Two dozen health professionals from Malindi, Kilifi County, in the Coastal region of Kenya, recently benefited from palliative care sensitization training at a local hotel that aimed to improve knowledge and attitudes towards palliative care in the County. The two-day...
Cancer patients in Kenya will soon have better access to affordable specialized treatment. This is after President Uhuru Kenyatta’s announcement at a continental cancer conference that the Government, through public private partnerships, is putting up four specialized...
Palliative care was first started in Nairobi and has now spread to many places and hospitals throughout Kenya. In Kijabe Hospital it was started in 2002 and has slowly gained support from the medical and administrative staff. It is greatly appreciated by the families...
The Cicely Saunders Institute is proud to announce new scholarships for the MSc and PhD Palliative Care programmes (entry January 2016). These scholarships, one MSc and one PhD, will enable students who for financial reasons would otherwise be unable to do so, to...
Kenya’s First Lady Margaret Kenyatta has taken up the mantle to lead the fight against cancer on the African continent under the auspices of the Forum of African First Ladies and Spouses against Cervical, Breast and Prostate Cancer (SCCA). Kenyan President Uhuru...
Eid Mubarak to all our Muslim brothers and sisters. May Allah continue to bless you always. And may we all continue to advocate for #PalliativeCareInKenya
