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Public Engagement Archives

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PCVIS News Issue 14 News event: 15 Dec 2011 KEMRI Community Representatives within the KHDSS are elected. Kilifi joins the world in marking the World Pneumonia day. Read more...	Fighting Hospital Acquired Infections in Kilifi News event: 30 Nov 2011 Dr Neema Mturi is in charge of the paediatric service at Kilifi District Hospital,she talks to Anne Ashitiva about how hospital acquired infections Read more...	World Pneumonia Day Marked in Kilifi News event: 18 Nov 2011 Residents of Kilifi County used song and dance to emphasize the importance of vaccines, good nutrition and clean environment in the fight against pneumonia. Read more...
Dr Julie Makani wins the 2011 Royal Society Pfizer Award for Sickle Cell Disease research News event: 27 Oct 2011 Dr Julie Makani, has been awarded the 2011 Royal Society Pfizer Award. Dr Makani, was awarded for her outstanding research Read more...	Initial Results show that Malaria Vaccine Candidate, RTS,S , reduces risk of Malaria by Half News event: 26 Oct 2011 First results from the ongoing Phase III trial show that the malaria candidate vaccine, RTS,S reduces the risk of malaria by half in African children aged 5 to Read more...	First Symposium on Medical and Veterinary Virus Research Held in Nairobi News event: 16 Sep 2011 The 1st Medical and Veterinary Virus Research in Kenya (MVVR-K) symposium was held in Nairobi 8-9 September 2011. The two day symposium brought together over Read more...
Dr Mike English awarded Professorship News event: 16 Sep 2011 Dr Mike English, a Senior Research Fellow at the Programme, has been awarded professorship at the University of Oxford. Promotion to professorship is usually aw Read more...	Dr Anthony Scott Awarded Professorship News event: 16 Sep 2011 Dr. Anthony Scott, a Principal Investigator and Senior Scientist at the Programme has been awarded Professorship at the University of Oxford. The Professorship Read more...	Malaria prevention strategies could substantially cut killer bacterial infections News event: 7 Sep 2011 Interventions targeting malaria, such as insecticide-treated bed nets, antimalarial drugs and mosquito control, could substantially reduce cases of bacteraemia, Read more...
President Kibaki Visits Winning KEMRI Stand at the Mombasa Show News event: 7 Sep 2011 KEMRI’ s maiden appearance at the Mombasa International Show was rewarded with a visit by the Head of State and two awards for the Best Mosquito & Malaria Read more...	Immunizing at birth can prevent pneumococcal disease in infants News event: 26 Aug 2011 Vaccinating children against the pneumococcus at birth is safe and primes the immune system against later infection. This is according to research findings publ Read more...	PCVIS Newsletter - Issue 13 (August 2011) Newsletter: 26 Aug 2011 The PCVIS Editorial team has released the latest issue of the PCVIS Newsletter (Issue Number 13). The newsletter covers the official launch of the Safe Motherh Read more...