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Sarcomas in Children

September 7, 2023 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm

SPEAKER PROFILES

Dr Rose Munge

Rose Munge is a Paediatric Haematologist and Oncologist currently in private practice in Nairobi.

She attained both her undergraduate degree (MBChB) and postgraduate degree in Paediatrics and Child Health from the University of Nairobi.

She did a Fellowship in Paediatric Haematology and Oncology in Makerere University in Collaboration with Global HOPE Texas Children’s Hospital and Baylor College of medicine.

Dr Munge also has an interest in oncology research and in palliative care.

Dr Doreen Karimi Mutua (Moderator)

Doreen Mutua is a pediatrician whose passion for children with blood disorders and cancer was ignited during her residency training at the University of Nairobi where she noticed that most of these children had dismal outcomes due to late presentation, lack of appropriate diagnostic and treatment facilities.

Dr. Mutua is a beneficiary of a two year training program conducted as a twinning program between Jimma University (Ethiopia) and ASLAN Project (a USA based Non- Governmental organization) that seeks to build capacity of low and middle income countries in treating children with blood disorders and cancer.

She completed her training in May 2018 and returned back to Kenya to establish hematology/oncology services that include centers of excellence for pediatric cancer care and comprehensive sickle cell care at the Gertrude’s Children’s Hospital.

She is passionate about raising awareness on childhood cancer with regard to early detection, establishing treatment guidelines and improving outcomes of Kenyan children who have cancer. She is also keen on seeing the establishment of comprehensive sickle cell centers in the country which can help reduce the morbidity and mortality of these patients.

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Date:
September 7, 2023
Time:
7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
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