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Cardiovascular Disease Care Beyond the Cardiologist: An Overview of the Rollout of Transthoracic Echocardiography Training and Services in Kenya Cover

Cardiovascular Disease Care Beyond the Cardiologist: An Overview of the Rollout of Transthoracic Echocardiography Training and Services in Kenya

Open Access
|May 2025

Figures & Tables

Figure 1

A map of Kenya showing the geographic localization of cardiology experts in 2009. No current data mapping their geographic distribution is available. (Courtesy, Binnanay et al. (16)).

Figure 2

In-person (left) and hands-on training (right) sessions in January 2024 with KCS-ACC faculty. Photo: Mwai Kibaki Teaching and Referral Hospital (MKTRH). reproduced with permission from MKTRH.

Figure 3

Distribution of HCWs by cadre across the four training cohorts.

Key: Rad/son- Radiographer/sonographer, CO- Clinical Officer, NO- Nursing Officer, MO- Medical Officer, Phy- Physician.

Figure 4

A proportion map highlighting the distribution of echocardiographers practicing in Kenya based on an exploratory survey done in June 2024 (Green circles). Circle size corresponds to the proportion of practicing echocardiographers in a region or county. Blue circles represent the proportion of practicing echocardiographers who have trained through the KCS-ACS-TTE course.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/gh.1437 | Journal eISSN: 2211-8179
Language: English
Submitted on: Jan 2, 2025
Accepted on: May 21, 2025
Published on: May 30, 2025
Published by: Ubiquity Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 1 issue per year

© 2025 Daniel Muriuki, Marietta Ambrose, Hassan Ahmed, Michael Foster, Hellen Nguchu, Lee Goldberg, Bernard Samia, published by Ubiquity Press
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