The County Government Taita Taveta has joined forces with EMPOWER (The Enabling and Motivating Partnership Owned by Women to Engage and Reclaim their lives), County First Ladies Association (CFLA), ROCHE, International Cancer Institute, Women 4 Cancer to launch the first-ever cancer centre in the County at the Moi County Referral Hospital in Voi.
The fully equipped EMPOWER Cancer Clinic is expected to play a pivotal role in the detection and management of cancer and has so far detected 20 cancer cases.
The centre will be beneficial to residents within and outside the County including citizens from neighbouring Tanzania, as some have been seeking the services from as far as Mombasa and Nairobi. Regular cancer outreach programmes will be held at the grassroots level to boost early detection.