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...
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...
“The greatest wealth is health”, the saying goes, yet sickness, pain, and death are part of human existence. For this reason, palliative care, a service provided to patients and families faced with life-threatening illnesses has been an essential part of human life....
“You will love this place”, Daphne kept saying as she oriented me to the Communication Department in Kenya Hospices and Palliative Care Association (KEHPCA). It was my first day of internship and Daphne Bochaberi having interned for seven months was ready to take the...
Cervical cancer is one of the leading cancers in Kenya according to the Kenya Demographic Health Survey (KDHS) 2014. , The annual number of cervical cancer cases was 4800 while on the other had the annual number of deaths was 2451. In 2018 the numbers might increase...
According to American Cancer Society, more than 100 chemotherapy or chemo drugs are used to treat cancer either alone or in combination with other medicines or treatments. These medicines are very different in their chemical composition, how they are taken, their...
