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HIV PROGRAM OVERVIEW
HIV Research | HIV Care and Treatment

Introduction

The United States Army Medical Research Unit of Kenya (USAMRU-K) HIV program is located in Kericho at the Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI) / Walter Reed Project (WRP) Clinical Research Center. Within Kenya’s largest tea plantations in the African Highlands of the southern Rift Valley Province, Kericho is a rural city with a population of approximately 500,000.The center was originally established for malaria research in late 1990s. The WRP HIV Program was established in Kericho and began focusing upon HIV research in early 2000 given the recognized breadth and depth of HIV disease in Kenya. The WRP Kericho HIV Program is led by one Department of Defense civilian and Kenyan professionals. As part of the United States Military HIV Research Program (USMHRP), USAMRU-K’s mission in HIV research is the contribution to the development of a globally effective HIV-1 vaccine and testing and evaluating HIV vaccine candidates. The USAMRU-K HIV program currently has several ongoing, complimentary HIV research and care and treatment activities, all contributing to the USMHRP HIV mission of vaccine development.

 

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