On 23rd March 2012, the eve of World TB day, a number of organizations led by KELIN, got a glimpse into what it is like to live with drug resistant TB while raising awareness and sensitizing the public to TB. KELIN, KEHPCA, WOFAK, KANCO and MSF took to the streets...

KEHPCA is currently mid-way through a large scale programme in partnership with the Ministry of Health to support the establishment of palliative care units and palliative care teams at 11 Government Level 5 and Provincial Hospitals in Kenya. By the end of April 2012,...

KEHPCA in partnership with The Waterloo Coalition and the Ministry of Health, is working to support the integration of palliative care into public health services in Kenya with a focus of establishing palliative care in 11 public level 5 and provincial hospitals in...

Leading health NGOs urge people to support Kenyan TB patients on World TB Day Leading civil society organisations in Kenya are asking people to wear surgical masks on the eve of World TB Day<23 March> to show support for the estimated 150,000 TB patients in...

KEHPCA believes that all doctors graduating should have knowledge and skills in palliative care.  KEHPCA has been working with medical, nursing, dental and pharmacy training institutions to integrate palliative care in their respective curricula. A group of newly...

KEHPCA has been successful in securing a grant from Hospice Care Kenya to purchase 1.1 kg of oral morphine that will be shared among 11 Government Hospital Palliative Care Units across Kenya, ensuring those with life limiting illnesses in need of relief from severe...

On Saturday 4 February KEHPCA joined forces with the Kenya Cancer Association and the Ministry of Public Health and Sanitation to mark World Cancer Day 2012 with a special premiere film screening of the documentary Life Before Death. Life Before Death is a multi-award...

On Saturday 4 February 2012 KEHPCA will join forces with the Kenya Cancer Association to celebrate World Cancer Day 2012 with a special film screening event in Nairobi. Life Before Death is a multi-award winning documentary about terminally ill patients, their...

On 14 December 2011, KEHPCA was fortunate to be a guest at Nyeri Hospice’s 2011 open day. Established since 1995, Nyeri Hospice provides essential care and support to patients with life limiting illness in the Mount Kenya region of central Kenya. Through the open day,...

By December 2011, Kenyan Hospices and Palliative Care Units had provided care and support for around 30,000 patients, including 1,200 children over the year. Their work changes lives through providing effective pain relief, clinical care, subsidized or free...

Christmas Friend Membership Appeal By this Christmas, Kenyan Hospices and Palliative Care Units will have provided care and support for around 30,000 patients during 2011, including around 1,200 children. Their work changes lives, through providing effective pain...

KEHPCA is pleased to announce the launch of its first M-Pesa service. The facility will improve the ease for Friends of KEHPCA to renew or join as a Friend, at just the press of a button, from any location in Kenya. Supporters of KEHPCA who wish to make a donation can...

KEHPCA were recently invited by one of Kenya’s biggest mobile phone network operators, Airtel, to come and speak to their staff team about cancer awareness and the role of palliative care. KEHPCA invited Dr Esther Munyoro, Head of the Palliative Care Unit at Kenyatta...

On 19-20 September 2011 the United Nations General Assembly held a High Level meeting on the prevention and control of Non-Communicable Diseases. Dr Zipporah Ali, National Co-ordinator of KEHPCA attended to advocate for palliative care as an essential aspect of...

The Kenya Hospice and Palliative Care Association is pleased to announce a major investment by The Diana, Princess of Wales Memorial Fund and the True Colours Trust to support the integration of palliative care into public health services in Kenya. The funding is...