Dr. Irene Nzamu is a Pediatric Hematologist Oncologist. She is the Head of the Pediatric Hemato Oncology Unit at the Kenyatta National Hospital.

Dr. Nzamu attained her undergraduate training (MBChB) & postgraduate training (M.MED) at The University of Nairobi. She did her Fellowship in Pediatric Hematology & Oncology at Makerere University in collaboration with Baylor College of Medicine & Global HOPE Texas Children’s Hospital.

She is passionate about offering evidence based, affordable care for children with cancer & blood diseases in our resource limited settings

Dr Gakinya is an Assistant Professor & Consultant Pathologist at the Aga Khan University Hospital. He is the Oncopathology Fellowship Director in the Department of Pathology at the Aga Khan University.

Dr. Zipporah Ali has recently retired from the position of Executive Director of Kenya Hospices and Palliative Care Association (KEHPCA), a position she held for 15 years. She serves on the board of several organizations including; Kenya Hospices and Palliative Care Association, International Children’s Palliative Care Network (ICPCN), City Cancer Challenge, Alzheimer/Dementia Kenya, Public Health and Palliative Care International, and Kenya Network of Cancer Organizations (KENCO). She has previously served on several other global, regional, and national boards.

Dr. Ali has been and continues to be involved in advocacy and creating awareness on pain relief and palliative care in Kenya for children and adults as well as Universal Health Coverage. In her leadership role as the Executive Director for KEHPCA, she was very instrumental in fostering strong relationships with the Ministry of Health to integrate palliative care into government hospitals. She was also instrumental in advocating for palliative care to be included in the undergraduate medical and nursing schools in Kenya. She is a strong advocate for cancer prevention, control, and treatment and was instrumental in developing the first National Cancer Control Strategy and the National Guidelines for Cancer Management-Kenya. She has also advocated for palliative care to be integrated into other non-communicable diseases as well as infectious diseases.

Dr. Ali has been involved in a number of activities at the World Health Assembly (Geneva) and the UN High-Level Meetings on Non-communicable diseases. She is a strong advocate for the right to health for all and a supporter of the movement on meaningful involvement of persons living with serious health conditions and leaving no one behind.

Dr. Ali holds an MD from Ege University, Izmir, Turkey, a Master’s Degree in Public Health from the University of Nairobi, a Higher Diploma in Palliative Care from Oxford Brookes University, and a Masters in Palliative Care from the University of Dundee. She has completed the International Pain Policy Fellow program with the International Pain Policy Studies Group (WHO Collaborating Centre for Policy and Communication in Cancer Care, University of Wisconsin) as well as a Higher Diploma in the International Palliative Care Leadership Development Initiative at The Institute of Palliative Medicine at the San Diego Hospice.

She has received a number of awards in recognition of her work nationally and globally. These include:

• Doctor of Law Honoris Causa-University of Dundee (2018)
• International Humanitarian Award-Women4Africa (2018)
• Social Impact Award for the Sub-Saharan Africa region-British Council (2018)
• Honorary Doctor of the University by Oxford Brookes University (2012)
• Individual Advocacy Award by the African Palliative Care Association and Open Society Foundations (2013
• African Palliative Care Award –(In recognition for being on the interim board and later serving on the board for 2 teams) -2007

Caesar Oburu Barare is the Assistant Chief Radiation Therapist at the Kenyatta National Hospital, Cancer Treatment Centre.

He is a part time lecturer in Dip Med Imaging at KMTC Manza Campus and a Clinical Tutor, BRad (Therapy) at Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology.

He is the immediate past Regional Director Africa at International Society of Radiographers and Radiological Technologists (ISRRT). He is the past president of Society of Radiography in Kenya (SORK).

Dr Sitna Ali Mwanzi is a consultant medical oncologist working at the Kenyatta National Hospital in Nairobi Kenya. She obtained her Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery from the University of Nairobi and Master of Medicine in Internal Medicine from the Aga Khan University Hospital, Nairobi. She undertook a fellowship in Medical Oncology at Barts Health NHS Trust in the United Kingdom attaining a Specialist Certificate in Medical Oncology from the Royal College of Physicians and Association of Cancer Physicians in the United Kingdom. She also has a Master of Science in Advanced Oncology from Ulm University in Germany. Her research interests include breast cancer, lung cancer, prostate cancer, chronic myeloid leukemia and cervical cancer. She is passionate about increasing health care workers and general public awareness about cancer, role of screening, early diagnosis and treatment of cancer. She works closely with the National Cancer Control Program in implementation of the National Cancer Control Strategy and advising on cancer policy for improving access to cancer care.

Emiola Oluwabunmi Olapade-Olaopa is a professor of Surgery at the University of Ibadan, and an Honorary Consultant Urologist to the University College Hospital, Ibadan (with special focus on Prostate Cancer, Reconstruction and Endourology). His academic and professional careers span surgery, urology, molecular biology, medical education, and health systems research and development. He is the Immediate-Past Provost of the College of Medicine, University of Ibadan, and has been an Adviser on health-professionals training and health systems development to several African countries, the WHO, and the United States and Norwegian Governments. He is currently the President of the African Medical Schools Association; and Chairman, Membership Section of Africa and the Middle-East, of the Societe Internationale d’Urologie. He has a Patent and over 150 publications and 200 national and international research presentations. He is a Fellow of the Nigerian Academies of Science; Medicine, and Medicine Specialties.