Dr. Agnes Zani

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• 31 Jul 2019 in Senate: Today in the morning, we had a talk by an oncologist. The dynamics of cancer makes it difficult to diagnose. It could be as a result of genetics, hereditary or sporadic. It could also be acquired from the environment. One of the things that keep coming up all the times is that one of the ways to deal with it is through early screening and detection. Therein lies the problem. As several Members have indicated, when it comes to screening, first of all, the machines are not readily available. Screening machines must be available in each of the centres to ... view
• 31 Jul 2019 in Senate: We were informed about the Positron Emission Tomography (PET) machine that can identify where the cancer is. I would like to mention that Mama Mukwena died of cancer. At the time of her death, she wondered why we, parliamentarians, cannot ensure that we have machines to detect cancer early enough. Not everybody can afford to go to India. People are just asked to get screened to identify whether they have cancer or not. view
• 31 Jul 2019 in Senate: The issues of inequalities also play out. I am sure many people cannot afford that. Early diagnosis, registration and surveillance are important. One has to get treatment, whether palliative care or through surgery. All these need to be taken into consideration. Therefore, issues of coordination, financing, partnership, monitoring and evaluation and research are key. Without them, it becomes impossible. view
• 31 Jul 2019 in Senate: Now that the spotlight is on cancer, this Bill is timely because one of its main objectives is to ensure that we provide additional functions to county governments in the prevention and treatment of cancer. The county governments shall be responsible for the prevention, treatment, rehabilitation and control of cancer within the respective counties. They will establish centres in each county with specialised medical services related to cancer, including screening, diagnostic, treatment, collation of data on cancer and other support services such as palliative care and rehabilitation. This is an amendment Bill to The Cancer Prevention and Control Act, 2015 ... view
• 31 Jul 2019 in Senate: Clause 7 of the Bill seeks to amend the Principal Act by inserting Part IIIA on Prevention and Control of Cancer in counties. It provides for specific measures. view
• 31 Jul 2019 in Senate: I congratulate Sen. (Dr.) Ali for bringing this Bill because in each of the county governments, there will be specific roles as far as controlling of cancer is concerned. Among the functions of county governments, it is provided that they must implement the national Government policy on the control of cancer, ensure the provision of adequate personnel and equipment for the prevention and control of cancer, implement the national policies, standards, initiatives and plans on health formulated by the national Government for prevention and control of cancer and put in place measures to improve the education, training and skills of ... view
• 31 Jul 2019 in Senate: When you listen to oncologists, they say that cancer prevention is the best. In fact, they state that somebody should adopt a certain lifestyle to prevent cancer than getting it and taking the curative approach. The whole idea of supporting, promoting, coordination and collaboration is important. The element of counseling was left out but people also need to be counseled. view
• 31 Jul 2019 in Senate: Many people die of shock when they are told that they have cancer. A person is affected when he or she is informed that they have cancer without counseling. As it has been mentioned by Sen. Mutula Kilonzo Jnr., who spoke a few minutes ago, sometimes treatment for cancer is a debate. We have had discussions of whether chemotherapy or radiotherapy help or enhance the spread of cancer. From the talk we had this morning, it was clear that treatment of cancer is dynamic and complex. That means we need oncologists to handle the same. view
• 31 Jul 2019 in Senate: As Sen. (Dr.) Ali said, we have few oncologists in Kenya. If cancer is the third leading cause of death in Kenya after pneumonia and malaria, then the focus should be put on it. Cancer centres should be facilitated in terms of equipment. More importantly, there should be linkages and networking at local and international level. Therefore, research is critical. We were told that there are up to 100 cancers that keep mutating and changing form and shape. Therefore, constant analysis of various forms of cancer is important because of constant mutation. That is critical and it should be addressed. view
• 31 Jul 2019 in Senate: If we range this in terms of the statistics given, breast cancer takes the higher proportion followed by cervical cancer, cancer of the esophagus, prostate cancer and lastly, colorectal cancer. These have become key issues in terms of research including a cancer like leukemia which affects the blood. This is an indication that cancer is a complex disease and as such, a collaborative research initiative should cut across the board. I support this Bill, and I congratulate the Mover, Sen. (Dr.) Ali, because it could not have been more timely than now. I plead that we are able to fast ... view