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They do not have to live in pain

Kenya Hospice and Palliative Care Association (KEHPCA) has been on the cutting edge of creating awareness on pain management, for this reason KEHPCA team have been travelling to different counties within the country with the intention of training health care workers...

My last hope

My husband and I came to the construction site of Kimbilio Care Center in Eldoret today. My office is a chair with my computer on my lap, inside the chapel. I look around and see beautifully, bright colored stained glass windows speaking these words to me: Peace...

The right way to say Goodbye

Paarl in the Western Cape, South Africa is where Nelson Mandela was released from prison in February 1990, twenty-eight years ago. This story is about another release, the release of a child called Quinton who was from a poor neighborhood in Paarl.  This is the...

Tell the tale of an inspiration-Dr Zipporah Ali

“Dr Zippy Ali has been actively involved in the advocacy for palliative care in Kenya for the last 15 years. As the Executive director of Kenya Hospice and Palliative Care Association (KEHPCA) she has been emphatic, leading the fight for recognition of palliative care in the country.”

C.E.O Nakuru Hospice, Soaring to greater heights.

It was a moment of delight for Ms Elizabeth Ndung’u, who is the current C.E.O of Nakuru hospice when she was honored and elected as the president of Rotary club in Nakuru County last month. Rotary is a global network of people who are problem-solvers and who see the...

Fostering Spirituality In Palliative Care – KEHPCA 2018

Kenya Hospices and Palliative Care Association (KEHPCA), the umbrella body for hospices and palliative care in Kenya, partnered with the American Cancer Society through SOURCE program, to undertake 3 day spirituality training at Nairobi Baptist church last week...

Breast Cancer Lemonade

There is always hope, though sometimes it may change and it may mean something different for each person in any given situation, the word “cancer” is no longer associated to death anymore. “It is weird to say that cancer has been a gift to me but in somewhat ways, it...

Dr. Zipporah Ali awarded 2018 Women4Africa Humanitarian Award

Africa, “the last continent, the dark continent, Women the weaker gender, the oppressed gender,” this is what the media has shared for many years but this is also the story that has changed. The sound of celebration will never end, not as long as we have ordinary...

Palliative care awareness on the rise

Attend a health-based meeting these days in Kenya and definitely, there will be discussions on palliative care. Palliative care awareness in Kenya is escalating evidenced by the many medical staff going for various trainings on palliative care and more patients...

Nothing for us without us

Non Communicable Diseases (NCDs) constitute two-thirds of the global burden of disease, however, they attract 1-2% of global health financing while tuberculosis, malaria, maternal/child care and HIV/AIDS attract 90%. This is according to a report by World Health...

The voice of the warriors

We label them, sicklings, terminally ill, the affected, the victims, ailing and many other disheartening names but in the Access Accelerated summit, people living with non-communicable diseases (PLWNCDs) demonstrated that they are not limited to these labels. They are...

A united front against Non-Communicable Diseases

Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) account for the loss of 100,000 lives in Kenya each year. This is according to a report launched by the Ministry of Health on a survey done between April and June 2015. Stakeholder collaboration is the fresh united front in Kenya to...

It hurts because it is real

“Pain is whatever a patient says it is. It exists wherever and whenever a patient says it does”. In an assessment of pain video clip, Dr. John Campbell quotes these famous words said by McCaffery in 1968 about pain management. “The patient is the only judge of their...

Free palliative care services in Murang’a Level 5 Hospital

On a warm Friday morning at Murang’a Level 5 Hospital in Murang'a County patients are seated in rows waiting in front of different units within the hospital. Monica Juma the only Kenya Registered Palliative Care Nurse (KRPCN) in Murang’a walks few steps in front of...

Thika Level 5 Hospital is becoming pain-free

As health professionals took their seats in the tent pitched in front of Thika Palliative Care Unit in Kiambu County, one could see on their faces the enthusiasm they have for the well being of their patients. They are making efforts to go by the saying that, “a good...

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