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Implementing Structure for Research on the Communicable Diseases 
There are four main laboratories for infectious diseases control besides KEMRI (see 
Table 5.5). 
 
Table 5.5    Research Institute for Communicable Diseases Control in Kenya 
Name of Institute 
Outline of the Institute 
International Centre of 
Insect Physiology and 
Ecology (ICIPE) 
ICIPE has three missions: 1) to help ensure food security and better health for 
humankind and its livestock, 2) to protect the environment, and 3) to conserve 
and make better use of natural resources.    To achieve its mission, ICIPE has 
specific objectives in research areas on human, animal, plant and 
environmental health. 
Kenya Trypanosome 
Research Institute 
(KETRI) 
KETRI was established at Kiboko in 1999 to conserve the unique gene pool by 
collecting and preserving semen for dissemination to willing farmers in tsetse 
infested and trypanosome endemic areas.   
KETRI carries out surveys in most parts of the Rift Valley, Central and Eastern 
Provinces that were initiated by KETRI and brought together officials from the 
Veterinary Department, the Kenya Wildlife Service, the affected communities 
and NGOs working in these areas among others.    KETRI provides training 
and technical advice to project implementers, and the targets to be deployed in 
the Game Reserve to reduce tsetse infestation that was responsible for invasion 
of the surrounding areas.    World Wildlife Fund (WWF) and the local district 
veterinary office pledged traps and will maintain targets/traps after deployment 
in the Game Reserve in collaboration with the community. 
International Livestock 
Research Institute   
(ILRI) 
ILRI is a non-profit institution governed by an international Board of Trustees 
and ILRI belongs to the Consultative Group on International Agricultural 
Research (CGIAR).    The headquarters of ILRI are in Nairobi, and began 
operations in 1995 with the consolidation of staff and facilities of two former 
CGIAR livestock centres, the International Laboratory for Research on Animal 
Diseases (ILRAD) based in Nairobi, and the International Livestock Centre for 
Africa (ILCA) based in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. 
ILRI works at the crossroads of livestock and poverty, bringing high-quality 
science and capacity-building to bear on poverty reduction and sustainable 
development for poor livestock keepers and their communities.     
Institute of Primate 
Research (IPR) 
IPR was established in 1960 with monkeys as models to understand human 
evolution and as a facility for the collection and study of East African primates. 
Since its inception, IPR has expanded tremendously in both physical and 
research facilities and is now focused on the breeding and use of non-human 
primates to study, prevent and treat human diseases under the auspices of 
animal welfare.    IPR undertakes research into basic and applied aspects using 
monkeys.    IPR is recognized as a WHO Collaborating Centre on human 
reproduction and tropical diseases research. 
Prepared by the investigation team 
 
KEMRI has been incorporated with other research centres such as the Kenya 
Tuberculosis Investigation Centre, the Malaria and Other Protozoal Diseases Centre, 
the Virus Research Centre, the Alupe Leprosy Research Centre, and the Medical 
Research Centre.  As the main laboratories are already incorporated into KEMRI, 
there are no other laboratories having a duplicate role with KEMRI.  KEMRI is 
recognized by the MOH as the largest medical research institute in Kenya, and it 

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conducts disease surveillance, produces diagnostic kits, such as HEPCELL II, provides 
diagnostic services for private companies, and information on outbreaks of infectious 
diseases as a WHO Collaborating Centre.  Research institutes mentioned above, 
besides KETRI, target animals and plants and have no duplicate role with KEMRI.