NHIF urged to consider covering a palliative care burdening ill, kin
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In the proposed regulation, a beneficiary with chronic illness should access treatment from public health care facilities only.

By Mercy Kahenda | 1 month ago

NHIF urged to consider covering palliative care for terminally ill
In the proposed regulation, a beneficiary with chronic illness should access treatment from public health care facilities only.
Mercy Kahenda | 1 month ago
Stage 4 breast cancer not a death sentence
Stage 4 Cancer is sometimes called metastatic cancer, meaning it has spread from its origin position to other parts of the body.
Rose Mukonyo | 5 months ago
Hospice improves quality of life for cancer patients in great pain
It provides free medication to the patients, palliative care, counselling, pro bono legal services and home visits to those who can’t make it.
Rosa Agutu | 10 months ago
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