UANDISHI-Building Capacity for Writing Scientific Manuscripts program held the certificate award ceremony to mark completion of the year 2023 training. UANDISHI is an innovative and experiential blended mentor-mentee Scientific Manuscript Writing and Mentorship training being implemented at the Faculty of Health Sciences (FHS), University of Nairobi. The training seasons in 2023 were March-June 2023 for Cohort 1, and July-October 2023 for Cohort 2.

NIHR inaugural visit to KAVI-Institute of Clinical Research (KAVI-ICR), sites to meet site clinical staff and the Director, Professor Walter Jaoko.

The first Public Randomization Meeting was held at the University of Nairobi, KAVI – Institute of Clinical Research Boardroom. Spearheaded by KAVI-Institute of Clinical Research (KAVI-ICR), University of Nairobi in partnership with National Institute of Health Research –Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (NIHR-LSTM) through the country Lead/PI Dr Sabina Wakasiaka, it brought together all stakeholders from our participating sites/clusters across the country.

In an unprecedented collaboration, the Early Career Champions (ECC) teams from Nairobi and Helsinki conducted their first face-to-face meetings. This remarkable event, held simultaneously in two different locations, reflected the teams' shared commitment and enthusiasm to extend the ECC programme's legacy in ONE Health.

KAVI-Boardroom & Facility Tour, Nairobi

KAVI-Institute of Clinical Research (KAVI-ICR) was awarded the 2022 International AIDS Vaccine Initiative (IAVI) External Quality Assessment (EQA) Awards For Tier 1 and Tier 2. This is the second year running that the Institute has won this prestigious award. It recognises the best-performing laboratories amongst their Clinical Research Centres in Africa.

KAVI Institute of Clinical Research (KAVI-ICR) has joined The Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI) Centralized Laboratory Network (CLN) which now has 15 partner facilities in 13 countries.

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