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A second chance at life: Mater Heart Run 2025 launches to save lives

Mater Misericordiae Hospital CEO Maria Ngui during the launch of the 30th edition of Mater Heart Run at the hospital in Nairobi, on April 24, 2025. [Jonah Onyango, Standard]

In 2009, a young Juma Shaban Juma was living with the heavy burden of rheumatic heart disease. He couldn't run, play or even walk three steps without struggling to breathe.

"I used to suffer. My schooling was on and off, and I faced stigma from society," Juma recalls.

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