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THE IMPORTANCE OF PALLIATIVE CARE IN UNIVERSAL HEALTH COVERAGE
Outpacing every need in the medical care field is palliative care. With the rising cases of serious health conditions around us, people have come to recognize the need for proper care for people living with serious illnesses. It is not enough to just provide...
MY CARE, MY RIGHT – THE IMPORTANCE OF PALLIATIVE CARE FOR EVERYONE
This year’s World Hospice and Palliative Care Day theme was ‘My Care, My Right’ and communicated that palliative care can be demanded by the public - and that, together, every person impacted by a life threatening illness can influence their policy makers to...
GIVING DIGNIFIED CARE TO THE SERIOUSLY ILL
This past week, the world came together to collectively and unanimously call for the inclusion of hospice and palliative care in the Universal Health Coverage scheme and show empathy towards people living with serious health related suffering. For 6 days, people,...
Transcript of the Deputy President of Kenya’s speech during the grand opening of Living Room International Hospital on August 27, 2019
In a very special way, we are here to congratulate and thank the people who invested in this health facility: the church, the Non-Governmental Organization, the private sector, partners who came together to put together this facility. As the Government of Kenya,...
Serving the marginalized
Elderly persons face a myriad of challenges including lack of access to medical services, food and shelter. The elderly are faced with medical challenges like dementia, cataracts, diabetes, hypertension, cancer hence the need for age-friendly services. There is need...
Call for Palliative Care Colleagues from Kenya and other East African countries – Short Term Training Visits to Cox’ Bazar, Bangladesh responding to the Rohingya Crisis.
A recent call has been put out for all palliative care colleagues to help in the response to care for palliative care patients in the Rohingya refugee camps in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh. Dr. Farzana Khan and her team have been working for the last several months to set...