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Understanding The Pinch!
50% of those who die from HIV and 80% of those who die from cancer experienced moderate or severe pain. Pain management has been and continues to be a challenge in the medical field. Most medical practitioners fail their patients when it comes to assessing and...
Favored Tidings
As the hot sun glazed down on us at the Kiambu Cancer Support Group walk, Lydia Kimunya, a soft spoken, will empowered, middle aged lady opened up her heart to tell us her testimony. She was diagnosed with HIV in the year 2000, and suffered a lot of stigma and...
Mayday Mayday Mayday!!
This is a call no pilot or captain ever wants to make, it is an emergency call asking for help from the people on the ground when the plane has developed complications and requires emergency landing. The pilot is saying; help me help me!! Having watched a lot of plane...
A Diamond In The Rough
“I used to cry everyday after I was diagnosed with cervical cancer, I was not be able to tell my children what I was suffering from but after I started coming to the palliative care unit and attend my support group meeting, I informed all my family members and now...
What’s Your Business?
“That’s tough,” or “that’s so depressing,” are words you may come across when you tell people that you want to be a palliative care nurse. People who decide to be palliative care nurses find that, rather than being depressing or sad, it's rewarding to see a smiling...
What’s Up?
Recently the Kenya Hospice and Palliative Care Association (KEHPCA) staff visited a number of palliative care units in Kenya to follow up the progression of integration of palliative care. Isiolo County Referral Hospital Travelling 5km in pain can be a task that...