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Dr Samson M Kinyanjui is one of the seven leading African researchers who are recipients of funding from the Wellcome Trust and the Department for International Development (DFID) to establish cutting-edge rese
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Invasive Salmonella infections in sub-Saharan Africa are a major cause of child illness and deaths, a new body of research into this usually overlooked infectious disease has revealed. In the West, Salmonella i
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Dr Samson M Kinyanjui is one of the seven leading African researchers who are recipients of funding from the Wellcome Trust and the Department for International Development (DFID) to establish cutting-edge rese
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Children living in Kenya are well protected from life-threatening infections such as meningitis, sepsis and pneumonia caused by the bacteria Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib), by the existing three-dose vacci
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The research team from the Health Research Ethics and Community Liaison Groups in the KEMRI|Wellcome Trust Research Programme were recently involved in an international collaborative project on the ethics of sh
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The KEMRI|Wellcome Trust Research Programme scoops the 1st prize in the just completed ASK show in Mombasa This years Mombasa International Show was held on August 26- 30, where the KEMRI| Wellcome Trust Resear
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The Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine Protects Kenyan Children East African Regional Meeting on Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccines: Evidence to Policy 22nd-24th June 2015 Policy makers, experts and other stakeholders
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Initial results from the Phase 1 trials of the candidate Ebola vaccine rVSV ZEBOV suggest that the vaccine is safe and generates an immune response. The research, published in the New England Journal of Medicin
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Promising results from a recent vaccine clinical trial in Kenya raise new hope in the fight against malaria The development of a safe and effective malaria vaccine to reduce the intolerable burden that malaria
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Final results from a large-scale Phase III trial of the RTS,S malaria vaccine candidate, including the impact of a booster dose, published today in The Lancet, show that the vaccine candidate helped protect chi
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H.E The first lady Margaret Kenyatta on her tour to the Kilifi County hospital made a stopover and visited the KEMRI Wellcome Trust Research Programme Laboratories where the team presented her with excerpts of
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The 10th International congress on tropical pediatrics got off to a good start on Sunday August 24th at the Kenyatta International Conference Center in Nairobi. The KEMRI- Wellcome Trust team provided updates o
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Trials of one of the most promising candidate Ebola vaccines are to begin swiftly in healthy volunteers in Europe, Gabon and Kenya, as funds from the Wellcome Trust enable an international consortium to acceler
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Africa is experiencing an overall decline in the risk of malaria infection that appears to have started before, but accelerated after, the massive scale up of interventions since the launch of the Roll Back Mal
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Jalemba Aluvaala was matriculated at the University of Oxford on the 12th of March 2015. Dr Aluvaala will be pursuing his DPhil in Clinical Medicine, a 4 year course that compliments on-going work in the Depa
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The 2014 award for the Global Research Nurses essay competition goes to one of our own, Patience Ndonye. Pepe as fondly known to us participated in the essay competition held in October last year and emerged th
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On the other side of research – The reflections of a trialist and two participants on the Ebola vaccine trial in Kilifi. Unlike the usual practice where researchers are the ones carrying out trials Sassy
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Incidence and risk factors for sexual assault among MSM and young women in Coastal Kenya The KEMRI Wellcome Trust Programme researchers have been for the past 10 years studying how rape among sex workers and me
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Researchers at the KEMRI| Wellcome Trust Research Programme in Kilifi, Kenya, have started the human testing of a vaccine designed to protect against Ebola. The first dose of the VSV-Ebola vaccine was administe
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President Uhuru Kenyatta on a tour during his visit at the KEMRI-Wellcome Trust complex in Kilifi in October 24th 2014. The president officially commissioned the Mbuyuni Training Complex at the KEMRI’s Ce
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This year’s Royal Society Pfizer Prize Award 2014 goes to our young researcher, Dr Faith Osier. This award is considered one of the most prestigious prizes and recognizes Faiths valuable and innovative c
