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ARI 
ARI was the cause of more than 25% of the infant mortality in Kenya in the middle of 
the 1990s.    Techniques for etiological studies on bacterial, fungal and viral ARI, and 
sensitivity tests for major bacterial and fungal ARI were transferred through JICA’s 
cooperation activities from 1996 to 2001.  In addition, KEMRI prepared education 
materials such as educational videos and more than 400 brochures, and conducted 
community-based health education in Kibera, Nairobi, using these materials from 1996 
to 2001.    However, KEMRI’s activities on ARI were also terminated in 2001 when 
the Research and Control of Infectious Diseases Project Phase II was terminated.