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In Search Of Better Health

Issue6 - April -May 2016

Dr. Gerald MkojiDr. Evans AmukoyeMs. Ann Muthoni

Editorial Advisors: Editor in Chief:

Revise Editor:

Davis MkojiWodera James

Dr. Sammy Baya

Photograpy:Moses YegonWesley Koros

Design & Layout:Isaboke Duke Agura

Editorial Assistants:Beatrice SitonikEric OmwoyoJackquline OleketeNorah Mutheu

• KEMRI to support counties in meeting their research priorities

• Mainstreaming Gender Matters at the Institute

• KEMRI destroys its stockpiles of Polio viruses

• Malaria Diagnostic Centre“Supporting a Culture of Quality

Malaria Diagnostics”

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KEMRI Leads in TB Prevalence Survey

The first-ever historical Tuberculosis (TB) survey in post-independence Kenya has so far covered nearly 60 percent of the country, the lead researchers have

announced.

Matters Security

Cabinet Secretary of Health Dr. Cleopa Mailu addressing the press as his Interior and Coordination of National Government colleague, Hon. Joseph Nkaissery (center) and Acting Director KEMRI, Dr. Gerald Mkoji (immediate left) and other senior officials from the two ministries and Institute listen. during a visit to KEMRI on 15th April 2016 to assess the security situation at the Institute.

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The Institute has aligned its research priorities and activities to respond to the health needs of counties, the Chairperson of the Board of Management KEMRI Dr. Lillian Apadet said.

“KEMRI, has incorporated devolution strategy as it relates to human health research in its Strategic Plan for 2013- 2017, and appointed seven cluster coordinators to work with counties in a bid to strengthen existing partnerships with the devolved units for the service of all Kenyans,” Dr. Apadet said.

The Chairperson said this when the KEMRI board paid a courtesy call on the Busia Governor, Sospeter Ojamong during an extensive four days tour of the Institute’s research facilities and centers in country’s Western Kenya.

“We are very happy with the progress made by several counties, Busia included. As an Institute we will devote ourselves to continued improvement of health and quality of life through innovative health research, and support counties in identifying and implementing research on their priority health problems”, said the Chairperson.

Dr. Apadet was accompanied by other Board members who includeD, Amb. Dr. Wenwa Odinga, Dr. Lazarus Tanui, Dr. Noor Ali, Dr. Michael Mbito, Dr. Naomi Mutea, Dr. Simon Langat, Mr. Ibrahim Maalim and Mr. Adow Mohammed. Also included in the tour were the Acting Director KEMRI, Dr. Gerald Mkoji, Ms. Anne Muthoni, Ag DDAF and the Corporation Secretary and Head of the Legal Department, Ms. Eunice Kitche.

The top KEMRI management intimated that several research projects likely to have positive impact on human health are currently being implemented by KEMRI throughout the country. The Institute is therefore, keen to expand such collaborations with counties, and even forge new ones.

“In Busia county for instance, the Institute had initiated two key studies involving the effects

of prolonged use of kerosene lamps on the health of school-going children, and a malaria vaccine development study, Dr. Apadet informed Govenor Ojamong. According to the Acting Director of the Busia-based, Center for Infectious & Parasitic Diseases Control Research (CIPDCR) Mr. Tom Mokaya, scientists are keen to establish the inpact on health, if any, of kerosine lantern lamps on the eyes and other chest-related health of the students. The Early Infant Diagnosis (EID), a service targeting children born with HIV or by mothers living with HIV is also a project carried out in the Center.

On his part, Governor lauded KEMRI for what he described as “exemplary work you have been doing in health provision in the county for many years.” And added, “in Busia, everyone is aware of your good work and as a county government, we will support you to ensure that you achieve your goals.” He promised to fast track the process of securing its facilities and installations in the county because of the Institute’s national strategic role.

The Board also visited, the Kisumu-based Center for Global Health Research (CGHR) where they addressed the staff, the Obama Children Hospital in Kondele, the Family AIDS Care and Education Services (FACES) at Lumumba, and the Malaria Diagnostics Center.

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KEMRI To Support Counties In Meeting Their Health Research Priorities

The team which has been on the ground since last September when the exercise commenced, report having covered in all counties in the Coastal, Eastern, Central, the Rift Valley and parts of South Nyanza. The survey covered 60 of the targeted 100 zones.

