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More needed to ‘beat’ kidney disease

Deputy President William Ruto chats with Joshua Kipchirchir and Dennis Kipngeno at Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital when he visited them. The DP later gave a donation that saw them leave for specialised treatment in India. [PHOTO: PETER OCHIENG/STANDARD]

Today, scientists from all over the world gather in Cape Town, South Africa for the 2015 World Congress of Nephrology (WCN) set to run until next Tuesday.

Under the theme 'Kidney health for all', the five day programme cultivates optimism on future strategies that will make it possible for kidney patients to have access to treatment.

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