Nyanza Kenya Ostomy Association

Nyanza Kenya Ostomy Association is rated 3 out of 5 in the category nonprofit organization management. Read and write reviews about Nyanza Kenya Ostomy Association. Nyanza Kenya Ostomy Association (NKOA) is a non-profit support group that empowers and provide support to adults and children who are living with a stoma in Kenya. Our History: The year 2013, February (11-16) at the “District Hospital” City of Kisumu (Kenya), a course consisting of 41 doctors and nurses, was coordinated by Prof. Carlo Pezcoller (Italy) in collaboration with Prof. Harikesh Buch (India). The city of Kisumu with over ( 400,000 inhabitants ) was chosen for his strategic position ( on the banks of Victoria Lake, near the border with Tanzania and Uganda), which would allow the participation of doctors and nurses from all three countries. Since the number of ostomates has been constantly increasing in East Africa, this situation is explained by the fact that nowadays there are more hospitals in Africa and therefore it is possible to treat those diseases which before were not cured at all and quickly wore patients to death. Unfortunately, even children can suffer for a stoma especially along the Lake Victoria region where many children are born with imperforate anus (ie without the presence of the anus), and this is incompatible with life if you do not practice urgently a stoma. The reason for the high incidence of this malformation is unclear. There were 41 participants who took training in this course. Out of these 3 doctors & nurses from Uganda, 4 were from Tanzania & rest were from Kenya including a surgeon from Kisumu. Ms Sally Agallo, secretary of “ Stoma World Kenya “ from Nairobi, also participated in this workshop. After this one week training, Nyanza Kenya Ostomy Association was founded to support needs of ostomates in Nyanza.