Team of researchers from the Kenya Medical Research Institute and other stakeholders, embarked on the remaining 40 zones in Western, Northern Kenya and Nairobi regions.

The team comprised of researchers from the Ministry of Health and key stakeholders including the Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI) undertaking this momentous 12 months nation-wide survey.

The last Kenya TB Prevalence Survey was carried out between 1958 - 1959 when over 80 percentage of the current population of Kenya were not born.

The Ministry of Health has relied on existing TB surveillance data to estimate the burden of TB.

Tuberculosis (TB) is an infectious airborne disease spread when people cough, sneeze or sing. Although TB is preventable, treatable and curable, it remains Kenya’s fourth largest cause of death.

It affects all age groups, with its greatest toll among the most economically productive age group of 15 to 44 years.

Kenya was the first African country in 2008 to attain the WHO targets of detecting 70 percent of TB cases and treating 85 percent of these cases successfully.

According to the survey done in 2014, 90,000 TB cases were reported, however it is estimated that there are about 20,000 ‘missing’ TB cases that go undetected and untreated. These missing cases are likely to contribute to the ongoing transmission of TB in communities and thus hinder the nations’ efforts to

attain zero TB infections and zero death.

The survey is headed by Dr. Joseph Siteinei, from the Ministry of Health who is also the Principal Investigator (PI), while KEMRI’s researcher, Dr. Jane Rahedi Ong’ang’o is the Co-PI.

The TB survey aims to provide an accurate estimate of Kenya’s TB burden, determine the existing challenges in accessing TB testing and treatment. The Survey also aims to characterize persons identified with TB that were not yet detected by the National TB control program.

The process of the survey involves a visit to individual households and inviting those over 15 years of age to a nearby mobile field site located at a school or community hall.

At the field site, participants are interviewed on features of TB, requested for a chest x-ray and asked to provide a sputum sample.

KEMRI has played a big role in the survey, from the protocal and concept development to the implimentation of the survey.

“We as KEMRI cannot be more proud to be involved in this process. It has been 55 plus years since this was done. For Kenyans and Kenya this is a big achievement”, says Dr. Ong’ang’o

“The survey findings will inform strategic TB interventions that address challenges faced in controlling TB and will go a long way in helping the country achieve globally recommended TB control targets by 2030,” she adds.

The importance of this TB survey for Kenya cannot be over emphasized. Its success hinges on the participation of all Kenyans and involvement of all stakeholders.

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The KEMRI Board of Management Chairperson Dr. Lilian Apadet addressing the staff at the Centre for Infectious and Parasitic Disease Control (CIPDCR) during the familiarization tour by the Board. Amb. (Dr). Wenwa Odinga (right) and Dr. Michael Mbito both members of the Board.



KEMRI Hosts the first ever meeting of the Commissioners of the EA Health Research Commission

WHO/Afro Epidemiology Training Hosted at KEMRI

The Institute hosted the first ever meeting of the Commissioners of the East African Health Research Commission (EAHRC) held from 21st to 22nd March 2016 .

The two day Commissioner’s meeting was followed by a one-day, National Focal Point and Stakeholder’s meeting on Wednesday, 23rd, March 2016 at the KEMRI Headquarters. The two EAHRC meetings brought together close to 30 delegates from the East African Community member countries.

WHO Regional Office for Africa conducted a five day workshop aimed at addressing challenges related to scarcity of accurate and reliable data on antimicrobial resistance and appropriate sharing of information between human, animal and food sectors.

The training which brought together 40 participants is part of the implementation of the Global Action Plan (GAP) on antimicrobial resistance and targeted representatives from the Human Epidemiology and laboratory, Veterinary and Food Laboratory.

The participants were drawn from Botswana, Cameroon, Cote d’Ivoire, Guinea, Liberia, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Togo and Uganda.

The facilitators were drawn from WHO and WHO Advisory Group on Integrated Surveillance of antimicrobial Resistance (AGISAR). KEMRI’s Center for Microbiology Research (CMR) were co-facilitating the workshop.

In most of Sub-Saharan Africa surveillance data is either completely unavailable or is usually from small non-

systematic studies carried out on ad-hoc basis and therefore, not useful for risk assessment, analysis or implementation of management policies to contain antimicrobial resistance.

