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Prof. Ambrose Agweyu
Deputy Director, Nairobi
KEMRI | Wellcome Trust
About
Prof. Ambrose Agweyu is the Deputy Director, Nairobi. Ambrose is a consultant pediatrician and Professor of Epidemiology and Child Health. He leads a research portfolio spanning pragmatic clinical trials, clinical epidemiology, infectious disease surveillance, and implementation research, with a focus on childhood respiratory infections. He previously served as Head of the Department of Epidemiology and Demography at KEMRI-Wellcome. In his new role as Deputy Director, he will also serve as director for the Nairobi Programme
See moreCurrent Work
Ambrose currently co-leads the Clinical Information Network. This collaboration of researchers, policymakers, and practising health professionals at 22 Kenyan hospitals has supported the generation and use of routine data to improve care, understand patient outcomes, and evaluate interventions since 2013. Over the last five years, he has championed the regional growth of this Learning Network to Tanzania, where it is currently running under the leadership of the Paediatric Association of Tanzania. Nationally, Ambrose serves on various Ministry of Health technical panels where he has engaged in developing policy and strategy for newborn, child, and adolescent health. He is also the immediate former co-chair, and a member of the Child Health Accountability Tracking (CHAT) Technical Advisory Group convened by WHO and UNICEF. Collaborations;
- Other Roles;
- Adjunct Professor (Department of Pediatrics, Stanford University, USA)
- Adjunct Faculty (Institute of Healthcare Management, Strathmore University, Kenya
- Member, Child Health Accountability Tracking (CHAT) Technical Advisory Group (WHO/UNICEF)
- Member, Life Course Quality of Care Metrics Working Group (WHO)
- Member, Child Health Panel of Experts (Ministry of Health, Kenya)
- National Board member and member of the Scientific Committee (Kenya Paediatric Association)
- Member, Research Committee Advisory Board (Kenya Medical Association)
- Member, Keprecon
- Committee member, Population and Public Health Early Career Advisory Group (Wellcome Trust)
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2026
Benchmarking large language models and clinicians using locally generated primary healthcare vignettes in Kenya
Mwaniki, P. Musau, W. Isaaka, et al.
BMJ Digit Health Ai. 2026; 2:e000081
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2026
Comparison of capillary microsampling and venous blood for multi-pathogen serosurveillance
Ombati, R. Kimani, M. Akech, et al.
Sci Rep. 2026
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2026
Safety of a large language model-based clinical decision support system in African primary healthcare
Agweyu, A. Mwaniki, P. Musau, et al.
Nat Health. 2026; 1:607-618
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2026
Multimodal pulse oximeters to support the integrated management of childhood illnesses: A usability and diagnostic accuracy assessment from a multi-country hybrid type 2 study
Storey, H. L. Fielding, T. L. Mwesigwa, et al.
PLOS Glob Public Health. 2026; 6:e0004655
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2025
Assessing the Impact of SARS-CoV-2 Spike Mutations on Antibody Binding: A Comparative Assessment of the Wuhan and JN.1 Variants' Full-Length Spikes in a Multiplex Luminex Assay
Waweru, G. Nyakundi, R. Kutima, et al.
Viruses. 2025; 17