As one of the Certified Laboratory assessors in Kenya, from 5th - 6th June 2023, Miss Josephine Rioki conducted Kenya Accreditation Service (KENAS) assessments at PATHCARE Kenya Limited.
Accreditation is important for testing (general and medical) and calibration laboratories, certification and inspection bodies.
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Mr Francis Wanyama will be presenting online on Colorectal Cancer on 8th June 2023 at 8pm. Join the discussions from the panel.
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The Medical Laboratory Assessments in Mauritius was held on 24th April- 2nd May 2023 at the Laboratory Medical de Ville Souers with Ms. Josephine Rioki representing Kenya as the Technical assessor.
The exercise was hosted by MAURITAS, the accreditation body in Mauritius.
Dr Richard Byers, Haematopathologist from the University of Manchester paid a courtesy visit to the Department of Pathology staff and registrars on Thursday, 18th May 2023, at 2pm. The visit included discussion on areas of collaboration, among other things.
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The partnership between the department and the Wondfo biotech company limited was finalized on Thursday, 27th April 2023 by the signing of the collaboration agreement by the DVC Academic Affairs, Prof. Julius Ogeng’o and Mr. Bear Xiong of Wondfo Biotech Company limited.
The Wondfo specializes in creating biotech machines and providing training of the machines which deal with human pathology, forensic expertise and other fields.
The 5th SNOSSA conference will be held from 20th-22nd July 2023 at the Radisson Blue Upper hill Hotel. The theme of the conference is optimizing Neuro-oncology outcomes in Sub-Saharan Africa. The committee welcomes abstract submission before 14th May 2023.
On Wednesday, 8th February 2023, members of staff and students paid their last respects to the late Prof George Magoha, who was one of the former Vice Chancellor and member of staff in the faculty.
The procession took a few minutes in the faculty as they headed to the main campus. Funeral to be held on Saturday, 11th February 2023 in Umiru village, Gem Sub county in Siaya County. May his soul rest in internal peace.
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On Friday, 24th February 2023, Dr. Peter Maturi was among the speakers on the ongoing online Blood Transfusion Symposium Series titled Scope, importance of Haemovigilance, impact/benefits of Haemovigilance, reporting tools, adverse events reporting, facility transfusion committees.
The webinar was an introduction to Haemovigilance in reengineering services for universal health coverage.
The Department of Human Pathology was privileged to host another set of training from 23rd-27th January 2023 on Minimally Invasive Tissue Sampling (MITS), an autopsy technique meant to equip Pathologists, Medical Scientists and Technologist with technical skills that can provide data about causes of death, similar to that obtained through a complete diagnostic autopsy.