This is largely due to inadequate laboratory capacity in most Sub-Saharan African countries in terms of trained personnel to carry out systematic integrated surveillance studies involving “One Health” approach.

Mr. John Musau, Assistant Director in charge of Administration opened the training on Monday 21st, March 2016 on behalf of Director KEMRI.

Commissioners & Secretariat of the EAHRC, (from left to right) Dr. Jean de Dieu (EAHRC), Roselyne Ogweno (EAHRC), Dr Samuel Okware (Uganda),Dr Gerald Mkoji(Kenya), Prof Gibson Kibiki(EAHRC), Dr Julius Massaga(Tanzania ), Mr. Leonard Ntakarutima (Burundi), Dr. Jeanine Ndayisenga (Burundi), Dr. Fatma Kabole (MOH), Dr. Paul Nyandwi (Burundi), Prof. Pauline Byakika (Uganda) and Prof Fabian Esamsi (Kenya).



The Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI) undertook the destruction of stockpiles of circulating vaccine derived polioviruses type 2 in a historic ceremony on Wednesday, 3rd February, 2016.

The destruction through autoclaving at 121 degree Celsius and incineration at 800 degree Celsius done at KEMRI’s World Health Organization’s reference Polio Laboratory was supervised and documented by Members of the National Polio Certification Committee, the National Polio Expert Committee, the Ministry of Health, and senior management of KEMRI.

Polio eradication activities have reached a critical stage where the African continent no longer has an endemic country, with the declaration of Nigeria as Polio free in 2015.

The Global Certification Commission verified the global eradication of wild poliovirus type 2 (WPV2) and officially declared in September 2015, the eradication of wild poliovirus type 2.

Although eradication of WPV type 2 has been achieved, it does not mean that the pathogen is gone as yet, and unless poliovirus type 2 in its wild, attenuated or vaccine-derived forms is eliminated through destruction of remaining stocks held in laboratories and vaccine production facilities, the risk of accidental or deliberate (e.g through bioterrorism) reintroduction of type 2 poliovirus from facilities is real. This becomes even more significant as the type 2 is withdrawn from vaccine, as over time, populations will be susceptible as progressively vaccination for poliomyelitis comes to an end.

The KEMRI Polio Laboratory had been identified by the National Task force for the Containment of polioviruses (NTF) as the only facility in Kenya that held stockpiles of the wild polioviruses (WPV) type 1 and Type 3 as well as circulating vaccine derived polioviruses that could cause an outbreak, if they are accidentally or intentionally released to the population.

As per the poliovirus containment guidelines outlined in Global Action Plan III, Kenya made a country decision not to have an essential laboratory keeping stockpiles of wild poliovirus type 2 or circulating vaccine derived poliovirus type 2.

Consequently, the National Task Force for the Containment of Polioviruses instructed KEMRI to safely destroy stockpiles of circulating vaccine derived poliovirus type 2 materials stored in its Polio Laboratory.

The Acting Director KEMRI, Dr. Gerald Mkoji was joined by the members of the National Polio Certification Committee and National Polio Expert Committee among them, Dr. Daniel Langat, Dr. Peter Borus, Mr. Peter Kingori, Mr. Peter Lokamar and WHO Coordinator of Polio Eradication for the Horn of Africa, Dr. Sam Okiror, his counterpart Dr. Iheoma Onuekwsusi for a press conference at KEMRI Headquarters to flag off the exercise.

Also present at the press conference were, Deputy Director in charge of Research and Development, Prof. Elizabeth Bukusi, Acting Director Center for Virus Research KEMRI, Dr. Raphael Lihana and senior researchers from the Polio Laboratory.

KEMRI destroys its stockpiles of Polio viruses

(From left) head of disease surveillance and response, Ministry of Health, Dr Daniel Langat, acting director (KEMRI) Dr Gerald Mkoji, and WHO Coordinator of Polio eradication for the Horn of Africa Dr Sam Okiror at a press briefing on February 3, 2016

Charity is rewarding for KEMRI

The Institute’s participation in charity activities is commendable. We did well last year in these activities, I hope 2016, will even be better in both focus and practise and hope this act of charity becomes an annual event.

