OSLO/ OXFORD, UK, 12 Dec 2024—A team of scientists in the UK, Kenya and Tanzania will soon find out the extent to which chikungunya, a debilitating mosquito-borne disease causing large outbreaks in Asia and South America, is also affecting countries in East Africa.   Led by the University of Oxford, the scientists are set to […]

  NAIROBI, November 27th, 2024: The Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI) has signed a seven-year Memorandum of Agreement with Wellcome Trust, a UK charitable organization, and the University of Oxford, today, Wednesday, November 27, 2024, at the KEMRI Headquarters, Nairobi. Under this collaboration, Wellcome has awarded GBP 91 million (KES 15 billion) to support research […]

New CEPI-funded trial to launch in Kenya – the first ever Phase II trial of a Rift Valley fever vaccine in an endemic country Earlier vaccine studies show positive safety data, and generation of an immune response Rift Valley fever is a mosquito-borne disease affecting people and animals across Africa OSLO/NAIROBI, October 13 – A […]

The fight against sickle cell disease (SCD) has seen significant progress thanks to the ongoing research conducted by KEMRI-Wellcome Trust Research Programme (KWTRP) in collaboration with Kilifi County Teaching and Referral Hospital (KCTRH) through the joint management of the pediatric sickle cell clinic. The clinic which also serves neighbouring counties provides diagnosis (for children) and […]

In our 2023 Annual Report, we highlight our progress in science, capacity development, & impact. We also celebrate our people, highlighting individual & collective achievements.

The KEMRI Wellcome Trust Research Programme (KWTRP) hosted its annual policy engagement forum at the Radisson Blu Hotel in Nairobi. This year’s forum provided a valuable platform for deliberation between policy stakeholders and researchers, focusing on their research needs and policy priorities. The event is part of a larger consultative process towards the development of […]

A huge congratulations to our researchers Martha Mwangome, Charles Sande and Marta Maia who were among six researchers who have been awarded the title Associate Professor by Oxford University. Martha Mwangome, working in the Nutrition assessment and Intervention research group at the KEMRI Wellcome Trust Research Programme (KWTRP) in Kilifi, Kenya. Charles Sande, researcher on […]