KUTRRH Ag. CEO, Dr. Zeinab Gura joined Nyeri County Governor, H.E Mwalimu Mutahi Kahiga, EGH in flagging off the mobile endoscopy truck to support screening services for oesophageal cancer in Nyeri County. The initiative is part of an ongoing research on improving oesophageal cancer survival in Kenya. The Project is funded by the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) and implemented by KUTRRH in partnership with the University of Manchester, the Christie and NHS Foundation Trust. The project is implemented through a hub and spoke model with KUTRRH being the hub and Nyeri County being one of the participating counties as spokes.
Nyeri County is the second county to have rollout of endoscopy screening services after successful rollout in Meru County. The services are expected to continue through the Month of June in the County. The CEO was accompanied by project’s principal investigator, Prof. George, Njoroge, Training & Research Director, Dr. Caroline Ngugi, and members from the KUTRRH research team.