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In addition to laboratories housed in Nairobi (where anti-malarial drug resistance, trypanosome biology, global emerging infectious diseases (GEIS) are studied), USAMRU-K has other field sites in western Kenya (Kisumu, Kisian, Kombewa and Kericho) that are mainly concerned with Malaria and HIV/AIDS.

The mission of USAMRU-K is to develop and test improved means for predicting, detecting, preventing and treating infectious disease threats to military and civilians in East Africa

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USAMRU-Kenya (USAMRU-K) is a Special Foreign Activity of the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research (WRAIR), Washington, DC. USAMRU-K is affiliated through a Cooperative Agreement with the Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI). The unit was activated on a temporary basis in 1969 at the invitation of the Government of Kenya to study trypanosomiasis. The success of that initial venture led to the establishment of a permanent activity in 1973. Over the past 32 years, research has been conducted on malaria, trypanosomiasis, leishmaniasis, entomology, HIV/AIDS and arboviruses, with more than 250 manuscripts published (see publications link).

Kondele Core Lab Facility and Pediatric wing of New Nyanza Provincial General Hospital

The mission of USAMRU-K is to develop and test improved means for predicting, detecting, preventing and treating infectious disease threats to military and civilians in East Africa.

 
 
 
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