Global Partnership
At Hospice of the North Coast, our mission extends beyond serving our local community. We believe that every person deserves to live their final days pain free and with dignity. In 2014, Hospice of the North Coast joined Global Partners in Care to bring resources and support to Nkhoma Hospital in Malawi, a landlocked country in southeastern Africa. Our partnership goal is to improve the quality of life for children and adults faced with advanced and incurable diseases by relieving pain and reducing suffering.
Malawi has a Population of over 13.6 million people. 85% living in rural areas where there is little access to palliative care.
Malawi has a Population of over 13.6 million people. 85% living in rural areas where there is little access to palliative care.
Top diagnoses in the adult palliative care census at Nkhoma Mission Hospital include HIV/AIDS, diseases of the liver, and cervical cancer. The most prevalent diagnoses on the pediatric palliative care census include sickle cell, diabetes, congenital heart defects, malnutrition, malaria, and HIV/AIDS.
Malawi is one of the six countries in Africa that has achieved all the necessary steps of the WHO public health model in integration of palliative care services into public health systems.
Through Hospice of the North’s Global Partnership with
Nkhoma Hospital in Malawi, the two organizations share information and knowledge, exploring each other’s medical and cultural practices.Stories of Change
