The article examines how high treatment costs, late diagnoses and gaps in Kenya's health financing are driving many families into debt despite expanded insurance coverage.
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In a modest apartment block in Gurugram, on the outskirts of New Delhi, the door to Room 204 rarely stays shut.
Inside, a Kenyan family has spent the last six months suspended between hope and uncertainty. The husband is battling tongue cancer.
Every few days, the family makes another journey to the hospital, hoping doctors will say the tumour has responded to treatment.
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