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Public Engagement Archives

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New British High Commissioner to Kenya Visits the Programme
News event: 22 Jun 2012
The newly appointed British High Commissioner to Kenya, Dr Christian Turner, visited the Kilifi Campus on 21 June 2012 to familiarize himself with the Programm
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Improving quality of care for sick children in Kenya is cost effective
News event: 13 Jun 2012
“The Emergency Triage and Treatment Plus (ETAT +) approach can be a cost effective way of improving the management of serious childhood diseases in Kenya and ot
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Dr Martin Rono Receives People’s Choice Poster Prize at Conference
News event: 11 Jun 2012
Dr Martin Rono was awarded the People’s Choice Poster Prize at the 8th BioMalPar Conference that was held between 14th and 16th May 2012 in Heidelberg, Germany
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Eastern African Scientists pledge immediate action to confront Anti-Malarial Drug resistance
News event: 29 May 2012
“Increased vigilance is needed to detect the early signs of malaria drug resistance in East Africa” This was the consensus at the Antimalarial Resistance
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FEAST Wins BMJ Paper of the Year Award!
News event: 28 May 2012
The Fluid Expansion as Supportive Therapy Trial (FEAST) was awarded the prestigious Research Paper of the Year Award at the 2012 British Medical Journal (BMJ)
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The Art of Global Health Project: Six Artist Residencies, Six Countries
News event: 22 May 2012
The Art in Global Health Project is a new initiative launched by the Wellcome Collection to engage the public in Wellcome Trust-funded health research.....
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The chameleon-like nature of the malaria parasite.
News event: 30 Apr 2012
A new paper by Dr George Warimwe and other KEMRI-Wellcome Trust Researchers suggests that the significant differences in malaria symptoms among African children
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A Personal Account on Malaria
News event: 25 Apr 2012
Today, 25 April 2012, the world celebrates World Malaria Day. But is there reason to celebrate the day in Kenya?
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PCVIS News Issue 15 !
News event: 16 Apr 2012
The PCVIS Editorial team has released the latest issue of the PCVIS Newsletter (Issue Number 15). The newsletter covers the importance of health information in
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2011 World Pneumonia Day Report acknowledges the Programme
News event: 11 Apr 2012
The recently released 2011 World Pneumonia Day report has paid tribute to the KEMRI Wellcome Trust Research Programme for organizing two successful events to ma
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Dr Sam Kinyanjui featured in Wellcome News
News event: 10 Apr 2012
The Head of Training at the Programme, Dr Sam Kinyanjui, was featured in the current issue of the Wellcome News. In the article, Sam speaks about how he got in
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Priscilla Ngotho awarded runner's up prize for Early Career Researcher Award
News event: 26 Mar 2012
Priscilla Ngotho, a PhD student at the programme, emerged as the runner up for the Early Career Researcher Award at the 2012 Molecular Approaches to Malaria (MA
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