KEMRI-Wellcome

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The KEMRI Wellcome Research Programme is a world-renowned health research unit formed when the Kenya Medical Research Institute formed a partnership with the Wellcome Trust and the University of Oxford.
Find out more at https://kemri-wellcome.org/

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🚨Vaccinology webinar alert!🚨
🫁💉Where is TB vaccine research headed?
Join us as Prof. Jayne Sutherland explores the current shape of the TB vaccine pipeline, emerging opportunities, and the future of vaccinology.
🗓️ Monday, October 12th, 2026
🕑 2:00 - 3:30 PM EAT
🔗 Register here👉: shorturl.at/X1gAP

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Speaking at the CIN stakeholder co-design meeting, Dr Janette Karimi, Head, Reproductive & Maternal Health, Ministry of Health Kenya, urged healthcare providers to use CIN data to inform decisions, advocate for better care, strengthen postnatal services and improve maternal and newborn outcomes.

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The Clinical Information Network held a stakeholder co-design meeting to strengthen maternal and newborn quality of care feedback reports. Stakeholders explored how to make reports more relevant, actionable, and responsive to end-user needs, supporting quality improvement in participating hospitals.

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We’ve wrapped up a 3-day media training for our researchers, facilitated by the Media Council of Kenya. The training equipped participants with practical skills to communicate research effectively and engage with the media and wider public.

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🚨Vaccinology webinar alert!🚨
🧬 Where is TB vaccine research headed?
Join us as Prof. Jayne Sutherland explores the current shape of the TB vaccine pipeline, emerging opportunities, and the future of vaccinology.
🗓️Monday, October 12th, 2026
🕑2:00 - 3:30PM EAT
🔗Register here👉: shorturl.at/X1gAP

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We engaged Nairobi City County’s Research team on collaboration in health research, capacity building, and research uptake, including the 3rd Nairobi Health Scientific Conference 2026. Discussions focused on strengthening research-policy linkages and translating evidence into action. #NBOHSC2026

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📊 The #AfHESG Who Pays for Healthcare? Training is underway!
Dr. Jacob Kazungu's session explores health financing equity, revenue mobilisation, risk pooling, strategic purchasing and measuring inequalities, highlighting the importance of who pays for healthcare in advancing equitable access.

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🚨Vaccinology webinar alert!🚨
🦟💉What will the next generation of malaria vaccines look like?
Join us as Dr. Ahmed Salman talks about advances in the design and efficacy testing of next-generation malaria vaccines.
🗓️September 30th, 2026
🕑2:30–4:00 PM EAT
🔗Register here👉: shorturl.at/RcHia
@ox.ac.uk

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🏠🩺 Does it matter who is in the room when your blood pressure is measured?
Our research finds that a CHW’s presence does not significantly affect readings; one-off measurements may miss many people with hypertension & the team introduced Automated Home Blood Pressure.
Read more👉: shorturl.at/onppn

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High blood pressure is a public health challenge. The IHCoR/CARisSA team joined stakeholders at an NCD Alliance Kenya workshop under IMPLEMENT-CVD to explore access to single-pill hypertension treatment & practical pathways for implementation in Kenya, focusing on affordability and availability.

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🚨 AfHESG Training Alert 🚨
🏥 Who pays for healthcare, and is healthcare financing fair across different income groups?
Join #AfHESG for an interactive session on the Kakwani Index and its use in assessing healthcare financing fairness.
📅 September 25, 2026
📍 Hybrid
Register here👉: shorturl.at/cec8B

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CARisSA/IHCoR partners from @kemriwellcome.bsky.social, MRC Unit The Gambia and @lshtm.bsky.social met in Kilifi to review progress and plan the next phase, strengthening collaboration, capacity, community engagement and equitable partnerships to advance cardiovascular health research.

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This week we hosted our 1st Independent Scientific Advisory Board meeting since launching our 2026-2030 strategy. The Board shared insights to guide our vision of becoming a globally leading African research institution advancing human health through science, innovation & capacity development.

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📢 Can’t make it to Mombasa? Join us online!
Be part of the AMR Governance and Financing Summit 2026 as healthsector leaders development partners explore practical, evidence-based solutions to strengthen AMR governance and sustainable financing.
🗓️ 9–10 September 2026
💻 Join here 👉: shorturl.at/W8k7i

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We hosted the ProtEqt Voice Stakeholders Workshop, bringing together researchers, policymakers and civil society, including representatives from the Social Health Authority, National Treasury and Kilifi County Civil Society Network, to strengthen public voice in and within Primary Health Care.

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