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Kenya is one of the bright spots in Africa for palliative care development
Despite the many challenges faced at various levels of its development, there is willingness to develop palliative care and there is a shift to centralize political power at the county level, which holds promise that palliative care can develop from the ground up and...
FREE Virtual Conference – Call for Abstracts
Call for Abstracts OPEN! Make the world your audience. The International Palliative Care Network Conference - 2013 is an online conference hosted on the Palliative Care Network Community Site. Participation and access to the virtual conference is FREE! Palliative...
Steps in the war against cancer on World Cancer Day
Cancer is emerging to be the biggest public health challenge faced today in Kenya as it contributes to 7% of total mortality every year. Annually, an estimate of over 28,500 new cases of cancer are diagnosed while 22,100 people die of the disease each year. Over 60%...
Most nurses are avoiding palliative care – survey indicates
80% of nurses working in rural areas have no idea of palliative care, 80% fear the process of breaking bad news, 55% feel it consumes time, 65% fear burn out after prolonged care while 50% fear prescribing morphine and causing addiction to patients. This is...
Palliative care in Kenya was not an easy come
Kenya’s palliative care service provision and its integration into public health care system did not come easy. Most of those who have struggled to ensure these services are available started from very humble beginnings. The many hurdles those championing palliative...
The race for palliative care provision still on
Kisii Level 5 Hospital palliative care unit aims to become the best service provider and grow to become a hospice. Kisii Level 5 Hospital is one of the eleven government hospitals that have integrated palliative care in its services. Mrs. Mary Lwanga is a palliative...