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KEMRI-Wellcome @kemriwellcome.bsky.social · 11h

Call for Applications📢!
Are you a PhD student or early postdoc interested in the interaction between the immune system and pathogens?
Apply for the #AFRIBOP 2026 symposium.
🗓️: March 16–20, 2026
📍: Devon Valley Hotel, Cape Town
🗓️: Deadline: October 31, 2025
Apply here 🔗: shorturl.at/Ctcd4

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Centre for Tropical Medicine and Global Health @tropicalmedicine.ox.ac.uk · 1d

#ResearchHighlight from Michuki Maina @kemriwellcome.bsky.social @cghr.ox.ac.uk

Applying a multi-layered, mixed methods approach to evaluate technology and workforce interventions in Kenyan neonatal units

Read more 👉 www.ndm.ac/tropmed.res-hi
Full publication 👉 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

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KEMRI-Wellcome @kemriwellcome.bsky.social · 1d

🦟 Where are Kenya’s Aedes aegypti hotspots?
📚New research by @smuchiri.bsky.social et al. uses advanced modeling to predict ecological suitability, with population density emerging as the top factor, urging for the strengthening of surveillance to prevent outbreaks.
🔗: shorturl.at/TOCDB

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KEMRI-Wellcome @kemriwellcome.bsky.social · 1d

The @kemriwellcome.bsky.social Vaccine Workforce Development Programme, funded by the Gates Foundation, has partnered with BioGeneric Pharma in Cairo, Egypt, with support from the Egyptian Drug Authority to deliver a 12-week programme for apprentices selected from across Africa.

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KEMRI-Wellcome @kemriwellcome.bsky.social · 5d

Congratulations to Prof. Edwine Barasa on being appointed as the Executive Director of @kemriwellcome.bsky.social following the completion of a highly competitive recruitment process conducted by the Programme’s partners. @wellcometrust.bsky.social & @ox.ac.uk
Read more here : shorturl.at/QTC4a

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KEMRI-Wellcome @kemriwellcome.bsky.social · 5d

Another insightful #AfHESG session covering
🔹 Real-world examples of institutionalized Health Technology Assessment processes
🔹 HTA vs. Health Benefit Package (HBP) design – similarities & differences
🔹 Integrating HTA into broader quality improvement initiatives
#HTA #HealthPolicy

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KEMRI-Wellcome @kemriwellcome.bsky.social · 5d

The #AfHESG training is underway!
The session has kicked off with the Introduction to Health Technology Assessment (HTA).
Key session highlights :
🔧 Tools for explicit priority setting
📊 The role and institutionalization of HTA
🧠 Key HTA steps,skills & capacity needs
👥 Stakeholder roles in HTA

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KEMRI-Wellcome @kemriwellcome.bsky.social · 6d

🚨Vaccinology Webinar alert!🚨
🌍 How can Africa build flexible, modular & nimble vaccine facilities for a sustainable future?
🗓️ October, 14th 2025
🕙 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM GMT+3
🔗 shorturl.at/jhaAA
@gatesfoundation.bsky.social

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Centre for Tropical Medicine and Global Health @tropicalmedicine.ox.ac.uk · 7d

New partnership aims to tackle #AntibioticOveruse in African children’s hospitals

@kemriwellcome.bsky.social is launching #PediSEP1 to fight #AMR in African children, using risk-based care to reduce unnecessary antibiotics & hospital stays

Read more 👉 www.tropicalmedicine.ox.ac.uk/news/new-par...

Healthcare worker hoding a syrindge, in front of a child patient

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KEMRI-Wellcome @kemriwellcome.bsky.social · 7d

💡Want to learn how Health Technology Assessment supports better health policies and decision-making?
Join the Africa Health Economics Study Group for a hybrid training on Introduction to Health Technology Assessment.
🗓️ Date: 3rd October 2025
🔗 Register here 👉: shorturl.at/AwFpU
@lshtm.bsky.social

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KEMRI-Wellcome @kemriwellcome.bsky.social · 8d

🚨 Project Launch 🚨
Launching #PediSEP1, a new way to fight antimicrobial resistance in children across sub-Saharan Africa, using risk-based care to reduce unnecessary antibiotics & hospital stays.
📚Click this link to read more👉 shorturl.at/AJvRP
@ox.ac.uk @pentafoundation.bsky.social @ucl.ac.uk

Reducing antibiotic overuse in African hospitals through a new approach to paediatric care - KEMRI

PADOVA ITALY, 30th SEPTEMBER 2025 : PediSEP-1, a new international partnership funded by the Global Health European & Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnership Joint Undertaking (EDCTP3), offic...

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KEMRI-Wellcome @kemriwellcome.bsky.social · 8d

Tune in this morning to Radio Maisha and join Patrick Mbwana, Research Officer at @kemriwellcome.bsky.social, as he talks
about sickle cell and what it means for our communities during this Sickle Cell Awareness Month.

