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Public Engagement Archives

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Attracting and retaining nurses in rural areas. News event: 22 Jul 2010 In July 2010, the CREHS Cohort study held a feedback meeting with the theme; ‘Policy interventions to improve health worker retention in rural areas. Read more...	Needle-Free intervention as natural vaccine against malaria Press release: 15 Jul 2010 A study published today in the journal Science Translation Medicine propose that preventive treatment with affordable and safe antibiotics in people living in Read more...	Monitoring Outpatient Malaria Case Management Policy in Kenya News event: 12 Jul 2010 This report presents results of the first survey planned as a biannual monitoring exercise aiming to timely inform national policy makers, and donors Read more...
Child Health Evidence Week, 21-25th June 2010. News event: 24 Jun 2010 Strong ties between government and research institution help develop 2010 guidelines for care of Kenyan children and newborns Read more...	Young scientists from around Africa learn a trick or two about parasite genomics News event: 13 Jan 2010 The Sanger Institute recently held a workshop for young scientists in Africa about parasite genomics at the KEMRI-Wellcome Trust Research Programme in Kilifi. Read more...	A new finding about how the malaria parasite attacks our bodies In the news: 11 Jan 2010 This podcast features an interview witH Dr George Warimwe from the KEMRI-Wellcome Trust Research Programme talking about a recent study in PNAS. Read more...
Research: Kenya in denial over homosexuals In the news: 8 Jan 2010 Research about homosexuality in Kenya suggests its not just a decadent foreign influence and it is not confined to tourists at the coast. Read more...	Implementing IMCI in Kenya: Challenges and Recommendations Policy brief: 24 Dec 2009 Read more...	Financing Kenyan health centres and dispensaries: Exploring the implementation and effects of Direct Facility Funding Policy brief: 24 Dec 2009 Read more...
Scientists tackle childhood disease News event: 21 Dec 2009 If successful, an ongoing study by the Kenya Medical Research Institute could be the long awaited answer in managing sickle cell illness, writes Joy Wanja. Read more...	A Deadly Type of Salmonella News event: 21 Dec 2009 A deadly type of Salmonella that is killing one in four infected people in Africa is a new strain, scientists have discovered. Read more...	Local scientist helps create knowledge on malaria In the news: 18 Dec 2009 Kenyan scientists in Kilifi, at the coast, have exposed the cheating ways of the malaria parasite; possibilities for new medicines & vaccines. Read more...