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Alarm as cancer cases rise in Igembe and Buuri

Meru Hospice CEO Gladys Mucee during a past interview. [File, Standard]

Buuri and Igembe in Meru county have been identified as areas with high cancers cases.

Data from the Meru Hospice which offers palliative care to hundreds of cancer patients revealed that Buuri, Igembe and Imenti have big number of cancer patients, and stakeholders have called for comprehensive research and other interventions to address the situation.

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