A recent report commissioned by the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) in collaboration with the International Children’s Palliative Care Network (ICPCN) indicates that the number of children accessing palliative care in Kenya is less than 1% of the estimated...
Webuye District Hospitals is among the few district hospitals that have embraced palliative care by setting up a room and dedicating a nurse to attend to patients with life threatening illnesses. Speaking in his office during a visit by Kenya Hospices and Palliative...
The Ministry of Health in conjunction with Kenya Hospices and Palliative Care Association (KEHPCA) has launched four important National Palliative Care Documents. Speaking during the launch, the Cabinet Secretary in the Ministry of Health Mr. James Macharia said that...
Alfred Kipsane and Agnes Jepkosgei emerged winners in the Kimbilio Marathon held at Chebaiywo Village, Uasin Gishu County in celebration of this year’s World Hospice and Palliative Care Day. Kipsane clocked 2:16:0 to earn victory with Edwin Yator and Joakim Kiprop...
A total of 82,000 people are diagnosed with cancer each year while 1.2 million Kenyans are living with HIV/AIDS and require palliative care; Kenya Aids Indicator Survey (KAIS) 2012. According to 2004-2009 data from the Kenya Medical Research Institute, the most common...
The Kenya Ministry of Health won the Public Health Policy Award at the recently concluded African Palliative Care Association and Hospice Palliative Care Association of South Africa (APCA – HPCA) conference in Johannesburg. The award was set aside for an African...
