Njonde Jackson Kamau, a second year medical student at Kenyatta University, won the Global Health Security category at AfyaFest 2026 in Dakar, Senegal, held on 14th to 16th June.The category carried a prize of USD 5,000, about KSh 647,000. He co-founded Tahsma Healthcare with software developer Teddy Jeremy. The venture provides healthcare financing through an…
“No medical student should miss an examination because of financial hardship.” That simple but powerful belief has grown into one of the University of Nairobi Medical School’s most impactful student support initiatives—Leave No Medic Behind (LNB). In this week’s Medic of the Week, Mastermind Medics TV (mTV) features Dr. Ruby, whose vision transformed a small…
Photo: Messi receiving medical attention during a football match Have you ever wondered what sports medicine is, and not just something football team doctors on TV seem to do? This article breaks down what sports medicine entails and whether it is a career path worth considering. Definition and Scope Sports medicine is a branch of…
A team of medical students from the University of Nairobi, has published a narrative review on the use of esophageal stents in palliative cancer care. The paper is published in ecancermedicalscience, a peer reviewed, open access journal. Undergraduates producing a peer reviewed review in a high impact journal is a rare feat, and a strong…
When more than 250 pairs of running shoes hit the ground this year, few of the runners knew just how much planning had carried them to that starting line. Behind the seamless race day stood Fatema, a fifth-year MBChB student at the University of Nairobi and Race Director for Leave No Medic Behind 2026. This…
Kisii University’s School of Health Sciences held a White Coat Ceremony on Friday, 26th June, formally robing its MBChB Class of 2031 into the medical profession. While the class has already been in session, the ceremony marked the cohort’s symbolic entry into clinical training and the values that define the practice of medicine. The event…
The Jomo Kenyatta University Medical Students Association (JKUSMA) has entered into a one-year media partnership with Mastermind Medics TV (mTV), in a deal set to boost news coverage, visibility, and opportunities for the university’s medical student community. The agreement was signed on 27 May 2026 by JKUSMA Chairperson Jelagat Marion on behalf of the association….
Long before modern diagnostic tools existed, physicians relied on physical signs to identify disease. One such sign, known as Winterbottom’s sign, refers to the enlargement of lymph nodes at the back of the neck and is a classic indicator of African sleeping sickness caused by Trypanosoma brucei gambiense. The sign is named after Thomas Masterman…
Dr Peter Kamau Wanyoike has never lived a straight line life. His story moves step by step always forward always into something bigger than before.It begins at the University of Nairobi where he was not just a student but a voice among students. He served as the first AMSUN Chairperson in 1989 a role that…
Not every doctor arrives at their specialty in a straight line. For Dr. Oburu, the path to orthopaedic surgery wound through an early dream of nephrology, four years of general surgery training, a fellowship abroad, and an honest reckoning with why he was really making the choices he was making. What emerged, over decades of…
