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Jobs Procurement Contact Log In Email Other Sites SEP IDeAL VEC GEMVI Toggle navigation HomePeople The Programme Publications Capacity Strengthening News & Events Blog Using DNA next generation sequencing for whole genomes Celebrating our work in childhealth High quality, internationally recognised research Engaging stakeholders to inform policy and enhance research uptake Developing African Research Leaders We engage our communitys to enrich our research Creating a research culture through engagement with students A well established Demographic Surveillance System to support research. The KEMRI|Wellcome Trust Research Programme is a world renowned health research unit of excellence. The programme was formed in 1989 when the Kenya Medical Research Institute formed a partnership with the Wellcome Trust and the University of Oxford. The Programme has over the last 26 years grown from a small group of 12 to a state of the art facility hosting over 100 research scientists and 700 support staff working across Kenya, Uganda and the region. We have over the years excelled in use of novel ideas working with local community’s to achieve better health for Africa while also developing African scientific leaders. Capacity Strengthening WordPress Image Slider Plugin Science makes you happy (Pharrell Williams) By KEMRI WELLCOME TRUST RES. PRO1 year agoSee All Seminal intervention trials that fed directly into national and international policy Conducting seminal intervention trials against malaria that have fed directly into national and international policy which has contributed to the prevention of millions of deaths; these include trials of impregnated bed nets, the prevention of malaria in pregnant women, interventions to improve community based treatment and interventions to increase access to safe effective drugs. Developing new approaches to mapping and estimating the burden of diseases globally Developing new approaches to mapping and estimating the burden of malaria and other diseases in Kenya, Africa and globally and making it openly available for policy makers and researchers. New approaches to building scientific capacity and leadership in Kenya and the region Developing new approaches to building scientific capacity and leadership in Kenya and the region by attracting the brightest graduates as masters and PhD students and providing the infrastructure for them to develop their careers as researchers. Researchers trained though the programme have won international recognition and gone on to lead research groups in many institutions in Kenya and the region. Cutting edge research to better understand immunity to malaria, bacterial and viral diseases Conducting cutting edge research to better understand immunity to malaria, bacterial and viral diseases. This feeds in to our participation in large trials of a range of new vaccines to protect children from some of the most important causes of disease and death. New approaches to community engagement and working in vulnerable communities Developing new approaches to community engagement and understanding the ethical dimensions of working in vulnerable communities which have been widely influential in international health research. How to not only know major causes of acute illness but also their long term effects on children’s development Establishing a unique long term picture of population health in Kilifi County through a platform that links clinical events with high quality laboratory data and demographic surveillance of a population of nearly 300,000. These approaches have been extended with colleagues across Africa to understand not only the major causes of acute illness but the long term effects on children’s development. Understanding of how different bacterial, parasitic and viral infections interact with host factors Developing a focus on the sick child, which has provided a new understanding of how different bacterial, parasitic and viral infections interact with host factors such as nutrition and genetic factors. This has led to large scale intervention trials to improve the treatment of sick children and country wide work to understand how best to improve service delivery in the Kenyan health system Our GalleryPrevious Next HomePeople The Programme Publications Capacity Strengthening News & Events Blog Designed and Developed by...