26 March 2018
“Pain is whatever a patient says it is. It exists wherever and whenever a patient says it does”. In an assessment of pain vid…
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20 March 2018
On a warm Friday morning at Murang’a Level 5 Hospital patients are seated in rows waiting in front of different units within …
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15 March 2018
As health professionals took their seats in the tent pitched in front of Thika Palliative Care Unit in Kiambu County, one cou…
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18 October 2017
Hippocratic is a documentary that talks about first-hand experiences of a Doctor, palliative care advocate in India by the na…
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04 October 2017
As preparations for World Hospice and Palliative Care Day and Voices for Hospices are gaining momentum, 132 events have been …
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16 June 2017
“Vital signs are taken seriously, if pain was assessed with the same zeal as the other vital signs, it would have a much bett…
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14 June 2017
The Kenya Hospices and palliative care association (KEHPCA) has been very vocal when it comes to everything palliative care e…
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23 May 2017
Did you know that only 3% of Kenyans have access to palliative care services? That is why Kenya Hospices and Palliative Care …
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19 May 2017
Caring for patients living with life threatening diseases is quite a challenging task and has to go hand in hand with legal a…
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16 May 2017
Pain is an indicator of an underlying disease. When not addressed, it leads to torture; affecting the patient’s life, the fam…
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02 May 2017
“Pain relief is a human right. Failure of provision could actually lead to legal action,” those were the powerful words utter…
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28 April 2017
In order to strengthen the health systems in Kenya, Kenya Hospices and Palliative Care Association (KEHPCA) has been advocati…
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21 April 2017
Opioid(s) is term well known to health experts. However, to those that lack any basic training in the medical field; opioid(s…
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20 April 2017
It is with no doubt that pain is a feeling we all dread. It does not matter whether it is acute or chronic pain, the bottom-l…
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08 March 2017
For many years, only one company in the country has been allowed to import morphine and therefore resulting in its distributi…
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03 March 2017
“We are all aging and we may all need palliative care. Diseases are increasing and palliative care services should then be in…
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27 February 2017
Rain falls like Gods own poetry; each drop is a single letter in a song that takes years to sing. The smell of air was earthy…
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19 December 2016
50% of those who die from HIV and 80% of those who die from cancer experienced moderate or severe pain.
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21 October 2016
“That’s tough,” or “that’s so depressing,” are words you may come across when you tell people that you want to be a palliativ…
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18 October 2016
Recently the Kenya Hospice and Palliative Care Association (KEHPCA) staff visited a number of palliative care units in Kenya …
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