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Nairobi Hospice is a registered charitable non–profit making organization that was established in 1988 and officially opened in February 1990. It was the first of its kind in East Africa. Nairobi Hospice cares for and supports patients and families facing life limiting illnesses especially cancer, HIV&AIDS. Services are provided at the Hospice on out-patient basis, in hospitals and at the patients’ homes within a 20km radius.
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What is Palliative Care? "Palliative care is an approach that improves the quality of life of patients and their families facing the problem associated with life-threatening illness, through the prevention and relief of suffering by means of early identification and impeccable assessment and treatment of pain and other
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What is hospice care?
Hospice care is one of the world's outstanding success stories. From the opening of the first modern hospice, St Christopher's, in south London in1967, it has grown into a worldwide movement that has radically changed the way we approach death and dying.
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