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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...
No Pain, No Gain? Doubt that!
When going to hospital to be treated for whichever ailment that has decided to attack your body, one would expected to be “pain free” as they undergo the necessary procedures to cure them. Well some do get pain free help but majority of others still suffer under...
Living And Dying In Pain: It doesn’t have to happen. (World Day 2016)
Did you know that around the world, 75% of people (5.5 billion people) have no, or inadequate, access to controlled medications that they need to treat moderate to severe pain? As a result, millions of people, including around 18 million persons at the end of life,...
Living and Dying in Pain: It doesn’t have to happen
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...
Digging For Gold
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...
Action in the Now Generation
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 occurring in low...