Understanding Lymphoedema — Symptoms, Causes and Treatment
What lymphoedema is, the signs to look for, and what can be done about it.
Watch on YouTubeMedia, press and publications
Naming a condition in public is half the treatment.
Broadcast interviews, national press coverage and published work on lymphoedema in Kenya. For interview requests and speaking invitations, see the contact page.
Watch
Coverage of Kenya's inaugural World Lymphoedema Day and interviews on recognising and treating lymphoedema.
Kenya's First World Lymphoedema Day Commemoration
Kenyatta National Hospital, March 2026 — free screening, patient and caregiver training, and the public awareness campaign walk.
Watch on YouTubeManual Lymphatic Drainage
The hands-on technique at the centre of decongestive therapy, and how it differs from ordinary massage.
Watch on YouTubeMore interviews and recordings
The full playlist of lymphoedema awareness recordings, including the webinar series that reached over five thousand health workers.
View the playlist on YouTubeIn the press
Coverage of lymphoedema care in Kenya and across the African continent. Links open on the publishers' own sites.
- Daily Nation The swelling that won't quit: two women's battle with lymphoedema March 2026
- The Eastleigh Voice New KNH clinic targets lymphoedema as patients share years of misdiagnosis March 2026
- The Star KNH holds first lymphoedema awareness walk in Kenya March 2026
- Lymphatic Education & Research Network Inaugural World Lymphoedema Commemoration, Kenya 2026 March 2026
- Lymphatic Education & Research Network Kenya National Chapter Ongoing
Publications
Peer-reviewed work, manuscripts and written commentary.
In preparation, 2026
Implementation of Kenya's Inaugural World Lymphoedema Day: a multidisciplinary awareness and rehabilitation initiative
Lead author. An account of the planning, delivery and measured outcomes of the March 2026 commemoration at Kenyatta National Hospital.
Further publications will be listed here as they appear
Journal articles, conference abstracts and written commentary are added on publication, each with a direct link to the source.
Documents and notices
Official appointments, gazette notices, programme documents and certificates of recognition.
This section is ready for its first entries
Gazette notices, appointment letters, curriculum documents for the KNH lymphoedema certification course, and programme materials for the Lymphoedema and Oncology Wellness Programme will be published here as downloadable files.
Until then, these documents are available on request.
For journalists
Interview requests are welcome.
Janet speaks on lymphoedema, oncology rehabilitation, neglected tropical diseases, physiotherapy workforce development and health policy across Kenya and the entire African continent, in English and Kiswahili. A high-resolution portrait and a short biography are available for publication.