
Patients with non-communicable diseases (NCD) received a major boost after the World Health Organisation (WHO) included new treatments for various cancers, insulin analogues and new oral medicines for diabetes in the new edition of its Model Lists of Essential Medicines- which should be available and affordable for all.
Listing NCDs is a relief to Kenyans like 65-year-old Kahuho Mathai from Nyeri County, who was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes and high blood pressure, conditions that changed his life significantly.
The Standard Group Plc is a multi-media organization with investments in media
platforms spanning newspaper print
operations, television, radio broadcasting, digital and online services. The
Standard Group is recognized as a
leading multi-media house in Kenya with a key influence in matters of national
and international interest.