Hospital eyes Kenya’s maiden donor-cell bone-marrow transplants

Gertrude’s Children’s Hospital CEO Dr Robert Nyarango engages in a past discussion at the Hospital in Muthaiga, Nairobi on March 19, 2025.

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Children with blood disorders, including sickle cell anaemia and leukaemia, will soon be able to undergo bone marrow transplants in Kenya, eliminating the need to travel abroad for the procedure.

This follows the establishment of the region's first paediatric bone marrow transplant centre at Gertrude's Children's Hospital in Nairobi.

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