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October 11, 2025
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KEMRI Announces Major Partnership With US Billionaire Bill Gates

KEMRI Announces Major Partnership With US Billionaire Bill Gates

The project is set to kickstart in January 2026...

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The Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI) has announced a substantial Ksh516 million project, funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, aimed at boosting women's health research in Africa. This three-year initiative, named LEA-WH, will commence in January 2026.

  • The LEA-WH Programme seeks to empower scientists and innovators to address understudied and underfunded women's health conditions.
  • KEMRI Director General, Elijah Songok, stated the project aims to introduce up to 10 medical products for market testing and facilitate 5-10 patent applications by 2033.
  • The project will also mobilize up to Ksh600 million in follow-on funding and establish an annual ScienceX Africa Summit for collaboration.
  • This announcement follows the recent launch of an expanded Polio Laboratory at KEMRI, also backed by the Gates Foundation, for diagnostics and surveillance across several East African countries.

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