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...
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...
