Medical tourism content is almost always written for the able-bodied traveller — book the flight, book the hospital, book the hotel. It rarely addresses the traveller who also needs to think about wheelchair access at every one of those stops, or who’s travelling specifically because their mobility has changed and they need treatment they can’t […]
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Travelling for medical treatment is stressful enough without also having to figure out logistics on the fly. Whether you’re coming from elsewhere in East Africa, further afield in the region, or from the diaspora, planning the trip properly — before you book a flight — makes a real difference to how the whole experience goes. […]
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For many Kenyans living abroad, “coming home for treatment” isn’t medical tourism in the usual sense — it’s family. It’s a parent who needs surgery, a sibling managing a chronic condition, or simply wanting a trusted Kenyan doctor to look at something before deciding what to do next. But planning a medical trip home comes […]
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A decade ago, “medical tourism” mostly meant Kenyans flying to India or South Africa for treatment. That flow is now running in more directions. Nairobi is increasingly the destination — not just the departure point — for patients from Tanzania, Uganda, South Sudan, Somalia, the DRC, and beyond, and even for some patients from further […]
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When a serious diagnosis calls for treatment that isn’t available locally, East African patients typically weigh three main destinations: staying regional and travelling to Nairobi, flying to India, or flying to South Africa. Each has real trade-offs — cost, travel distance, specialist expertise, and how easy the logistics are for the patient and accompanying family. […]
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Whether you’re recovering from surgery, managing a sports injury, rehabilitating after a stroke, or dealing with chronic back or joint pain, physiotherapy is often the difference between a slow recovery and a full one. Nairobi has a growing number of physiotherapy options — from hospital-based departments to standalone clinics to home-visit therapists — but figuring […]
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A cancer diagnosis is overwhelming enough without also having to figure out where you can actually get treated — and whether your cover will pay for it. In Kenya, the Social Health Authority (SHA), through the Social Health Insurance Fund (SHIF), has expanded cancer coverage significantly compared to the old NHIF system. But coverage only […]
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