KEMRI: New Frontier | The Scientists, Leaders and Breakthroughs Shaping Tomorrow

Added: 2026-05-27

[00:00:00]genomics, vaccine development, biotechnology, outbreak surveillance, mental health, nutrition, and climate-linked health threats.

[00:00:11]But KEMRI's work is not confined to laboratories. Its research increasingly shapes national policy, public health systems, and global scientific understanding.

[00:00:22]KEMRI is a global institution. The work that KEMRI does in research is felt globally.

[00:00:27]In the areas of malaria, KEMRI the work which KEMRI has done has been translated into practice.

[00:00:34]Talk about the issues of bed nets that is being used currently all over the world.

[00:00:39]Work on bed nets was done and done in KEMRI. The regiment of drugs that are being used [music] currently are HIV and actually was partly formulated here in KEMRI.

[00:00:51]The large regiment has been used.

[00:00:54]When you go to issues of neglected tropical diseases, there is this thing called national school deworming program to prevent things like schistosomiasis, intestinal worms.

[00:01:05]KEMRI is the only perfected that, but it's now used globally.

[00:01:10]The main mandate of KEMRI is health, the better health for all Kenyans.

[00:01:17]Also issue of capacity building and training.

[00:01:20]Uh collaboration with our partners within and without, that is within Kenya and internationally.

[00:01:29]And also uh to to give policy briefs to the Ministry of Health whenever issues arise.

[00:01:36]Presently, uh KEMRI does a lot of research and it has several centers all over the country.

[00:01:43]From all literally all parts of the country, mainly Nairobi, Kisumu, Kilifi, uh in coast, several in coast, Kilifi, Kwale, Busia, uh Kericho, Eldoret, Kiringaga, Mandera. And Kemri, your excellency, if you go today, you'll find the best the latest fully equipped in our region.

[00:02:08]In Kemri, we have the highest level of biosecurity security uh, uh, labs in our region.

[00:02:20]In Kemri, your excellency, is where uh, through JICA, through working with WHO, through working with Africa CDC,