Tiyanjane clinic offers in-patient, out-patient and home based care palliative care services to adult patients. The clinic was establised in 2003 at Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital (a tertiary referral teaching centre in the Southern Region of Malawi), and since 2005 we have had with a community nursing team based at Ndirande Health Centre under Blantyre [...]

As well as the clinical work and teaching done based here in Blantyre, we have long realised the need to support fellow health workers based at district hospitals. Many patients come to Queens for diagnosis and management plans to be made with their ongoing care taken over by the district hospital after discharge. In order [...]

Next week the African Palliative Care Association (APCA) will be holding their 3rd conference in Windhoek, Namibia. The theme is ‘Creativity in Practise’ with the opportunity to highlight and showcase various palliative care programmes and iniatives across the continent.

Lots has been done and there’s lots to do.

Tiyanjane will be there with two posters about work [...]

Last Friday we had the opportunity to teach the third year medical students. To give them a chance to experience holistic care we asked for patient volunteers to receive a group of students in their home to interview them about their experience of living with incurable illness.  7am : guardians arrive, 8am introductory lecture, 8.30am [...]