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Kenya races to become a specialist healthcare hub
A patient undergoes cancer screening at the Integrated Molecular Imaging Center (IMIC) located at the Kenyatta University Teaching Referral and Research Hospital.
Photo credit: File | Lucy Wanjiru | Nation Media Group
Kenya is emerging as a destination for international investment in specialist healthcare, with foreign and regional providers moving in to address the growing burden of non-communicable diseases and the shortage of advanced cardiac, cancer, and neurological care.
The Ministry of Health's data show that non-communicable diseases (NCDs) accounted for 61.7 percent of all registered deaths in Kenyan health facilities in 2024, up from 52.4 percent in the previous year.
