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Cancer in Kenya Should Not Be A Death Certificate
Source: Diasporamessemger Biopsy, mammogram, and chemotherapy are words all too familiar with cancer patients. Death is another word often at the tip of many tongues as patients describe the disease….
Kenya grapples with rising cases of cancer
Source: Daily Nation By:By JACOB NG’ETICH Posted Friday, October 7 2011 at 18:17 From an obscure and insignificant disease that was known to affect a few old or rich people,…
Weak Kenya shilling takes toll on cancer patients, families
Source: Daily Nation By JOY WANJA MURAYA Posted Thursday, October 6 2011 at 19:02 Twenty-nine-year old Ms Serah Kisilu has a mother suffering from breast cancer. Today, Ms Kisilu digs…
Cancer is Kenya’s Top Silent Killer
Source: Bukisa.com September 20th, 2011 by Purity Cancer cases in Kenya have become rampant and yet many poor people cannot afford chemotherapy. For those who can afford, it is eating…
We’ll Beat Cancer
Source: Daily Nation Lillian Onyango 30 August 2011 A year ago, life was humming along nicely for the family of Julius Wagacha and Caroline Waithera. The couple had just welcomed…
Kenya: Blood to Be Used As Medicine
Source: Daily Nation By:Gatonye Gathura and Gitonga Marete The next generation of medical “miracles” involving designer spare parts, invisible matter and microscopic robots that enter into a patient, sniff out…
Giving cancer patients a reason to smile
Source: The Standard Published on 27/08/2011 With 80,000 cases of cancer being diagnosed each year in Kenya, and many of these being among the younger population, it is time to…
Cancer foundation keeps hope alive
Source: The Standard By: ALLAN OLINGO Africa Cancer Foundation seeks to provide a holistic solution for cancer patients in Africa. Zawadi Nyong’o, its head, shares with ALLAN OLINGO why this…
Cancer won’t make Rose Nasimiyu wilt
Source: Capital FM Posted by CATHERINE KARONGO on July 21, 2011 NAIROBI, Kenya, Jul 21 – The story of Rose Nasimiyu Wegesa, a nine-year old girl battling with cancer is…
Surviving colon cancer
Source: The East African 31st July 2011 On the surface, Leah Aketch 31, is an ordinary businesswoman running a house help bureau. But behind this facade, is the story of…
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