association (APCA) under the Diana Princess of Wales Memorial Fund is working with various health training institutions to integrate palliative care in to their curricula....

Reducing the Burden of Pain and Suffering: Developing Palliative Care in Low and Middle Income Countries. Palliative Care Side Event at the World Health Assembly May 2012 At the recent World Health Assembly (May 2012) held in Geneva, the Ministry of Public Health and...

The University of Nairobi School of Nursing Sciences was the venue for the visit of Prof. Richard Hardings, a renowned professor of palliative care from Kings college London who is currently on sabbatical in South Africa. Prof. Hardings is the principal investigator...

The launch of ehospice, a worldwide online palliative care newspaper is nearly here!  ehospice will provide up to date news, views and inspiration on everything related to palliative care from both Kenya and around the globe in one place. Launching in October 2012,...

The Kenya Hospice and Palliative Care Association (KEHPCA) is pleased to announce the 3rd Kenya National Palliative Care Conference which will be held from 12th to 14thSeptember 2012 at the Sarova Panafric Hotel, Nairobi. The conference is an ideal platform to come...

The Kenya Hospices and Palliative Care Association (KEHPCA) has been supporting the integration of palliative care into public health services in Kenya through a project aiming at establishing palliative care in eleven public level 5 and provincial hospitals in Kenya....

KEHPCA was excited to hold its 3rd Annual General Meeting on 28th of April 2012. This was held in Nairobi, with over 15 member institutions participating, despite the heavy rains; bad roads and long distance traveling for many of the participants. It is always good to...

The Catholic Relief Services (CRS) is supporting the Kenya Prisons Health Services capacity building in different aspects of holistic HIV care and management.  One area of focus is the integration of palliative care services provision to patients and family members...

Garissa Provincial General Hospital is leading the way forward on Paediatric Palliative Care in Kenya.  Dr Patrick Mburugu, Palliative Care Clinic Coordinator had been a key player in driving the first Paediatric Palliative Care Unit in Kenya forward.  Dr Mburugu...

On April 3rd 2012 (which, incidentally, was my birthday), I was given an opportunity at the Ministry of Health to make a presentation to the Heads of Departments on palliative care and the work KEHPCA is doing to integrate palliative care into government hospitals....

On 26th March, Gemma, KEHPCA’s VSO volunteer, embarked on a week long course at Nairobi Hospice, for palliative care for non health care professionals.  She tells us about her experience…. When I arrived at Nairobi Hospice, situated in Kenyatta National Hospital, I...