Funding boost to advance cervical cancer testing
AKUH Nairobi
AKDN
Media Source: Nation (Kenya)
Date: 25 April 2024
Kenya has received a boost in clinical research for cervical cancer after the Aga Khan University (AKU) got a grant to study a new and cheaper way for testing the disease. The National Institutes of Health (NIH) awarded AKU a grant of KES 19.6 million to come up with a low-cost hand-held three-dimensional (3D) medical imaging…
Kenya has received a boost in clinical research for cervical cancer after the Aga Khan University (AKU) got a grant to study a new and cheaper way for testing the disease. The National Institutes of Health (NIH) awarded AKU a grant of KES 19.6 million to come up with a low-cost hand-held three-dimensional (3D) medical imaging device for detecting cervical cancer. 3D medical imaging allows for a deeper precision on our bodies’ images, indicating exact locations and characterisations to help in improving diagnosis of diseases. The NIH grant is part of a two-year KES261 million grant funded by the National Cancer Institute, which will be used to complete research and development and conduct clinical testing of the device at AKU in Kenya, the University of Science and Technology in Malawi and at Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine in the United States.