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Table 5.18    Case Example of Collaborative Research by KEMRI 
Overseas Research Institutes 
Research Content 
Centres for Disease Control and Prevention 
(CDC) 
CDC conducts AIDS prevention and research at 
Kisumu in West Kenya in collaboration with KEMRI.   
The Kisumu centre, which has 200 staff members 
assigned from KEMRI is the largest CDC group 
outside the United States.     
Walter Reed Army Institute of Research 
(WRAIR) 
WRAIR conducts studies on the development of 
vaccines for malaria in cooperation with USAID and 
KEMRI.  
Wellcome Trust 
The Wellcome Trust has conducted epidemiological 
and clinical studies on malaria in Kilifi since 1989.   
Kirifi is the largest site of KEMRI, and has 600 staff 
members. 
Prepared by the investigation team 
 
The Kisumu centre is the largest CDC group outside the United States.  Both the 
CDC and WRAIR have established their research base at the Kimusu centre, and 
intend to continue research activities with KEMRI in the future.  In addition, the 
Wellcome Trust in Kilifi also intends to conduct research on malaria.     
KEMRI has a sophisticated research capacity and infrastructure for conducting 
collaborative research, and also plans to continue collaborative research. 
Researchers from KEMRI have high academic degrees, and most of them have the title 
of doctor, PhD, or the minimum of a Masters degree with research experience.    The 
research outputs of these researchers have been published in internal/external journals 
(see Table 5.19).