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As part of our collaboration with Pwani University in building capacity for research we have jointly launched a new course designated Postgraduate Diploma in Research Methods. This course is modeled on the high
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Findings suggest vaccine will be effective in other low-income countries The introduction of a new pneumococcal vaccine in routine immunisation programmes in Kenya reduced levels of the pneumococcal bacterium i
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Nearly 7 million babies in the first month of life (neonates) required treatment for severe bacterial infection in South Asia, sub-Saharan Africa and Latin America in 2012, according to a new study published in
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Philip Bejon has been awarded the Chalmers Medal by the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, a leading UK based organisation that supports research into Global Health. This is awarded to researchers
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In this week’s New England Journal of Medicine, an international team of investigators based in Europe and Africa, report the results of a study to identify a gene expression signature for childhood tuber
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The Ministry of Health & County Hospitals have partnered in a collaborative project to support improved data collection and use of hospital data with KEMRI-Wellcome Trust Research programme and the Kenya Pa
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Adults in Kilifi face a combined burden of infectious and non-communicable diseases, according to a report published in the Lancet Global Health. Infectious diseases were a major cause of illness among both men
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Researchers from the Programme featured on the “Podcasts from Africa†series by Wellcome Trust Centre for Molecular Parasitology at the University of Glasgow. Click here for details. Follow us on KE
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Infants are highly susceptible to severe pneumonia from a virus called respiratory syncytial virus or RSV. Identifying who infects infants with this virus is important in designing the best options for preven
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Despite unprecedented investment in malaria control in Africa over the past decade, about 57% of the population still live in areas where risk of infection remains moderate to high, according to new research pu
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Dr Faith Osier has been awarded the prestigious African Research Leader (ARL) Fellowship. The ARL Fellowship, is supported by The Medical Research Council, UK and the UK Department for International Development
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The Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine Impact Study (PCVIS) was set up to track the impact of the PCV10 vaccine on invasive pneumococcal disease. Working closely with the Ministry of Health, the project monitors va
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A team from the Department of International Development (DFID), based in Nairobi, met with Senior Managers at the KEMRI – Wellcome Trust Nairobi offices including the Executive Director, Prof. Philip Bejo
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Despite its discovery in Uganda in 1947 little is known about Zika virus (ZIKV) and its importance as a cause of illness in East Africa. Now, researchers at the KEMRI-Wellcome Trust Programme in Kilifi, Kenya a
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Professor Grace Irimu conducted an afternoon symposium for medical students who have just completed their final year exams and due to graduate next year. The symposium was held on the 19th of Nov 2015 at the
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The Ministry of Health and partners in child health marked the World Prematurity Day on the 17th of November 2015, at the Azure Royal Orchid Hotel in Westlands. Partners in child health met to discuss on pre-te
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The KEMRI-Wellcome Trust Research Programme was set up in 1989 with a primary focus on malaria research. Over the years the research programme has expanded and conducts wide-ranging research in various discipli
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GSK,s malaria candidate vaccine, MosquirixTM (RTS,S), receives positive opinion from European regulators for the prevention of malaria in young children in sub-Saharan Africa WHO will now assess how the world&#
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Sir Mark Walport, the previous director of the Wellcome Trust and currently the UK Governments Chief Scientific Advisor, visited the Nairobi KEMRI-Wellcome Trust offices on the 14th of July 2015 and held brief
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47 world leading UK researchers amongst them Prof Kath Maitland who is based at the KEMRI |Wellcome Trust research Programme in Kilifi have been elected to the prestigious Fellowship of the Academy of Medical S
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The Kenya Paediatric Association diner on the 28th of April 2016 at the Boma Hotel in Eldoret, was the climax of the KPA annual meeting that brought together over 300 delegates from the health sector in Kenya.
