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Aga Khan University Hospital, Nairobi
East Africa's leading private teaching hospital, with a dedicated Heart and Cancer Centre offering radiotherapy, chemotherapy and bone marrow transplantation.
Also called: AKUH NairobiHeart and Cancer Centre
Overview
The Aga Khan University Hospital in Nairobi is the Kenyan teaching hospital of the Aga Khan University and is accredited by Joint Commission International. Its Heart and Cancer Centre provides medical oncology, radiation oncology including modern linear accelerator techniques, haemato-oncology with one of the first bone marrow transplant programmes in East Africa, surgical oncology, nuclear medicine and PET-CT, and it runs oncology fellowship training for the region. The hospital participates in research on cancers common in East Africa, such as cervical, breast and oesophageal cancer and Burkitt lymphoma, in partnership with the university's East Africa campuses and international collaborators.
Location
Nairobi, KE
Type
hospital · Aga Khan University
Website
Newsweek 2026 oncology rank
Not in top 300 listing used
OnCo score
#448 · 8 points (0 Newsweek + 0 NCI + 8 from 4 linked objects) · ranking
Research output
From OpenAlex, oncology works in the last five years (2022 to 2026, current year in progress); counted on 2026-09-11.
Matched to Aga Khan University Hospital Nairobi (high confidence name match), including child institutions. 44 works · 713 citations · 89% open access · 9% clinical trials · 0% reviews.
Oncology works per year
62022
62023
142024
82025
102026
Most works
- Shahin Sayed10 works
- Miriam Mutebi5 works
- Stefan Ambs4 works
- Francis Makokha4 works
- Jonine D. Figueroa3 works
- Xiaohong R. Yang3 works
- Rodney D. Adam3 works
- Samuel G. Mukono3 works
- Mansoor N. Saleh3 works
- Brian Ayara3 works
Most cited
- Heart and Cancer Centre
- Radiation oncology
- Bone marrow transplantation
- Oncology fellowship training