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World Hospice and Palliative Care Day 2011
On Saturday 8 October Kenya Hospices and Palliative Care Association celebrated World Hospice and Palliative Care Day 2011 with the first Kenyan Film screening of 'Wit'. The film is based on the 1999 Pulitzer Prize winning play by Margaret Edson, and features the...
KEHPCA film screening event
On Saturday 8 October 2011 KEHPCA will celebrate World Hospices and Palliative Care Day 2011 with a special film screening event in Nairobi. Based on the 1999 Pulitzer Prize-winning play by Margaret Edson, the film WIT features the Academy Award winning actress Emma...
Kenya International Oncology Conference 2011
From 4 – 7 October 2011 KEHPCA will partner with the Kenya Society of Haematology and Oncology (KESHO), Kenya Cancer Association (KENCASA) and CMF Health Services Trust to host an International Oncology Conference at the Sarova Panafric Hotel in Nairobi, Kenya. The...
Paediatric Palliative Care Training
KEHPCA held the first training on Paediatric Palliative Care in Kenya from 29 August to 2 September 2011. In partnership with ICPCN, HPCA and the Diana Princess of Wales Memorial Fund, KEHPCA trained 40 paediatric clinicians from across Kenya on a five day...
National Cancer Control Strategy Launch
On Friday 12 August the first Kenyan Cancer Control Strategy was launched in Nairobi at a special event that was presided over by the Minister for Public Health and Sanitation, Hon. Beth Mugo. The strategy will cover a five year period from 2011-2016. Kenya Hospices...
Legal Aid in Palliative Care Programme
In 2010 KEHPCA began implementation of an important new stream of work to introduce Kenyan Hospices and Palliative Care Centres to the provision of legal support for patients, with support from the Open Society Initiative for East Africa. Several cultural groups in...
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Health and Research Symposium
In May 2011 KEHPCA supported the health and research symposium Research Utilization in health care provision: From practice to practice. Organized by the University of Dundee’s Distance Learning Masters of Palliative Care students and Master of Nursing students in the...
Conference Report Launched
Held in March 2011, the conference Palliative Care: An essential part of medical and nursing training brought together country teams from ten Sub Sahara Africa countries to review progress on integrating palliative care into core curricula for nurses and doctors...
Machakos Palliative Care Unit Opens!
Machakos Palliative Care unit housed at Machakos Level 5 District Hospital was officially opened on 19th April 2011 by KEHPCA's National Coordinator Dr. Zipporah Ali. In attendance were Hospital Superintendent Dr. J. Osumba, Government officials, supporting...
Laikipia Palliative Care Centre Launch
Laikipia Palliative Care Centre located in Nanyuki County was officially launched on 7th April 2011. In attendance were the Laikipia District Commissioner who gave the key note address, government officials, non-governmental organizations, religious institutions,...
World Cancer day 2011
Every 4th of February, the World marks the World Cancer day. KEHPCA enjoined other organizations this year by creating awareness to the general public by distribution fliers with simple massages about cancer and the need for its prevention in line with the theme for...
Palliative Care within government hospitals!
KEHPCA hosted a group of about 40 health care professionals, multi-disciplinary team that includes doctors, nurses, clinical officers, social workers and pharmacists to attend a one week palliative care course. Those trained will be on the forefront to...
Kimbilio Hospice Launched!
2011 has started with great news for the people of Chebaiywa village in Kipkaren - Eldoret; where a new Hospice was opened on 29th January 2011. The hospice is the 5th in Kenya offering inpatient services at very affordable (Almost free) rates. KEHPCA congratulates...
Palliative Care Toolkit; Kiswahili Translation
Are you a palliative care provider looking for easier ways to disseminate information? Well, language can be a major bottleneck; translation to other languages from English always helps. That is why the Worldwide Palliative Care Alliance has translated the Palliative...