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Prof. Jeremy Farrar, Director of the Wellcome Trust in the UK, led a review panel team to Nairobi and Kilifi in Kenya last week, to assess projects that had been ongoing over the past five years. The structural
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This one week course is targeted at PhD students and early postdocs who have a strong interest in the interaction between the immune system, Parasites and other Pathogens and how this underlies the Pathogenesis
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The Epidemiology and Demography Department studies a range of respiratory and enteric viruses that are of major public health importance at the coastal region of Kenya. The department’s focus is understan
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A four day meeting convened by the Ministry of Health was held at Naivasha to develop the National Malaria Communication Strategy 2016-2021. The strategy document provides directions to guide the development, i
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The theme of this years’ annual 3rd monitoring and evaluation conference, was ‘embracing e-health for improved service delivery, data quality and data use’. The meeting held at the Kenya school of monetar
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Published in LANCET Global Health Volume 4, No. 7, e464–e473, July 2016 Each year, about 1 million children around the world die from SAM (severe acute malnutrition). Deaths in children with SAM mostly
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An interactive and exciting workshop on designing hospital based applications took place on Wednesday 22nd June at KEMRI-Wellcome Trust Research Programme offices in Nairobi. The co-design workshop was fun, int
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A meeting to disseminate findings of a recent study on the impact of malaria insecticide resistance, led by Prof Charles Mbogo of KEMRI-Wellcome Trust, took place at the Panafric hotel on June 28th 2016. The Ke
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Dr Emelda A. Okiro, has won an intermediate Fellowship Award through the Wellcome Trust to start in October 2016. Her award will explore subnational trends and determinants of Child Mortality in Kenya over 25 y
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The Pfizer Award 2016 is awarded to Dr Amina Abubakar for pioneering psychological research in East Africa and her work developing neuro developmental assessments which are now being used throughout Africa. Dr
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Evelyn Gitau was listed as one of Africa’s top 30 innovators in this years’ ranking by a US-based digital media outlet Quartz for her work on biomarkers to diagnose cerebral malaria among children. Evelyn c
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The Ministry of Health together with KEMRI-Wellcome Trust Research Programme and stakeholders had a meeting on the 28th of July. The main agenda was to discuss on basic and recommended standards of quality nurs
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A meeting to review progress and guide continuing research on inpatient Neonatal Care in Nairobi City County took place on the 29th of July at the KERMI-Wellcome Trust Programme offices in Nairobi. Participants
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Life-saving Instruction For Emergencies (LIFE), a mobile gaming app designed to provide vital emergency care training to remote communities in sub-Saharan Africa, emerged among 12 of the world’s most promisin
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Speaking at the Oxford Tropical Network (OTN), meeting on September 7th 2016, Professor Christopher Conlon, acknowledged and praised the quality of work coming from the Kenyan PhD Students and the overall resea
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The findings of a study reviewing malaria data reported through routine health information systems were disseminated on Friday 16th September 2016 at a workshop held at Gracehouse resort in Nairobi. Data obtain
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A poster on ‘Surveying the electronic health record systems landscape in Kenyan public hospitals’ emerged as the best poster at the recent Oxford Tropical Network Meeting at Oxford, Keble College on Septemb
Read More Africa has secured the winning bid to host the 2022 International Congress on Immunology (IUIS2022). It is the first time the Congress is being hosted in Africa and Cape town will welcome 6 000 delegates who ar
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A workshop on neonatal nursing hierarchical task analysis took place on the 6th of October 2016 at the KEMRI-Wellcome Trust office in Nairobi. The workshop whose aim was to draw and describe in details, how key
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Professor Marsh, a principal investigator at the KEMRI-Wellcome Trust Research Programme in Kilifi, Kenya, as well as senior adviser to the African Academy of Sciences, won an award that recognises his sustai
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The Nuffield Department of Medicine has recently helped support a new initiative that is working towards strengthening Health Systems Research in Kenya, more can be viewed on this link https://www.tropicalmedi
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Dr. Magdalene Kuria of Kisumu East County Hospital acknowledged that the data being generated on sick newborns within the clinical information network (CIN) ‘had greatly improved’ since 2013 and encouraged
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The Ministry of Health is working towards improving the classification of deaths in Kenya so that they can meet international standards, ICD-10 (the 10th revision of the International Statistical Classification
