A pleasure to engage with @Profshaukat, Principal Secretary for Science, Research and Innovation; Amb. Jane Makori, Deputy Director-General, Asia and the Pacific Directorate, Ministry of Foreign and Diaspora Affairs; and Ondari Mogeni, @IVIHeadquarters.

Encouraging talks on science, health and international cooperation, looking forward to partnerships advancing research and innovation in Kenya.
@kaviuon @UoN_FHS @UoNDVCRIE
#ScienceDiplomacy #HealthResearch

Wonderful engagement with the Association of Medical Students of the @uonbi , @amsunkenya. Sincere appreciation for the recognition and the chance to engage our future doctors; their enthusiasm shows healthcare is in good hands!
@UoN_FHS @UoNDVCRIE @kaviuon

#Mentorship

Kenya confirmed its first imported case of Bundibugyo virus disease on 6 Oct. As at 26 Oct, the Ministry of Health reports 9 confirmed cases, 2 deaths and 7 patients stable in treatment. 2/7

The BRCA1/2 Study is officially launched! 🧬 KAVI-ICR, @uonbi & @KNH_hospital , supported by @AstraZeneca, trained 50 clinicians & scientists (21–23 Oct) to study BRCA1/2 mutations in breast, ovarian & prostate cancer in Kenya. #BRCA #PrecisionOncology
@UoN_FHS @UoNDVCRIE

Kenya's Ebola response is a team effort, and research is a pillar of it. 🧵 Here is how KAVI-ICR's Prof. Omu Anzala is helping lead the evidence side of the national response. 1/7
@uonbi @UoNDVCRIE @UoN_FHS

#Rabies is preventable, yet access to #vaccines remains uneven in rural areas. In Makueni County, only 12/391 health facilities stocked rabies vaccines. Join us to explore what this means for equitable vaccine access & rabies elimination planning.
Register:us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regist…

On 20 October 2026, France reported the first documented case of human disease caused by the Shamonda virus. This virus primarily affects animals such as cattle, sheep, goats and horses.

WHO is in touch with the French authorities and is closely monitoring the situation.

Here w ➡️

“ Africa must lead its own science and shape its own research priorities.” Prof. Maryanne Mureithi, Director, KAVI-ICR.

Speaking during UoNResearchWeek, she highlighted the University of Nairobi’s legacy in vaccine science, the importance of locally driven research funding, ate emerging challenges through innovation, collaboration and science that responds to African needs. #WeAreUoN

Happy Mashujaa Day, Kenya. We honour the heroes of our past and the quiet heroes of today: the volunteers, clinicians and scientists who protect our health. #MashujaaDay #KAVIICR
@UoN_FHS @UoNDVCRIE @uonbi

1/ On Friday, KAVI-ICR hosted members of the myTHIC study team to explore collaboration in HIV & TB research. 🧵 [@UoN_FHS]

@AfricaCDC's Prof. Mosoka Papa Fallah paid a courtesy visit to us on the 15 October 2026, with a full tour of our clinical and lab capabilities and talks with Prof. Mureithi and Prof. Anzala on how we can support Africa's health sovereignty goals
@UoN_FHS @uonbi @UoNDVCRIE

How Ebola spreads: blood & body fluids of a sick person, bodies of those who died, contaminated items, infected wild animals.
NOT through the air, and usually not from people without symptoms. #EbolaKE #KnowTheFacts

Protect yourself from Ebola:
🧼 Wash hands often
✋ Avoid body fluids of sick people
⚰️ Don't touch bodies of suspected cases
🚫 Avoid bushmeat
📞 Symptoms? Call 719 first
✅ Follow official updates #EbolaKE
@UoN_FHS

Truly a great honour. I give all the glory to God.
I owe so much to the students & faculty of the Dept of Paediatrics & Child Health, University of Nairobi; ETAT+ instructors across Kenya; and all the healthworkers who attended in our Breastfeeding Boot Camps.
It is teamwork.

CEMA co-director @DrLoice Ombajo outlines the transmission risks, incubation periods, and symptom progression of #Ebola. #Bundibugyo

Healthy ageing needs more than evidence. It needs evidence generated with the people it is intended to serve.

Breakout Room 4 at #IDOPKE2026 examined how research, curriculum, medical training and innovation need to evolve in response to population ageing.

A key point: older be recipients of research and innovation. Their perspectives should inform the questions we ask, the evidence we generate, and how that evidence is translated into training, policy and practice.

“Nothing about us without us.”

@SuqoonKe @uonbi @UoNDVCRIE @kaviuon
#HealthyAgeing #Research #MedicalEducation #Innovation #OlderPersons @IDOP_KE

By 2030, 1 in 6 people will be 60+ (@WHO), yet older persons are routinely left out of clinical trials. On #IDOP2026, our Director, @Docmureithi, moderates “From Evidence to Action and Impact for Healthy Ageing” at #IDOPKE2026, 3:30 PM.
@IDOP_KE @uonbi

Powerful insights from the first panel at the Scientific pre-conference of @IDOP_KE
'Healthy ageing is bigger than healthcare. Older persons need more than medical care; financial security, legal support, transport, housing and social services all influence their ability to live eeds to prepare now for a rapidly ageing population. The country does not have centuries to develop age-responsive systems; it must strengthen them within the coming decades as the number of older persons grows.'

@IDOP_KE @kaviuon @MOHMedServices @SP_Kenya @WHOKenya
#IDOPKE2026 #HealthyAgeing

#HappeningNow Prof. Maryanne Mureithi @kaviuon
is one of the panelists at the inaugural @IDOP_KE
talking about the challenges that the older persons in Kenya face and how that can be mitigated and ensure #Healthyageing
@WHOKenya @MOHMedServices @SP_Kenya #IDOPKE2026