future care hospice - gambiA

Information about the organisation

Future Care hospice (FCH) is a registered non-governmental organization recognized by the government of The Gambia on the 12th Oct 2004. The organization major area of operation is palliative, Home Base Care and supportive health care deliver services and is a member of other international sister bodies such as:

  1. The International Association of Hospice Palliative Care IAHPC (U.S.A).
  2. The European Association of Palliative Care (Italy).
  3. The UK forum for hospice & palliative care (United Kingdom).
  4. The Africa Association of Palliative Care (Uganda and others)

Aims and Objectives

F.C.H aims to deliver optional palliative and supportive health care, of international standards, to people living with HIV/AIDS and other life-threatening diseases. Thereby improving on the existing care services. This initiative we believe will go a long way in cubing the morality rate in the country and also reduce the burden on the referral hospitals in the area of admission of patients in the categories for treatment, because FCH will be constructing a Hospice Centre for the treatment of those life threatening diseases

What we do/plan to do

  1. FCH in partnership with the health authorities will be providing palliative care treatment to patients already on admission at the referral hospital for a life threatening disease.
  2. To help in giving out palliative drugs to patients
  3. To create the awareness needed and promote the development and dissemination of palliative care at both clinical and social levels, through, radio and TV programs, journals, organizing workshops e.t.c.
  4. To provide the appropriate training programs for professionals and social health workers, both locally and abroad.
  5. F.C.H will have a home base care / domiciliary health care unit, to cater for those patients who ca not affords to be at the referral hospital for personal reasons, at their homes.
  6. Giving advice on symptoms control and management of life threatening disease such as HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, Malaria and Cancer.
  7. F.C.H will, in the near future, construct a standard Hospice Centre (the first of its kind in The Gambia) to cater for those with terminally ill sicknesses.
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