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Our Health Systems team has a strong presence in the ongoing Health Systems Global meeting in Vancouver Canada. This years theme is “Resilient and responsive health systems for a changing world” and m
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In a first, scientists used computer simulations to identify the vaccines most likely to be effective against respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), the most common cause of infant severe pneumonia worldwide. Al
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Engage – a virtual reality (VR) education platform capable of giving hands on lessons anywhere in the world – is set to be used to showcase the Life-Saving Instruction for Emergencies (LIFE) project
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A feedback dissemination meeting on the just concluded Nairobi newborn study took place on Monday 30th January and was attended by 75 delegates. Discussions were on: routine newborn care in newborn units, infra
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On 23-24 January 2017, the LINK programme held its first full team meeting hosted by Professor Bob Snow in Nairobi, Kenya. This was a valuable opportunity for the London and Nairobi-based team members to meet
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KEMRI-Wellcome is a high-tech research programme based in Kilifi County, in rural Kenya. Alongside research like sequencing DNA or intensive analysis of population data, the programme actively engages the com
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It was an exciting couple of days at the Naivasha Salewa lodge in Kenya, where a workshop on public engagement, the first in Africa was held. The Wellcome Trust’s Major Overseas Programmes (MOPs) in Kenya, Ma
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For a mother, nothing worries like waking up in the middle of the night with an infant with a fever and difficulty in breathing. But these are common occurrences for infants and young children especially in a h
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Documentation of patient history & essential key signs, within the Clinical Information Network (CIN), improved to over 90 percent across 14 hospitals. Reports generated indicate a steady improvement in dat
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Strathmore University this year hosted the Kenya Health Informatics Association (KeHIA), meet up that was rich in content with presentations and discussions from the University of Nairobi, the KEMRI-Wellcome Tr
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Prof. Niels Peek introduced the three controversies in health data science in a well-attended public lecture at the Strathmore University on Wednesday. The three controversies discussed were; data shall be used
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Prof. Tom Williams and Prof. Jay Berkley are among 46 world leading researchers elected to the prestigious Academy of Medical Science Fellowship. The two have been elected for their contribution to biomedical a
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Dr. Jacinta Nzinga on the right, engages nursing officers at the Mbagathi County hospital. The results dissemination activity took place on May 12th 2017. Discussions were lively and provided useful insights as
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The foundational basis for the pneumonia etiology results from the PERCH (Pneumonia Etiology Research for Child Health) project have been published in a 23-paper supplement in Clinical Infectious Diseases. The
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Epilepsy affects the brain and causes repeated seizures. Prompt diagnosis and effective management are key to controlling the condition, the cause of which is not fully understood . There are huge gaps in the w
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The KEMRI-Wellcome Trust research Programme will host this years world sickle cell day with various awareness activities. The activities will be held on Saturday June 17,2017 at Banda la Salama in Chonyi. We
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We would like to notify you that the call for abstracts towards the 5th Medical and Veterinary Virus Research Symposium, October 26th – 27th, 2017, is open. This year’s theme is One Health – Acc
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The Wellcome Open Research team launched its first gateway this Thursday July 20,2017 . The Gateway which is a collaboration of Wellcome open research team and the KWTRP creates a platform within the Open res
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Policy brief by the KWTRP Health Systems Research team led Edwine Barasa and Sassy Molyneux on, Improving Priority setting practices in Kenyan hospitals; Recommendations for county decision Makers and Hospital
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In order to reach out to more schools, SEP held their annual schools symposium in the Programme where, 29 secondary schools participated Each school was represented by 3 form three students and one teacher. The
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The first-ever MQPH Conference will take place at Keble College, Oxford on 23-28 September 2018. This international event will bring together people from public health, national regulatory authorities, pharmacy
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Jacquie Oliwa, Marta Maia and Benard Fulanda of Pwani University were the winners of these edition of I’m a scientist, get me out of here. The two weeks’ online engagement event brought together stude
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In this years ASK show the Programme scoop 2 prices. 1st prize in the Health and Pharmaceutical categories and third price in the research and development category. We also hosted the PS Agriculture Richard L
