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The lack of facilities specialized to deal with cancer has led to patients flying in droves to foreign destinations to seek specialized treatment. Of these, India has hosted most of the Kenyans seeking cancer treatment.

In 2018, about 20,000 visa applications were received by the Indian High Commission from Kenyans seeking specialised cancer, health treatment, kidney transplants and surgeries in India. The numbers seem to be rising by the day.

This high number of visitors to India led to the Indian government working with the Kenyan government to set up a high-end facility at the Kenyatta National Hospital to be the premier facility for diagnostic, treatment and research on cancer.…

• The centre was built through a partnership between the locally-owned GE Healthcare’s entity and Kenyatta University Teaching, Referral & Research Hospital (KUTRRH)
• In Kenya, cancer is the third leading cause of death, after infectious and cardiovascular diseases

In a major milestone for the fight against cancer in Kenya, the President of the Republic of Kenya, Uhuru Kenyatta, has inaugurated the first publicly-owned comprehensive Integrated Molecular Imaging Centre for the diagnosis and treatment of Cancer in Sub Saharan Africa.

The centre was built through a partnership between the locally-owned GE Healthcare’s entity and Kenyatta University Teaching, Referral & Research Hospital (KUTRRH). The Center will provide lifesaving equipment along the cancer care pathway – from screening and diagnosis to staging, to determining the correct treatments.

This will support the improvement of cancer survival rates and serve patients across Kenya. Critically, it will also enable more cancer research to be carried out, offering …

Johnson & Johnson has recalled five of its aerosol sunscreen products.

The firm announced on Wednesday that it would like to voluntarily recall all lots of five EUTROGENA^® and AVEENO^® aerosol sunscreen product lines to the consumer level.

“Internal testing identified low levels of benzene in some samples of the products. Consumers should stop using the affected products and follow the instructions set forth below.” The healthcare giant said in a statement.

What Benzene really is

According to an information kit from the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), benzene is a chemical that is a colourless or light yellow liquid at room temperature. It has a sweet odour and is highly flammable.

CDC says that direct exposure of the eyes, skin, or lungs to benzene could cause tissue injury and irritation however, presenting with these signs and symptoms does not necessarily mean that a person has …