Speech by Her Excellency Margaret Kenyatta, First Lady of The Republic of Kenya During The Inauguration of The Partnership to Improve Breast Cancer Management in Kenya at The Kenyatta National Hospital Grounds on 9th August 2016.
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Speech by Her Excellency Margaret Kenyatta, First Lady of The Republic of Kenya during the inauguration of the partnership to improve breast cancer management in Kenya at the Kenyatta National Hospital grounds on 9th August 2016
Speech by Her Excellency Margaret Kenyatta, First Lady of The Republic of Kenya during the inauguration of the partnership to improve breast cancer management in Kenya at the Kenyatta National Hospital grounds on 9th August 2016
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Speech by Her Excellency Margaret Kenyatta, First Lady of The Republic of Kenya During The Inauguration of The Partnership to Improve Breast Cancer Management in Kenya at The Kenyatta National Hospital Grounds on 9th August 2016.
Speech by Her Excellency Margaret Kenyatta, First Lady of The Republic of Kenya during the inauguration of the partnership to improve breast cancer management in Kenya at the Kenyatta National Hospital grounds on 9th August 2016
THE INAUGURATION OF THE PARTNERSHIP TO IMPROVE BREAST CANCER MANAGEMENT IN KENYA AT THE KENYATTA NATIONAL HOSPITAL GROUNDS ON 9TH AUGUST 2016. Distinguished Guests, Ladies and Gentlemen, Good afternoon, It is a pleasure to be with you all. I am honored to be officiating a partnership, which is a true example of publicprivate collaboration that is destined to have a tremendous impact on men and women across the country. In Kenya today, cancer ranks third as a cause of death after infectious and cardiovascular diseases; accounting for 7% of total national deaths every year. Over the past year while serving as the Chairperson of the Stop Cervical Breast and Prostate Cancer in Africa (SCCA), I have been made more aware of how breast cancer is more clinically aggressive in young African women-over 50% of women with breast cancer are under 50 years. The testimonies we have heard today are true evidence of how today, breast cancer has become a rapid and ruthless killer not just of Kenyans, but of Africans across the continent. As we speak, breast cancer is the second most common cancer among women with an estimated 4000 new cases and close to 2000 deaths annually. In addition, it is important to note that breast cancer also afflicts men, many of who have also died of this disease. As a country, we know how critical partnerships like this are because we have borne our share of sorrow over the loss of citizens to cancer. We have mourned over countless mothers who have succumbed to the cruelty of breast cancer. We have wept for the children that they leave behind. And because many
cancer victims are diagnosed when the disease has
already reached a very advanced stage, we have shared in the stinging grief of knowing that if more people had access to diagnostic testing and affordable treatment, we would not lose as many people as we do today. These is why as leaders we must add our voices, and remain committed to supporting programs that expand access to prevention, treatment and palliative services for people with cancer. It is why as African First Ladies, we came together to partner towards expanding access to prevention and treatment services for women and men with breast cancer. We all have to do our part, we all have to work hard to participate in guarding our own and each others well-being. The Kenya Government recently launched the National Strategy for the Prevention and Control of NonCommunicable Diseases that presents a comprehensive approach to battling the disease. It for this reason that we value this model that Roche has chosen to partner with a Hospital that is so strategically positioned to support the health and healing of women not just in Kenya, but across the East African region. Even with limited equipment and human resource, Kenyatta National Hospital has for a long time offered cancer treatment and management in the country and attracted patients from beyond our borders. I want to thank Roche for the support they will be providing under this agreement. The activities under the Agreement will help address constraints within the health system that prevent appropriate support to cancer patients including: scholarships to train medical oncologists and oncology nurses and opportunities for medical practitioners in Kenya to access information that will be critical to empowering them with knowledge of best-practice. We are deeply grateful for these initiatives. Through Roches gracious investment in the breast cancer diagnostic machine, I trust that the Hospital will continue
to expand its reach and offer better services, more
efficiently and to more people.
Indeed, I am confident that with sustained investment
from numerous stakeholders, including our Ministry of Health, Kenyatta National Hospital can one day become a regional leader in cancer treatment and management. I look forward to seeing this vision become a reality. It is now my pleasure to officially hand over the Ventana Breast Cancer diagnostic machine to Kenyatta National Hospital. Thank you and God Bless you all.
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