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Centre for Tropical Medicine and Global Health @tropicalmedicine.ox.ac.uk · 9d

#ResearchHighlight from Jay Berkley @kemriwellcome.bsky.social

Antimicrobial usage among acutely ill hospitalized children aged 2‒23 months in Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia

Read more 👉 www.ndm.ac/tropmed.res-hi
Full publication 👉 academic.oup.com/ofid/article...

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KEMRI-Wellcome @kemriwellcome.bsky.social · 12d

🩸 Every year, 400,000 children are born with Sickle Cell Disease (SCD) — most in Africa.
🇰🇪 In Kenya, 1 in 100 babies (~4,000 annually) is born with SCD.
💡Research is improving survival, with more reaching adulthood. #SickleCellAwarenessMonth
📚 Read more here : shorturl.at/86mTt

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Philippa Matthews @pippa-matt.bsky.social · 13d

Shout out to @lou-downs.bsky.social & Dorcas Okanda for a prize at #COLDA. Their #HBV work in #Kenya expands insights in a neglected space, using #virus #genomics to influence healthcare.
#MedSky #NoHep
@crick.ac.uk @ndm.ox.ac.uk @ucl.ac.uk @wellcometrust.bsky.social
@kemriwellcome.bsky.social
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Photo of Dorcas and Louise with first prize certificate

Photo of members of the Matthews group for hepatitis elimination at COLDA in Accra, Ghana 🇬🇭

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KEMRI-Wellcome @kemriwellcome.bsky.social · 14d

The Harnessing Innovation in Global Health for Quality Care
team met with the Embu County CHMT to share study findings. As one of the study sites, the county provided an opportunity to reflect on how workforce, technology & family experiences shape the quality of newborn care.
@nihr.bsky.social

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Centre for Tropical Medicine and Global Health @tropicalmedicine.ox.ac.uk · 15d

#ResearchHighlight from Marta Maia, @kemriwellcome.bsky.social

Making MALDI-TOF MS for entomological parameters accessible: A practical guide for in-house library creation

Read more 👉 www.ndm.ac/tropmed.res-hi
Full publication 👉 journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...

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KEMRI-Wellcome @kemriwellcome.bsky.social · 16d

🚨Vaccinology Webinar alert!🚨
💡How do Computer System Validation and Good Automated Manufacturing Practice (GAMP) shape regulatory compliance in healthcare and vaccines?
Join us for this Vaccinology webinar to learn more about this.
🗓️ September, 29th 2025
🕓 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM EAT
🔗 shorturl.at/Qju6j

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KEMRI-Wellcome @kemriwellcome.bsky.social · 19d

It’s a wrap for #OTN2025! 🎉 A huge thank you to all our participants, speakers, and panelists who made this meeting a success. Your insights, energy, and collaboration have sparked meaningful conversations and strengthened connections across the network!
@wellcometrust.bsky.social @ox.ac.uk

KEMRI-Wellcome @kemriwellcome.bsky.social · 20d

For the final plenary at #OTN2025 Melissa Kapulu unpacked the journey of building a human infection study platform. From the malaria infection model to the Shigella model, she showcased a collaborative approach that blends both internal and external partnerships to refine and expand the model.

KEMRI-Wellcome @kemriwellcome.bsky.social · 20d

💡 Mid-morning #OTN2025 sessions dived into health systems, social sciences & clinical trials. These engaging talks cover critical research areas such as youth mental health illness, acute influenza clinical trials, community drivers of AMR, inpatient feeding for malnourished infants & more.

KEMRI-Wellcome @kemriwellcome.bsky.social · 20d

Day 3 of #OTN2025 featured a panel on policy engagement moderated by Fatuma Guleid. Speakers Ambrose Agweyu, Arjen Dondorp & Naomi Gibson emphasized the importance of strategic mapping, institutional support & lasting ties with policy actors to drive impact. @moru-mip.bsky.social @ox.ac.uk

KEMRI-Wellcome @kemriwellcome.bsky.social · 21d

Prof. Kevin Marsh reflected on South–North research partnerships at #OTN2025, highlighting equitable collaboration, joint graduate training, networking, sustainability & access to resources as key foundations for impactful global research.
@wellcometrust.bsky.social @ox.ac.uk @moru-mip.bsky.social

KEMRI-Wellcome @kemriwellcome.bsky.social · 21d

Day 2 Talks at #OTN2025 explored motivations for childhood vaccination in trials, building social science around controlled human infection studies, the impact of M. tuberculosis lineage, and blood-based signatures to improve TB meningitis diagnosis.
@moru-mip.bsky.social @oucru.bsky.social

KEMRI-Wellcome @kemriwellcome.bsky.social · 22d

Rich conversations during the #OT2025 panel discussion
on understanding climate change - including the use of technology AI & innovation in climate change, collaborations to improve research and the role of young people voices in climate change innovation, decisions & implementation.
@ox.ac.uk