Kenya Medical Research Institute
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Sep 28, 2026
Junior Awardee: Prevalence of Parkinson's in Kenya | Congress 2026
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6:07Richard MortonGUEST
There were a huge number of stakeholders that we had to get involved in terms of Ministry of Health and lots of approvals and things on the ground as well that we needed to get set up.
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6:16Richard MortonGUEST
But then from there, one of the reasons that we chose Khalifi was that the Kenyan Medical Research Institute, which is known as KEMRI and the KEMRI Welcome Partnership, have a very well-established demographic surveillance system in place in Khalifi, which they've used for epidemiological research, particularly around infectious diseases.
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6:37Richard MortonGUEST
for quite a long period of time.
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6:39Richard MortonGUEST
That provided an opportunity to utilize existing work by collaborating with them, rather than having to set up a demographic surveillance system from square one, which would be, as you say, a huge amount of work.
Africa’s Innovation Moment: From Local Ingenuity to Global Impact
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24:50Mark KaigwaGUEST
I think there's a center in South Africa called, I believe, Caprisa.
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24:54Mark KaigwaGUEST
In Kenya, we have the Kenya Medical Research Institute, KEMRI.
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24:59Mark KaigwaGUEST
And then also, again, you have Uganda, even West Africa.
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25:04Mark KaigwaGUEST
You have basically all these pockets where scientists come are working tremendously hard across multiple places, including in biotech, you know, because right now, you know, the global climate specialists are telling us that the African continent should be bracing itself for potentially El Nino at extreme and adverse weather effects.