Kemri

Kenya to host clean air research centre

Reading Time: < 1 minute Kenya has been chosen to host a research centre in Africa to determine the effects of air pollution resulting from […]

Kemri partners with global firm to aid cleft surgeries

Reading Time: < 1 minute The Kenya Medical Research Institute (Kemri) has entered into a multi-million shillings partnership with a global charitable organisation supporting corrective […]

Convicted Davy Koech defends his tenure at KEMRI after court slapped him with Ksh19.6M fine

Reading Time: 2 minutes Former Kenya Medical Research Institute boss Davy Kiprotich Koech has come out to defend himself after he was convicted of […]

Doctors warn of fresh virus variant as cases hit new high

Reading Time: 3 minutes Doctors have raised a red flag over the emergence of a new variant of coronavirus in the country with peculiar […]

Magoha downplays Kemri projections on Covid-19 surge

Reading Time: 2 minutes Education Cabinet Secretary Professor George Magoha has downplayed the projections by the Kenya Medical Research Institute (Kemri) that envisioned a […]

Surge in Covid-19 tests overwhelm health authorities

Reading Time: 2 minutes The government is overwhelmed by the huge numbers of Kenyans seeking to test for Covid-19 following last week’s presidential lifting […]

COVID-19: Kaya elders turn to herbal concoction

Reading Time: 4 minutes As the world grapples with the search of a CoronaVirus cure, some Kaya elders in Magarini  Kilifi  have turned to […]

KEMRI set to analyse close to 40, 000 COVID-19 samples in a day

Reading Time: 2 minutes Scientists at Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI) are about to start mass testing of Coronavirus with high hopes to get […]

Study reveals link between contraception and STI risk

Reading Time: 2 minutes There has been debate on whether women in long-acting contraceptives have a higher risk of HIV infection and whether the […]