Kenya: Provide Treatment for Children in Pain

Kenya: Provide Treatment for Children in Pain | Human Rights Watch: Kenyan children in acute and chronic pain suffer needlessly because of government policies that restrict access to inexpensive pain medicines, a lack of investment in palliative care services, and inadequately trained health workers, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. The 78-page report, 'Needless Pain: Government Failure to Provide Palliative Care for Children in Kenya,' found that most Kenyan children with diseases such as cancer or HIV/AIDS are unable to get palliative care or pain medicines.