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Opening of the Partnership for Education and Academic Research Laboratory in Webuye, Kenya!

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On Thursday, the Governor of Bungoma County, the Vice Chancellor of Moi University, the Dean of Medicine and Dean of Public Health of Moi University joined Dr. O’Meara, Dr. Laktabai and Dr. Kisaka to official open the PEARL laboratory in Continue reading Opening of the Partnership for Education and Academic Research Laboratory in Webuye, Kenya!→

New grant to improve targeting of subsidized antimalarials sold over-the-counter

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This month, we received a new award from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIH) to study interventional approaches to improve the targeting of artemisinin combination therapy to individuals with confirmed malaria infection. This new project builds on Continue reading New grant to improve targeting of subsidized antimalarials sold over-the-counter→

Improving antimalarial use at the community level

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ExactDx  in PLoS Medicine! The primary results of our community-based cluster randomized trial in western Kenya. The main points: In most malaria-endemic countries, first-line antimalarials called artemisinin combination therapies, or ACTs, are available over the counter in retail medicine outlets Continue reading Improving antimalarial use at the community level→

DGHI Director Chris Plowe and Chancellor Eugene Washington visit Eldoret

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We were delighted to host Chris Plowe (DGHI Director), Eugene Washington (Chancellor), Chris Tobias (DGHI Director of Finance and Operations) and Jamie Mills (Grants and Contracts Manager) to Eldoret this week! We were able to introduce them to the wide range of collaborations and initiatives in Eldoret and most importantly introduce them to our partners here at Moi University. They were able to visit the Cardiac Care Unit at Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital, a group of peer counsellors working with Eve Puffer’s team, and visit our community-based cohort in Webuye, Kenya.

Dr. Plowe trying his hand at catching mosquitoes by vacuum aspiration in one of our cohort households
His catch!
Dr. Washington examining some bloodfed female anopheles mosquitoes with Eric Nalianya, one of our field researchers

    Dr. Plowe and Dr. Washington learning the finer points of identifying mosquito species by microscope

Dr. Plowe and Dr. O’Meara inspecting a sticky barrier trap for mosquitoes