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A visit to Pwani University, Kenya

On May 3, 2024, Prof. Julius Oyugi, Director Research University of Nairobi Institute for Tropical and Infectious Diseases (UNITID) and Principal Investigator ENGAGE (Enabling Girls in AI and Growing Expertise) led a team from University of Nairobi and UCSF for an official visit to PWANI University located in the coastal region of Kenya. This visit was the last visit to 6 regional universities in Kenya who will be helping UoN implement the ENGAGE Project.

ENGAGE-University of Nairobi Inception visit to South East Kenya University

On 30th  April 2024 a team led by Prof. Julius Oyugi- Director University of Nairobi Institute for Tropical and Infectious Diseases (UNITID) and Principal Investigator ENGAGE (Enabling Girls in AI and Growing Expertise) made an inception visit to South East Kenya University (SEKU).

The purpose of the visit was to establish a collaboration between the two universities for the purposes of conducting joint research and trainings in relation to the ENGAGE project.

UoN's Institute of Tropical and Infectious Diseases wins 5.5 million Grant

On September 13th 2023, Takeda Pharmaceuticals announced five new partnerships to its Global Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Program, which contributes to strengthening health systems in low- and middle-income countries. The five awards were given to institutions in five countries globally,  of which,  University of Nairobi, Kenya emerged as one of the two institutions in Africa to receive this prestigious award. The University of Nairobi was awarded JPY 793 million (Approx.

Online tutors training workshop held at KCB Leadership Center

The Fellowship in Healthcare Capacity Building for Sustainable Development Program held an Online Tutor Training Workshop from 15th – 17th July, 2019 at the KCB Leadership Center.

The 3-day training was aimed at building the human resource capacity of faculty to support learners through the college e- Learning Portal http://echs.uonbi.ac.ke.