Alice

KEMRI in pursuit of Degree Awarding Status

KEMRI is doing well to already have a graduate training programme that it runs in collaboration with Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology (JKUAT). All the best in the institution’s application with the Commission for University Education (CUE), in attaining a degree awarding status.

Annabel

Dear Editor,

Let me take this opportunity to most sincerely congratulate the editorial team and the management of KEMRI for continued efforts in publishing the KEMRI Bulletin . The bulletin has enhanced communication in the institute and in the process improved relationships within the organization.

We hope that the Editorial team will give more opportunity to staff to be profiled in the Bulletin for even greater impact. More space should also be allocated to staff welfare matters rather than the management issues to create more interest in readership.

Justus

Use More Pictures

The layout of the bulletin is good; however the pictures are too small. Pictures speak a thousand words. In the next issue kindly use bigger pictures.

Voe

Contact the editor: [email protected] (for comments, suggestions and contributions)

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Members of the KEMRI team that participated in the 10KM First Lady Half Marathon 2016 in aid of the Beyond Zero Campaign.

Busia Governor Sospeter Ojaamong (centre) poses for a photograph with KEMRI Board of Management members led by Chairperson Dr. Lilian Apadet after paying him a courtesy call during the Boards familiarization tour of the KEMRI research facilities in the western Kenya region.

Picture Speak

Participants at the Symposium held at Weston Hotel, Nairobi which was opened by KEMRI’s Deputy Director, (Research & Development), Prof. Elizabeth Bukusi on behalf of the Acting Director, KEMRI. During her speech, Prof. Bukusi welcomed participants to the symposium that was hosted by both KEMRI and Nagasaki University, and sponsored by the Ministry of Health-Kenya, Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT)-Japan, and the Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development (AMED). Several KEMRI scientists participated at this symposium.

A word of Prayer: Ag. Director KEMRI, Dr. Gerald Mkoji dedicates the new Toyota Land Cruiser vehicle purchased by ESACIPAC recently at a cost of Ksh. 4.8 million to support research activities in the country.



Picture Speak

Board Tour of KEMRI Facilities at the Coast

BOARD in Malindi Team building in Mombasa

Celebrating Dr. Mbito’s birthday

Board in KilifiIn the ultra-mordern research lab in CGMRC, Kilifi

BOARD Chair, Dr. Apadetwith Amb. (Dr) Wenwa having a camel ride



Malaria Diagnostics Centre

‘Supporting a Culture of Quality Malaria

Diagnostics’

KEMRI will lobby for more funding to support the activities of a key research training facility whose impact is felt throughout the continent, the Chairperson of the KEMRI Board of Management, Dr. Lillian Apadet has said.

The Malaria Diagnostics Centre (MDC), a collaborative effort between KEMRI and the US Army Medical Research Directorate - Kenya (USAMRU-K) is located at the Lakeside City of Kisumu in western Kenya and is today one of the largest malaria diagnostic training center in sub-Saharan Africa.

Since its inception in 2004, MDC has trained at least 1,449 specialized personnel who include laboratory technicians, technologists based in both public and private health facilities, researchers and scientists, tutors from medical training colleges and universities.

“Our goal is to support this and other facilities with the necessary funding to enable the center to realize its full potential and strategic objectives,” said Dr. Apadet when she and other Board members toured the facility. “As a Board, we are very happy with the work you are doing here and we will definitely support you,”she told members of the staff at the MDC.

The MDC was established in 2004 to conduct malaria diagnostic related trainings, support clinical trials of malaria vaccines, drugs, and diagnostic devices.

The Center leads global effort in training in order to improve malaria diagnostics capacity and quality at various laboratories in Kenya, across Africa, Europe, Asia, South America, and the United States.

The capacity building initiatives targets learners who receive didactic and practical instructions on malaria-related field

The MDC has designed standardized skill based training and assessment programs in a bid to improve

competency and strengthen diagnosis of malaria.

Located in Kisumu, a highly malaria endemic region of the country, the MDC has the advantage of having a continuous supply of malaria parasites for preparation of blood films.

“This greatly enhances training due to the unlimited number of slides available to trainees throughout the ten-day training period as well as for hands-on training on smear preparation and staining”, Dr. Benhards Ogutu said.

