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Why Success follows Dr Hellen Barsosio like a shadow

Senior clinical research scientist at the Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI) Dr Hellen Barsosio. [File, Standard]

Her father and grandmother were traditional herbalists and she grew up wanting to be a healer too.

But the idea of pursuing herbal medicine at Kenyatta University was overridden by the desire to study clinical medicine at the University of Nairobi.

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