University of Nairobi

Expert: Kenya should be on high alert over corona virus

Kenya should go on high alert over the outbreak of corona virus that has so far killed more than 2,600 people globally.

Prof. Omu Anzala from KAVI-Institute of Clinical Research KAVI-ICR University of Nairobi says the spillover of the virus that emanated from Wuhan, China could emerge from anywhere.

Shadow in Perpetuity; New book on dreadful cancer disease

Cancer has in recent times acquired an eerie omnipresence in the minds of our countrymen as they see all kinds of personalities, big and small go down with the disease.

The mood in our country today is governed by the fear of cancer through rumours peddled by people who most of the time lack the right information and know-how that can guide the fidgety population about what is actually going on.

UoN aims at increasing its visibility on the world wide web

After the completion of revamping its system of websites, the University of Nairobi (UoN) has now embarked on generating and uploading quality content aimed at increasing its visibility on the web.

Speaking when he met the website team on 6th December, 2019, UoN acting Vice Chancellor Prof. Isaac Mbeche urged the team to work together with the aim of increasing the university’s visibility on the web.

CHS swimmer swimming to glory

Having been nominated to represent Kenyan universities at the 30th Summer Universities Games in Italy, Romana Ochanda, 5th year MBCHB student is determined to conquer the waters. We caught up with were after jetting back to the country from Italy.

My name is Romana Adero Ochanda, a 5th year medical student at the University of Nairobi.

KAVI Institute of Clinical Research launches IAVI W001 study

KAVI Institute of Clinical Research enrolled the first volunteer to start a phase 1 clinical trial to test a novel HIV vaccine candidate, BG505 SOSIP.664 gp140.

The study dubbed the International AIDS Vaccine Initiative W001 (IAVI W001) is aimed at assessing the safety of the candidate and to determine if vaccination induces the human immune system to produce proteins known as neutralizing antibodies (NAbs).

Kidney hospital dream come true for Prof. Mungai

Prof. Peter Mungai, the Director of the East Africa Kidney Institute (EAKI) will be the happiest man on earth once the construction works of the kidney hospital will be completed.

According to him, he has had a dream of building a kidney hospital for many years and its completion will be a dream come true.