Dr Erick Muok, Acting Director of Research and Development at KEMRI speaking during the launch of GARP policy brief in Nairobi on March 26, 2026 Health experts are calling for greater investment in vaccines as a critical strategy to combat antimicrobial resistance (AMR), warning that the growing threat could undermine decades of medical progress if…
Participants at the 16th KEMRI Annual Scientific and Health Conference (KASH) listen intently as researchers and health professionals discuss emerging threats in neonatal health, including drug‑resistant Klebsiella infections in Kenyan hospitals in Nairobi on February 11, 2026. Newborns, in rising numbers in Kenya are being infected by a bacteria that no longer respond to standard…
When Mama Baraka lost her four-year-old son in 2024, her world fell apart. Her TikTok posts, which now serve as a digital memorial to Brylejones Baraka, detail the family’s painful struggle to save him. “Baby Baraka was a post-liver transplant; he was on immunosuppressive medication. He had sepsis and was admitted for three weeks, but…
