Nanto

03/10/2026

Our first Conference Fellowship is done. Here is what it looked like from the inside.

In June we opened a fully sponsored place at KRAcon 2026 for renal nurses: registration, travel and accommodation. No purchase, no vendor tie, no strings. Two nurses from county dialysis units made it to Mombasa: Jibril Mohamed from Mandera County and Florence Kioko of Tana River County Hospital.

On the Thursday evening we sat down with them, away from the sessions, and asked two questions: why did you apply, and what are you taking home?

One of them qualified in 2018. KRAcon was their first conference ever. Not for lack of interest, but because the cost has always been out of reach. In their words: "Next time, even if I don't get sponsorship, I'll save up and pay for myself."

What they are taking home is practical:
• Routine water quality testing, and a written case for it to management
• Checking that every session actually delivers adequate dialysis, not just that it ran
• What HDF does that conventional HD does not
• The new Kenya Renal Guidelines, which one of them had already shared with fellow nurses before the conference ended

We learned a few things too. Next year we start the logistics earlier, and we are exploring a shift-shadowing visit at a leading Nairobi unit so fellows see high-volume HDF in practice.

The place will rotate. Cohort 2027 will be open to any renal nurse in Kenya, same terms.

Thank you, Jibril and Florence, for giving us your time, and to everyone who shared the call.

Building Better Futures.

26/09/2026

Wrapping up in Mombasa. 🇰🇪

This year’s theme, Kidney Health: Beyond Nephrology, reflected something we saw throughout the conference: delivering reliable kidney care takes an entire ecosystem: clinicians, nurses, biomedical teams, suppliers, and partners working together.

For Nanto Med, KRACON was an opportunity to listen, learn, and better understand the day-to-day needs of renal teams across Kenya.

We leave Mombasa with new relationships, valuable feedback, and an even clearer understanding of where we can contribute.

Thank you to the Renal Association and everyone who took the time to speak with us.

The work continues.

25/09/2026

Day 3 of KRACON 2026, Kenya Renal Association Conference, PrideInn Shanzu, Mombasa.

Today's sessions looked at access, who gets kidney care and who doesn't, alongside tracks on environmental nephrology, paediatric and transplant care. The throughline all week has been the same one: good clinical knowledge only reaches patients when the supply chain behind it holds up.

Tonight closes with the conference gala. Three days in, still convinced this is where the relationships that matter get built.

24/09/2026

Day 2 of KRACON 2026, Kenya Renal Association Conference, PrideInn Shanzu, Mombasa.

Today's sessions pushed into where nephrology care in Kenya is heading next, a "Vision 2030" session on the sector's direction, followed by tracks on precision nephrology and critical care. Just as valuable as the sessions: the conversations in between, with clinicians and hospital teams from across the country working the same problem we do, keeping dialysis care running where the equipment and the expertise don't always meet.

Two days in, the pattern is the same one that brought us here: this work gets built in rooms like this, not from a distance.

23/09/2026

Day 1 of KRACON 2026, Kenya Renal Association Conference, PrideInn Shanzu, Mombasa.

Today Kenya's Ministry of Health launched the country's first-ever National Guidelines for the Prevention and Management of Kidney Conditions, a genuine milestone for nephrology care here. The day opened with remarks from Dr. Jonathan Wala, KRA President, followed by workshops on POCUS, peritoneal dialysis and vascular access, and closed with real conversations on the ground, including with Dr. Mohamed Maalim, Head of the Renal Unit at Msambweni County Referral Hospital.

Nanto Med was in the room for all of it.

23/09/2026

From WHX Nairobi straight to KRACON 2026, Kenya Renal Association's conference, 23 to 26 September, PrideInn Shanzu, Mombasa.

Four days with the nephrologists, nurses and technologists running dialysis care across the country. We are here to listen, learn and build the relationships that matter when a machine breaks down in a county hospital and the part is not in Kenya.

23/09/2026

Nanto Med spent three days at WHX Nairobi & Labs 2026, 16 to 18 September at KICC, in the room with the people who decide how Kenya's hospitals get equipped.

Conversations with procurement leads, hospital administrators and fellow medical device suppliers confirmed what we already see on the ground: dialysis units in Kenya do not fail from lack of equipment, they fail from lack of parts and continuity of supply. That is the gap Nanto Med works to close.

A short look at the three days below.

18/09/2026

It was great meeting manufacturer and health innovator. Asante Sana!

18/09/2026

18/09/2026

WHX EXPO 2026