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Palliative Care Among Children in Kenya
What do you do when your child is in pain and the only drug available is paracetamol? How do you prepare a terminally ill kid that he or she is dying? Should the kid have a right to ply with other kids even if no much time is left? Do they still have a right even if...
KEHPCA at FAMSA General Assembly
KEHPCA participates in the 26th General Assembly Federation of African Medical Students’ Associations (FAMSA), 16th 19th February 2011 KEHPCA was invited to the 26th Federation of African Medical Students’ Associations (FEMSA) General Assembly, hosted by the Medical...
How To Raise Funds For Palliative Care In Africa
What do donors want? Why are we not getting funding? This is a very common question for many hospices and palliative care associations in Africa. The reverse is also true, donors and partners have questions too; why more hospices and palliative care projects are not...
World Hospice and Palliative Care Day
KEHPCA plans to mark the World Hospice and Palliative Care Day (WHPCD) this year with an awareness and fund raising 10 Km walk. This will be held on 9th October 2010 at Uhuru Park grounds, Nairobi. Please come and keep fit as we move on the palliative care agenda...
E-newsletter launch!
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KEHPCA Conference 2010
We are delighted to announce the 2nd KEHPCA Palliative Care Conference which will take place on 4th and 5th November 2010 in Nairobi. The theme for the conference is "Sharing the care". The conference will give an opportunity for all people involved in palliative care...
New kids on the block!
Our Lady's Hospice- Thigio is a new Hospice launched on 24th May 2010. The hospice is located at Holy Parish, Thigio-Ndeya and has in-patient facilities.
Palliative care trainings
Our Lady’s Hospice – Thigio
KEHPCA launches new site!
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Hospice care brought my life back
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Legal and Human Rights Issues
Palliative care is a human right issue. Palliative care patients often face complicated legal challenges such as empowering others to make medical decisions, writing wills, protecting and disposing of property, planning for children and other dependents, and securing...
Training + capacity building
Both health care professionals and non-health care professionals need training in palliative care. To promote the team approach in quality palliative care provision, the National association working a program which will ensure such trainings are successful within this...
Palliative Care Advocacy
Continued awareness and advocacy work by the Kenya Hospices and Palliative Care association has led to great responses ranging from patients and family members seeking to understand more about their conditions, health workers seeking to have knowledge on various...