Over 5,000 delegates attend WHX Nairobi as leaders chart new path for health system

The Kenyatta International Convention Centre (KICC) became the epicenter of East Africa's healthcare ambitions as WHX Nairobi and WHX Labs Nairobi launched and advancing healthcare and laboratory innovation in East Africa.

The three day event that kicked off on Thursday, October 23, 2025 is set to give breakthroughs in healthcare policy and diagnostics.

The event brought together more than 5,000 visitors, 200 exhibitors, and 65 international speakers from more than 20 countries.

It brought together Kenya’s leading hospital executives including; Dr Toseef Din, Chief Executive Officer of M.P. Shah Hospital and Dr Richard Lesiyampe, Chief Executive Officer of Kenyatta National Hospital who they shared strategies for building sustainable health organizations and empowering human capital.

According to Dr. Din, the healthcare sector witness losses everyday and therefore, the leaders should protect the humanity of their team in order to ensure human sustainability.

“In healthcare we witness loss every day, yet compassion must never fade. Human sustainability begins when leaders protect the humanity of their teams as fiercely as they protect their patients,” said Din.

Dr Lesiyampe added that for the healthcare leadership to strengthen the heath system, they should move from managing people to developing human capital.

“Healthcare leadership today demands that we move from managing people to developing human capital. When we invest in training, mentorship, and collaboration, we strengthen not only our institutions but the entire national health system,” Dr Lesiyampe said.

The session also focused on the sustainable healthcare financing and policy, hosted by the Global Health Association of Kenya and IAMRA emphasizing the greater alignment between regulation, education, and resource planning to sustain long-term growth in healthcare capacity.

Experts including Dr. Samuel Oti of IDRC and Dr. Aliza Monroe-Wise of WHO called for greater investment in local expertise and Africa’s youthful population to secure long-term health gains.

He said that health funding should evolve from charity to collaboration adding that it is about shifting power and not preserving it.

“Global health funding has saved millions of lives but it must evolve from charity to collaboration. True progress demands that funders trust, empower, and invest directly in local expertise, because authentic ally ship is about shifting power, not preserving it,” Dr Oti, Senior Programme Specialist, International Development Research Centre (IDRC) said.

Dr. Aliza Monroe-Wise, Consultant, World Health Organization, and Chief Medical Officer, CarePoint, Nairobi, highlighted Africa’s potential saying that investing in Kenya’s youths on health care system will define the future emphasizing that Africa is on the edge of demographic goldmine.

“Africa is standing on the edge of a demographic goldmine. In the next century, one in three people on Earth will be African. If we invest in our youth, innovation, and health systems today, Africa will define the future.”

Randox is making a strategic, long-term investment in East Africa, recognizing that true healthcare transformation in Kenya requires more than just high-tech solutions; it demands sustainable, locally-viable logistics

“Kenya’s healthcare transformation depends not only on technology but on sustainability. That’s why Randox is delivering point-of-care chemistry systems and long-shelf-life reagents that can withstand transport and storage challenges even in remote regions. By offering ready-to-use and philosophized quality-control materials, we are simplifying procurement, reducing cold-chain costs, and empowering laboratories across East Africa to deliver consistent, high-quality results that clinicians can trust,” Ouma added.