Located in eastern Africa, Kenya is bordered by the Indian Ocean, Somalia and Tanzania. More than 45 million people live in Kenya however population estimates take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS. This can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality, higher death rates and lower population growth.

Life expectancy at birth (in 2012) was 59 and 62 years for males and females respectively.

The maternal mortality ratio is 400 deaths per 100, 000 live births.

Kenya carries a high risk of infectious diseases including diarrheoa, hepatitis A, typhoid fever, malaria and dengue fever.

There is a 6.1 percent HIV and AIDS prevalence rate in the adult populations with more than 1.6 million people living with HIV. In 2012, HIV and AIDS caused 57,500 deaths.

Current Projects

• A GIFT (Genital Inflammation Test) for HIV Prevention
  Developing a biomarkers point-of-care test to identify women with genital inflammation who are at high risk of HIV acquisition
• Access Point Of Care Initiative
  Increasing access to life-saving treatments for infectious diseases through point-of-care tests.
• Evaluating the WHO Labour Care Guide in clinical settings
  A mixed-methods study in six countries evaluating the “next generation” partograph for managing labour and childbirth.
• Major advances in understanding malaria immunity and biology
  Identifying key targets of immunity, the mechanisms mediating immunity, and how it is acquired.

Past Projects

• Access to CD4 (VISITECT® CD4) testing among HIV-infected women in Kenya
  An accessible CD4 (VISITECT® CD4) test for HIV-infected pregnant and postpartum women in Kenya.
• Reducing Community Vulnerability to HIV/AIDS (RCVHA), 2004-2010
  APAC program
• VISITECT® CD4 point-of-care test
  An affordable HIV point-of-care test developed by Burnet but licensed to Omega Diagnostics.
• WHISPER and SHOUT - mHealth interventions among Kenyan sex workers
  Mobile phone-based health promotions sent to sex workers in Mombasa.