National Cancer Summit

The Kenya Medical Association (KMA) and the East African Medical Journal (EAMJ) successfully hosted the 50 th KMA Annual Scientific Conference at Pride Inn Paradise Resort, Mombasa, on the 10 th – 13 th of May 2023. The theme of the conference was “Planetary Health: Impact of Climate Change on Health and Health Systems,” with a presentation from the Ministry of Environment, Forestry and Climate Change that affirmed the importance of multidisciplinary consideration of the effects of climate change, where they reiterated their commitment to curbingclimate change and its effects in Kenya. The governor of Mombasa County was also in attendance, and he proudly highlighted the milestones that the county has undertaken with respect to healthcare provision and their plans for the future of healthcare in Mombasa. Thematic presentations were made in the areas of climate change and food security, climate change and its effects on the population, antimicrobial consumption and resistance, carbon footprints and going green in healthcare, climate change incorporation into the medical curriculum,

10-13 May, 2023 – Mombasa, Kenya

2-4 February, 2023 – Nairobi, Kenya

Theme

PLANETARY HEALTH: IMPACT OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON HEALTH AND HEALTH SYSTEMS

one health approach, and emerging healthcare technology among many other topics. The event culminated in the Diamond (100-year) anniversary of the EAMJ, which is among the continent’s top-most medical journals. There was also a one-day workshop training in advocacy and research organized by the Young Doctors Network of KMA as a pre-conference offering, facilitated by KEPRECON (Kenya Pediatric Research Consortium) and EAMJ, respectively.