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Kidney problems on the rise as more Kenyans become obese and diabetic

The ratio between kidney specialists and patients in Kenya could be one per 35,714 if the March 2014 statistics are anything to go by.

Government statistics indicate that about one million people in Kenya suffer from kidney disease, yet the country only less than 40 nephrologists, with the Western region, having only one.

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