Mr. Fredrick Asige is the Manager at the at The Nairobi Hospital, Oncology department since 2015 to date.
He attained his MPH from Suffolk University UK, BSc. in Health Systems Management at Kenya Methodist University and Diploma in Radiation Therapy at The Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi, Pakistan. He also holds Diploma in Imaging sciences and Higher Diploma in Ultrasonography at the Kenya Medical Training college. He received his certificate training in Leadership and Management in Health, Project Management and Epidemiology at the University of Washington.
Before joining The Nairobi Hospital, he worked at The Aga Khan University Hospital Radiology department from as a radiographer from 2005-2008 then moved to pioneer its Radiotherapy department in 2011 after completing his training in Karachi. He thereafter moved to The Nairobi Hospital and was instrumental in establishing the state of the art Cancer Treatment Centre in 2012.
Mr. Fredrick Asige has been involved in various key policy issues pertinent to Cancer management both at private and public level through advisory, collaboration and partnerships between the private and public sectors in realizing Public Private Partnerships (PPP). He has been advocating through NHIF for access and coverage of patients seeking radiotherapy services to be cushioned from out-of-pocket payment.