'We can change the way we look at newborn screening'

Dr Catherine Mutinda, a Paediatrician and Geneticist, during a past interview with 'The Standard'. [Samson Wire, Standard]

Dr Catherine Mutinda, the first female pediatric geneticist in Kenya and also the Secretary General of the Kenya Paediatric Association, believes that it is not a sad thing to be told you have a mutated gene but it is a sad thing to be told late.

This conviction led her to the journey of becoming a paediatric geneticist, to be able to rule out certain diseases from an early age.