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Many congratulations also to Eduard Sanders who was awarded a Professorship by Oxford in the 2017 Recognition of Distinction exercise. Dr. Sanders is a public health physician and epidemiologist affiliated with
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The KWTRP blog page is live. The Blog page will be host to blogs on KWTRP’s research work and outputs, experiences of the various teams in field work, capacity building initiatives, collaborations and par
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The Kenya Paediatric Association (KPA), in partnership with the KEMRI Wellcome Trust Research Programme held a seminar on Thursday 5th at the four point Sheraton hotel in Nairobi. The main speaker, a Professor
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The Nairobi newborn study provides a detailed landscape of the care being provided for small and sick newborns across Nairobi City County, highlighting important gaps in provision, access, and quality of care f
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KEMRI-Wellcome Trust Researchers have unveiled the largest repository of malaria survey data in Africa, covering over 50,000 surveys across 115 years starting in 1900, each documented by date, geolocation, numb
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Dr. Kinyanjui & Prof. Osier are among the 9 rapid impact projects recipients under the Tackling Infections to Benefit Africa (TIBA) partnership. These projects are designed to capture the diverse challenges
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Clinical Information Network, CIN activities have contributed to the quality of care provided to children with diarrhoea and dehydration. Correct fluid prescription is beneficial for management of dehydration r
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Speaking at the Clinical Information Network, CIN meeting last week, Dr Peter Cherutich urged research institutions that work with hospitals to package their research outputs as per global standards. Informatio
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Symon Kariuki based at KEMRI-Wellcome Trust Research Programme in Kilifi is among 5 pioneering early- career research scientists funded by MQ in 2017. Symon’s project is among three of the awards which
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The crossing boundaries III forum on health systems research at the Green Templeton College in Oxford, got off to an exciting start with a good number of guests in attendance. The two – day results dissem
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In Nairobi City County, for 12,202 patients, seventy one percent of hospital admissions were shared across four public hospitals that offer inpatient neonatal care. The results of this study were shared during
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The RinGs initiative brings together three health systems focused Research Programme Consortia (RPC): Future Health Systems, ReBUILD and RESYST in a partnership to galvanise gender and ethics analysis in he
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Peter Macharia tells his inspiring story on how one can beat odds and challenges to curve a career path in science that is rewarding. He is currently with the KEMRI Wellcome Trust Research Programme. His PhD f
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A new study estimates 703 345 617 (71%) people live within 2 hours of the nearest hospital varying from <25% in South Sudan to >90% in Kenya. Investments on healthcare in Africa have traditionally focused
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A training on a survey and familiarization for hospital teams to a new WHO tool for evaluating hospitals, water, sanitation, hygiene and infection prevention control practices took place at the KEMRI Welcome Tr
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The Population Health Unit conducted a 3-day geospatial modelling workshop between the 12th to the 14th February in Nairobi with collaborators and possible new collaborators from Wellcome-Malawi, Blantyre; CHI
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The KEMRI- Wellcome Trust in collaboration with the Ministry of Health and the Kenya Paediatric Association through the Kenya Paediatric Research Consortium (KEPRECON), held a meeting aimed to take forward thin
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A workshop by a section of the RESYST consortium, was held in Nairobi on February 28th– 2nd March whose aim was to share, discuss and prepare country reports on multi-country studies around resourcing hea
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We are pleased to announce the Parasite Invasion Assay Workshop, funded by the Cambridge-Africa Alborada Fund, will be held at the KEMRI-Wellcome Trust Research Programme in Kilifi, Kenya, from 4th – 8th Ju
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The Programme is hosting a Pre-congress session on Research Methods For Paediatricians at the Kenya Paediatric Association – 2018 Annual Scientific Conference. The session led by Ambrose Agweyu aims at illumi
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The Initiative to Develop African Research Leaders (IDeAL) at the KEMRI-Wellcome Trust Programme hosted and exciting 2& ½ day conference to Celebrate the programmes 10 years in Capacity building at the Mö
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KEMRI Wellcome Trust Research Programme (KWTRP) looks to further engage with the media and the general public as part of its public engagement strategies through the newly launched “Jukwaa la Utafiti̶
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Over the last few months, KWTRP’s Community Liaison Group has worked with the Jukwaa Arts Productions using a magnet theatre model to sensitize the communities/publics within Kilifi County about the Research
