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Professor Edwine Barasa, Deputy Executive Director, KEMRI- Wellcome Trust Research Programme, says Rwanda, Ghana, Gabon and Burundi as the only...

Urban populations are diverse, and certain neighbourhoods or subgroups may be disproportionately affected by poor birth outcomes.

Malaria remains one of the most important infectious diseases in sub-Saharan Africa, responsible for approximately 228 million cases and 602,000 deaths in 2020. In this region, malaria transmission is driven mainly by mosquitoes of the Anopheles gambiae and, more recently, Anopheles funestus complex. The gains made in malaria control are threatened by insecticide resistance and behavioural plasticity among these vectors. This, therefore, calls for the development of alternative approaches such a...

The best is yet to come - IAVI. Africa is contributing far more than samples to scientific research. The continent’s scientists are actively engaged in developi

"The need for accurate and culturally sensitive communication with relevant community stakeholders about a trial is widely recognised as a critical preliminary step in the research process..." The growing number of clinical trials around emerging diseases has sparked calls for improved community engagement (CE), especially in emergency situations.

Emelda has over 15 years of professional experience in Epidemiology and Public health and heads the Population health unit. She has worked for the Bill and Melinda Gates foundation, Philips Research Africa and also worked with several partners including PMI and ICF Macro. Emelda returned to the KEMRI Wellcome Trust Research Programme in October 2016 from a Senior Health Scientist position at Philips Research Africa. She is leading the Population Health unit and Research theme within the Program...

Abstract The Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO)’s East Africa Research Hub and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation are funding a series of linked seroepidemiological studies to monitor, understand, and inform the COVID-19 response in Kenya. This study, currently underway, is led by investigators from the KEMRI-Wellcome Trust Research Programme. Serosurveillance of convenient samples of the population can allow interpretations to be made about the collective occurrence of inf...