MDC offers various types of malaria trainings which include the following:

Two-week Basic Malaria Microscopy Course

This training targets laboratory technicians, and technologists based in both public and private health facilities, researchers/scientists or tutors from medical training colleges and universities, offers of didactic and practical instructions on:

• Life cycle of malaria

• Clinical presentation of malaria

• Standard operating procedure development

• Laboratory quality assurance and quality control

• Blood film preparation and staining

• Parasite detection, counting, Plasmodium species identification

• Artifacts and pseudo-parasites

• Techniques for mixed infections and low density infections

• Rapid diagnostics tests

• Pre- and post-tests to measure improvement

The newly re-appointed KEMRI’s Gender Mainstreaming Committee hit the road running with a resolution to develop a new Work Place Gender-Based Violence Policy and Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs).

The two-day workshop was attended by at least 25 participants who include Committee members from all the 10 centers and administrative advisors.

Dr. Charles Mbakaya, the Director Centre for Public Health Research (CPHR) and host of the workshop officially opened the two-day Workshop on 21st, March, 2016.

According to the Committee’s Chairperson, Ms. Priscah Otambo, they also resolved to, among other things, operationalize the two key policies: the Gender Policy and the Gender Mainstreaming Policy.

Key resource persons at this Workshop included Prof. Rose Odhiambo from the National Gender and Equity Commission (NGEC) and Mr. Sam Martin from Gem Plan Consultants. This was the first joint Gender Focal Persons & Committee Members sensitization Workshop.

Participants were sensitized on a number of issues among them, gender equality, gender equity, gender parity, gender mainstreaming among other topics.

“Sex is the biological differentiation between men and women; gender is all about the roles of a man and a woman in society”, Prof. Odhiambo said adding, that currently, the country was working towards realizing the benefits of gender equality and gender equity and she was hopeful that the next two years, will see a new country “where both the needs of men and women will be catered for and especially those of women.”

Mainstreaming Gender Matters in the Institute

Members of the Gender Mainstreaming committee



» Consists of written exam, slide reading, species identification, counting, and picture test

To date the MDC has trained 1,449 individuals countrywide.

One week microscopy Refresher Course

This training is conducted for individuals who have previously undergone the two week training mentioned above or the Malaria QA/QC training. It is also recommended for individuals who have been practicing in the field as a channel of sharpening skills and updating on the new recommended trends for malaria diagnostics.

One week tailor made malaria microscopy Course

This training is conducted based on an organizations need to address specific microscopy needs. The MDC team will design the course in accordance with the particular objectives that the organization’s would like to achieve.

Two-week malaria QA/QC training for

Malaria Quality Assurance Program

Malaria Quality Assurance program funded by USAID/PMI is a Quality Assurance program that sought to improve quality of malaria diagnosis in Ministry of Health (MoH) facilities countrywide. The program supported malaria QA training of 138 laboratory technologists (QA officers) who would then implement QA activities in MoH facilities assigned to them. These QA officers went through a ten-day training (5 days microscopy refresher training and five-day malaria QA training) at the Malaria Diagnostic Centre of Excellence that was conducted in conjunction with the National Malaria Control Unit. At the completion of the ten day course, each QA officer was assigned three MoH facilities to supervise on a monthly basis. Some of the elements assessed during each QA visit were; malaria diagnosis by tests, laboratory equipments, laboratory stock outs, availability of SOPs, and malaria policy guidelines, laboratory procedures and safety practices in the laboratory. Currently 119 QA officers are active in the field supervising 403 MoH facilities across 30 counties.

Scientists doing research in the Malaria Lab at KEMRI

Below is the total number of QA officers trained per region/county and the facilities they supervise.

No Region County Total Trained Totals

1. Rift Valley province( 10 counties)

Narok 12 Technologists 28 trained166 facilities20 counties

Nakuru Kericho Kajiado West pokot Trans nzoiaNandi Baringo Elgeyo marakwet Samburu

2. Central Province( 5 counties)

Kirinyaga 11 TechnologistsMuranga Nyeri Kiambu Nyandrua

3. Eastern Province( 5 counties)

Meru 5 TechnologistsEmbu Machakos Marsabit Kitui

4. Nyanza Province ( 6 counties)

Migori 99 Technologists 99 trained60 health facilities16 counties

Homabay Kisumu Siaya Nyamira Kisii

5. Western Province( 4 counties)

Busia 11 Technologists 11 trained33 health facilities4 counties

Kakamega Bungoma Vihiga



Considerable success was registered at the 6th

Annual KASH Conference held in Nairobi from the 9th to 11th February 2016.

