“For unto whom much is given much is required and to whom much has been entrusted, he will be required of more.” Luke 12:48 (amp) Walking into the Murang’a Hospital Palliative Care Unit (PCU), one would be surprised as to how far they have come from the abandoned...

50% of those who die from HIV and 80% of those who die from cancer experienced moderate or severe pain. Pain management has been and continues to be a challenge in the medical field. Most medical practitioners fail their patients when it comes to assessing and...

As the hot sun glazed down on us at the Kiambu Cancer Support Group walk, Lydia Kimunya, a soft spoken, will empowered, middle aged lady opened up her heart to tell us her testimony. She was diagnosed with HIV in the year 2000, and suffered a lot of stigma and...

This is a call no pilot or captain ever wants to make, it is an emergency call asking for help from the people on the ground when the plane has developed complications and requires emergency landing. The pilot is saying; help me help me!! Having watched a lot of plane...

“I used to cry everyday after I was diagnosed with cervical cancer, I was not be able to tell my children what I was suffering from but after I started coming to the palliative care unit and attend my support group meeting, I informed all my family members and now...

“That’s tough,” or “that’s so depressing,” are words you may come across when you tell people that you want to be a palliative care nurse. People who decide to be palliative care nurses find that, rather than being depressing or sad, it's rewarding to see a smiling...

Recently the Kenya Hospice and Palliative Care Association (KEHPCA) staff visited a number of palliative care units in Kenya to follow up the progression of integration of palliative care. Isiolo County Referral Hospital Travelling 5km in pain can be a task that...

When going to hospital to be treated for whichever ailment that has decided to attack your body, one would expected to be “pain free” as they undergo the necessary procedures to cure them. Well some do get pain free help but majority of others still suffer under...

Did you know that around the world, 75% of people (5.5 billion people) have no, or inadequate, access to controlled medications that they need to treat moderate to severe pain? As a result, millions of people, including around 18 million persons at the end of life,...

The theme of World Hospice and Palliative Care Day (WHPCDay) 2016 is: “Living and Dying in Pain – It doesn’t have to happen.” Around the world, 75% of people cannot access the controlled medicines they need to treat moderate to severe pain. This may result in people...

Gold, more precious than silver and more valuable than diamonds, is one of the worlds most sought after metals. No one would want to pass up the opportunity to dig for gold, no matter how hard it gets. Which brings the wonder as to why a majority of people are passing...

38 million people die each year, with 28 million of those being from low and middle income countries due to Non-communicable diseases (NCDs). Sixteen Million of NCD-related deaths occur before the age of 70 with 82 percent of these "premature" deaths occurring in low...

It’s not only the Y generation that knows how to have a good time, and this we found out when the Kenya Hospices and Palliative Care Association (KEHPCA) held their fundraising dinner on the 2nd of September 2016 at Laico Regency in Nairobi “We are the world, we are...

At the recently concluded 5th International African Palliative Care Conference held in Kampala, Uganda, high-level decision makers from African governments, the United Nations, the African Union, the World Health Organization and leading palliative care experts and...

An end-of-life care option that provides dying patients and their loved ones with comfort, compassion, and dignity does exist. We call this Palliative Care, helping others live comfortably and in dignity and simply pass in to calm eternity. Being there to help someone...