Inside Healing Mama Africa: Endometriosis Care, Advocacy, and Surgical Innovation in Kenya

In this special episode of The Endometriosis Podcast, Dr. Nicholas Fogelson travels to Kerugoya, Kenya, for the Healing Mama Africa Bootcamp and Conference, where surgeons, advocates, and educators from around the world come together to expand access to endometriosis care in Africa. Through a series of on-the-ground conversations, the episode explores what it means to deliver complex surgical care in a low-resource setting, why patient advocacy and education matter so deeply, and how collaboration across borders is helping change the future of endometriosis treatment.  Highlights: Dr. Joe Njagi shares the vision behind Healing Mama Africa and how one ambitious idea grew into a groundbreaking conference bringing expert training, complex surgery, and long-overdue care to patients across the continent. Endometriosis advocate Arti Shah reflects on her decades-long journey with endometriosis in Kenya and explains why patient empowerment, better information, and tools like her educational game Endo Quest are essential for changing the landscape. Dr. Myriam En Nosse discusses her highly specialized work in female genital mutilation reconstruction and brings a broader global women's health perspective to the conversation, centered on dignity, healing, and surgical restoration. Dr. Ahmed Al Minawi brings a regional surgeon's perspective from Egypt, reflecting on healthcare in Egypt broadly, the unusually severe and fibrotic endometriosis cases seen at Healing Mama Africa, and the extraordinary dedication behind offering these surgeries free of charge. For clinical consultations: contact Northwest Endometriosis and Pelvic Surgery in Portland, OR at (503) 715-1377 or email us at [email protected]  Follow us on Instagram: @Nicholasfogelson and @drshantimohling Download a transcript of this episode.