Aga Khan University gets Sh20m grant to help fight cervical cancer

Dr Sulaiman Shahabuddin, Vice Chancellor of The Aga Khan University.

Photo credit: File | Billy Ogada | Nation Media Group

The Aga Khan University (AKU) has received a Sh19.7 million ($150,000) research grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), to conduct clinical trials of a low-cost, handheld 3D medical imaging device in Kenya.

The grant is part of a two-year, Sh262.7 million ($2 million) funding programme from the National Cancer Institute (NCI) and will be used to complete research and development and conduct clinical trials of the device at AKU in Kenya, Malawi, and in the United States.

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