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The Health Ministry Sicily Kariuki said the president of the United States of America was
Five-year project which begins this financial year seeks to have basic cancer treatment capability in the 47 counties under the National Cancer Control Strategy 2017 – 2022.
"Our eventual target en français only become the provider for ourselves, but a regional hub, "she said.
" We anticipate that if we package the strategies and interventions that we have in the coming years. medical tourism. That is the vision that we have. "
In 2015, the ministry said such facilities would be set up in Nairobi, Mombasa, Nyeri, Eldoret, and Kisumu cost Ksh1 billion ($ 10 million) each.
Cancer is the third top killer disease in Kenya after pneumonia and malaria, with registered deaths standing at 16,953 last year, 1,191 more than in 2016, official statistics in the Economic Survey 2018 show.
Under the National Cancer Control Strategy , the ministry of hospitalization and the treatment of palliative care, including outpatient and inpatient hospice care.
Mombasa, Nakuru, Nyeri and Kisii for Ksh8 billion ($ 80 million) in the five-year period.
The plan is to ease pressure on Kenyatta National Hospital and Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital – The two public facilities for treating cancer, but which are strained.
Most cancers patients face difficulties accessing treatment in Kenya due to limited facilities which number 12, including private ones. [19659004AlargenumberofcancerpatientsinIndiaSouthAfricaandtheUnitedStates(19659004)"Withprivatesectorpartnershipwewillhavemoreaccessbecauseoftheprivatesectorisequallyinvesting"MsKariukisaid
"One of the things we are doing beyond the one-stop shop is setting up land in the respective counties where they will be located."
Privately-owned Mediheal Group – Which Works Nine Medical in Nairobi, Nakuru, Eldoret and Kigali – last week announced it would be installing cancer treatment equipment at its Eldoret flagship store Center from next January.
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