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Two million pounds awarded to fight disease in East Africa • Engage health authorities and institutes, identify priority questions and link output to policy; • Fund 20 high calibre Research Fellows An East
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Malaria causes high levels of mortality in many tropical areas, most commonly due to severe acute anaemia, cerebral malaria and respiratory distress. Repeated exposure to uncomplicated malaria episodes is also
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The malaria vaccine was invented more than a century ago — yet each year, hundreds of thousands of people still die from the disease. How can we improve this vital vaccine? In this informative talk, immun
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The Commonwealth Masters and PhD Scholarships are open for applications. For more information on eligibility, details of the national nominating agency, application process, please visit Masters Scholarships w
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Prof Bob Snow Bob has been elected as a Fellow of the African Academy of Sciences (The AAS). This is after a rigorous evaluation and reviews following nominations earlier this year. The AAS Fellowship recruitme
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The Schools engagement team led by Dr. Alun Davies are hosting the Inaugural 2 and half days International Schools Engagement meeting, In Kilifi. The meeting brings together more than 30 Schools engagement prac
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High throughput pathogen sequencing and predictive models underpin the modern approach to understanding community spread and optimal control of infectious diseases. In this field, despite high disease burden, l
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Gram negative bacteria produce endotoxins when they infect a host, which leads to a severe sepsis-like condition and derangement of the normal blood clotting pathways. A collaborative study between KEMRI-WTRP a
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There is a desperate need for new methods to train the growing numbers of healthcare workers around the world, particularly for managing emergencies in children. The Life-saving Instruction for Emergencies (LIF
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The attainment of Universal Health Coverage (UHC) has become a policy priority at both global and national levels. At the global level, the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) underscore the importance of heal
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The Programme was host to Eliza Manningham-Buller who is the Chair of the Wellcome Board, Simon Kay who is the Head International Operations and Partnership, Mary De Silva the Head of population Health and Prof
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Nadia Tagoe gives a brief of her recently published systematic review on HRCS consortia; There is currently a strong interest and greater investment in health research capacity strengthening (HRCS) initiatives
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Reducing deaths in the first 28 days of life (neonatal mortality) to below 12 deaths per 1,000 live births is a health goal.
Read More We hosted the 3rd quarterly review meeting for the ongoing ‘Jukwaa la Utafiti’ radio program that airs on Baraka FM every Thursday from 7.00pm – 9.00pm. The quarterly review meetings are part
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In the month of June, KEMRI Wellcome Trust Research Programme (Nairobi) held a university engagement forum dubbed youthvoices4UHC. Over 50 students from different universities participated in the discussions th
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Edwine Barasa has been appointed as the chair to KEMRI Universal Health Coverage (UHC) committee. Benjamin Tsofa, Charles Mbogo and Jacinta Nzinga have been appointed as members of the same committee for a peri
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Although World Health Organization (WHO) rehydration management guidelines (Plan C) for severe dehydration are widely practiced in resource-poor settings, they have never formally been tested in a clinical tria
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A project bringing science to Kenyan schools has won a Project Award in this year’s Vice-Chancellor’s Public Engagement with Research Awards. The announcement was made at an awards ceremony at Keble College
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Teenage pregnancy is a serious public health and social problem across many low-and middle-income countries. We conducted a study to investigate the behavioural, familial and social factors associated with teen
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The KEMRI Wellcome Trust Research Programme (KWTRP) Nairobi hub, was honoured to host Prof. Peter Agre the 2003 Nobel Laureates and the current director of the Johns Hopkins Malaria Research Institute. Prof. Ag
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“the database will be useful across numerous domains for evaluating public health sector service delivery and optimizing health care to evaluating the emergence of epidemic pathogens and will be an invaluable
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The KEMRI Wellcome Trust Research Program, Nairobi Hub held the first annual Nairobi stakeholders forum on 30th July 2019. The one-day forum hosted over 70 stakeholders from the Ministry of Health, private and
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The Nairobi Programme at KEMRI Wellcome Trust hosts over 17 principal researchers, 15 PhD fellows and a dedicated team of over 40 research assistants spanning clinical research, health services research, popula
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