Every year, on the 31st of August, Africa celebrates African Traditional Medicine Day. This day is marked to promote the importance of Africa’s rich biodiversity in indigenous medicinal plants and their role in promotion of general wellbeing and treatment of various diseases[1]. This year’s theme is ‘Be Brave! Embrace African Traditional Medicine.’ The Place and […]
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Background: Patient access schemes are innovative pricing agreements proposed by pharmaceutical companies to improve cost-effectiveness and enable patients to gain access to high cost drugs and treatments[1]. Other than pricing, patient access schemes can look into addressing other gaps in healthcare service delivery that are hindrances for patients in receiving the care they need. Some
I recently began my clinical rounds as part of my school curriculum. It has been an enlightening experience thus far. Throughout the past few weeks, I have interacted with patients in the endocrinology ward; a majority of whom were diabetic (A telltale sign of the frequency of diabetes diagnosis). A few patient interactions struck a
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On 12th March 2021, Ryculture Health and Social Innovation team in collaboration with Kasarani Health Centre through the Kasarani Patient Support Group held their monthly clinic day for patients with Diabetes and Hypertension. In line with Ryculture mission to build healthy and sustainable societies the team focused on medicine use and adherence for the patient group
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On the 12th February 2021, Ryculture Health and Social Innovation through the partnership that was initiated in 2020 with the Kasarani Health Center to improve access to quality healthcare services to patients living with diabetes and hypertension in the community hosted their monthly clinic day. In line with Ryculture’s commitment to drive meaningful engagement of
Cancer is a large group of diseases characterized by abnormal and uncontrolled growth of cells of the body leading to invasion of other organs, tissues and ultimately death. Cancer was the second leading cause of death globally in 2018 according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Cancer burden has continued to increase substantially over the years and
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Authors: Ms. Veronica Njambi |For correspondence: veronjambik@gmail.com On 13th November 2020, the second clinic day for patients living with diabetes and hypertension was convened at Kasarani Health Center. This was following an earlier engagement between Ryculture Health and Social Innovation, PharmAccess Foundation and Kasarani Health Center aimed at improving access to care for patients suffering from Non Communicable
Non Communicable Diseases (NCDs) especially diabetes and hypertension are a growing concern among urban dwellers in developing countries. As the World Health Organization (WHO) notes a changing epidemiological profile in Low and Middle Income Countries (LMIC) from infectious diseases to NCDs, access to healthcare services still remains a challenge. Acknowledging the need to improve access
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Ryculture Health and Social Innovation is a social enterprise committed to inculcating a culture of active citizenship and social responsibility among the Kenyan youth with regard to health and their general well-being. MYDAWA is the first e-pharmacy licensed by the Pharmacy and Poisons Board (PPB), Kenya focusing on health, wellness and personal care products committed
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Who knew the human body could be so theatrical? Yes, it does have its penchant to be dramatic thus taking it to a whole new definition. Let’s delve into the theatrics and acts of our body, what we term cancer. What is it? Literally as denoted by the title, the scene is inside the human
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