Phoebe Ongadi, Executive Director at Kenyan Network of Cancer Organizations, shared a post on LinkedIn:
“Bottom Up towards cervical cancer elimination.
I appreciated the opportunity to engage with the Cabinet Secretary for Health, Hon Aden Duale, and to commend the MOH_Kenya for increasing the SHA oncology benefits package from KES 550,000 to KES 800,000 results from KENCO’s collective advocacy efforts. This is a significant policy milestone that responds to the real cost of cancer care and offers renewed hope to patients and families across Kenya.
Sustained investment at the primary healthcare level will reduce late-stage diagnoses, ease pressure on tertiary care and SHA, and ensure that prevention, early detection, and continuity of care are accessible to all women, especially the most vulnerable.
Kenya must move from reacting to late diagnosis to pulling prevention upstream, as emphasized by Dr Gregory Ganda. We are not ready for late diagnosis. Prevention is key; and elimination is possible if primary healthcare is fully financed and functional.
Operationalize the Primary Health Care Fund (PHCF).
National Symposium and the official launch of the National Cervical Cancer Elimination Action Plan (NCCEAP).”
