Country |
KENYA |
|
Yearly expected new RB |
99 |
|
New RB cases welcomed in 2022 |
54 + ? = 54 |
|
RB teams in the Country | Nairobi: 1
Eldoret: 1 Kisumu: 1 Mombasa: 1 |
Hospital:
Kenyatta National Hospital Moi Teaching referral hospital Kisumu Provincial hospital Coast General Teaching referral Hospital |
Available treatment modalities | Intravenous chemotherapy | Yes and yes |
Enucleation | Yes and yes | |
Eye salvage | Yes and no | |
Intra-arterial chemotherapy | Yes (private practice hospital) and no | |
Teams members | Ophthalmologists trained on RB | - Kahaki Kimani (Participate to the program)
- Lucy Njambi |
Ocular prosthetists | - John Kariuki (Training ongoing) | |
Paediatric oncologists | - Jessie Githanga
- Irene Nzamu Mbinya |
|
Pathologists | - Wairimu Waweru | |
Equipment available and functional | Laser Diode + Helmet | 1 |
Operating microscope + Adapter | 0 | |
Fundus Camera | 0 (services already existed) | |
Cryo machine | 1 (services already existed) | |
Surgical box (enucleation) | 0 (services already existed) | |
Indirect ophthalmoscope | 1 (services already existed) | |
Ocular prosthesis + consumables | 0 (to be implemented soon) | |
²RB early diagnosis activities | Ocular primary healthcare | No |
Childhood primary healthcare | Yes | |
General population | Yes | |
RB Genetics | Laboratory : Kenyatta National Hosp | Yes |