The KASH conference attracted over 150 presenters in eight symposiums and ten scientific sessions, and had a rich diversity of topics covering all six research programme areas of KEMRI namely: Biotechnology, Traditional medicine and drugs development, Infectious and Parasitic Diseases, Public Health and Health systems, Non-Communicable diseases and Sexual reproduction and child health.

“As we planned this Conference over the last few months, we have been overwhelmed by the enthusiastic support from all of you, we are delighted to have such an expert group of minds come together to participate at the conference” said Dr. Pauline Mwinzi.

Over six hundred participants who included policy makers from Ministry of Health (MOH), Non-profit organizations and institutions of higher learning attended the Conference.

For the first time the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (ASTMH) who held their Annual Society Conference outside the United States of America alongside the KASH Conference. The theme this year was, “Research for Health in a devolved system.

“It’s an exciting time for KEMRI as we continue to grow in our research and development portfolio as well as in service delivery. We have continued to respond to the ever increasing, public health challenges, in Kenya and the region, as we endeavour to provide solutions

to such challenges,” said Ag. Director Dr. Gerald Mkoji and continued, “In particular, the KASH Conference started six years ago and has grown from being a relatively small conference catering for primarily, young KEMRI scientists to what it is today.”

The keynote speakers were Dr. Martien.W. Borgdoff, a TB and HIV expert and currently the Director CDC Western Kenya and Professor of Epidemiology at the University of Amsterdam, Dr Nelly Mugo, Head of the Reproductive Adolescent Child Health program at the Kenya Medical research Institute (KEMRI), and Dr. Catherine Nyongesa clinical Oncologist at Texas Cancer Centre at Nairobi and Kenyattah National Hospital.

Dr. Nyongesa launched the National cancer registry programme that was hosted by the non-communicable disease programme. The NCRK

Great Success registered at the 6th KASH Conference

Dr. Pauline Mwinzi Chair KASH Conference Committee

ASTMH President Stephen Higgs, PhD

Dr. Gerald Mkoji Ag Director KEMRI

programme will be spread out in the former eight provinces in order to produce reliable representative statistics of cancer in Kenya. Cancer statistics will aid to inform policy and serve as a data bank for cancer research and surveillance.

However it was the eight symposiums that made the highlights of the KASH, Biotechnology was chaired by Dr. Jim Kagai and Prof. Eucharia, Infectious and parasitic disease research program (IPDRP) chaired by Dr Raphael Lwembe, PAMCA chaired by Dr. James Mwangangi and lastly Bioethics Society of

Kenya which was chaired by Prof. Elizabeth Bukusi. In the closing ceremony the best presenters were awarded with certificates this ended the three day Annual KASH conference at the Boma Hotel Nairobi

Drugs for Neglected Diseases Initiative (DNDI )chaired by Dr. Monique Wasunna, the public health and health system research programme chaired by Prof. Mohammed Karama, Natural products research and drug development (NAPREDA) chaired by Dr. Festus Tolo, Schistosomiasis Consortium for operational research elimination (SCORE) chaired by Dr Pauline Mwinzi and Dr Evan Secor.

Dr. Catherine Nyongesa

Participants during the 6th KASH Conference held at The Boma Hotel Nairobi.

Dr. Festus Tolo



The newly acquired Ultrasound Machine at CCR KEMRI

The Center for Clinical Research (CCR) has revamped its services following the installation of a new Ultrasound System that offers a variety of medical tests at a very competitive cost.

A statement from the Radiology Unit to members of staff informs that the new modern unit will be offering the following ultrasound services and Ultrasound Examinations:

• Abdominal Ultrasound.• Female Pelvic US-Endovaginal/Transabdominal• Male Pelvis• Renal US• Obstetric US• Small Parts US: Breasts/Scrotal/Thyroid• Musculoskeletal and superficial structures

• Color Doppler US- Abdomen/Limbs/Obstetrics

“We are excited about this new equipment and would like members of staff, their dependents, and the general public to benefit from this service,” said Ireri Kareko from the Utrasound Unit.

REVAMPED ULTRASOUND SERVICES AT CCR

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