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Congratulations to Dr Gilbert Rithaa upon his graduation from the Department of Public & Global Health!

"Go, See, Learn and Change" This was the parting shot by Prof.Wamai Carnelian African
Diaspora Fellow from Northeastern University, Boston, USA during his seminar on collaborative global health.

As a health system expert, Prof. Wamai had a loaded presentation on a life of work and
passion in collaborative global health. He highlighted dimensions of global health including security and finance as an approach to this very important branch of health care.

Dr. Rose Okoyo Opiyo attended APHRC @20 Symposium during the "APHRC @20 Grand Finale Celebrations and the Evidence to Policy Impact" on 23-24 May 2025. Dr. Opiyo is one of the beneficiaries of APHRC's programs as a CARTA PhD Fellowship Graduate. She was one of the panelists during the symposium where she shared her experience/testimony on the journey as a CARTA Fellow.

The Department of Public and Global Health, in collaboration with sub-County Hospitals in Kiambu County conducted a Health Centre Practice exercise for the MBChB V students between Monday, May 8th, 2023, to Friday, June 2nd, 2023.

The sub-county hospitals include Wangige, Kihara, Gikambura, Lusigetti, and Ndeiya Sub-County Hospitals.

The Health Centre Practice exercise is an activity to educate the students and sensitize the community on Public Health issues of concern.

The dept of public and global health participated in the 6th edition of the Nairobi innovation week.

The 6th edition of the Nairobi innovation week 2022 officially kicked off.The 3 day event was themed innovation for transformation and impact in the society happened at the main campus from Tuesday April 26th to 28th 2022.

The USAID One Health Workforce - Next Generation (OHW-NG) project, in collaboration with AFROHUN
Kenya are pleased to invite you to the One Health ECHO Program. Over the course of the program,
various series will be hosted, highlighting topical issues and the application of the One Health approach.

The USAID One Health Workforce - Next Generation (OHW-NG) Project, in collaboration with AFROHUN Kenya, invites current undergraduate students in Student One Health Innovation Clubs (SOHICs) to the One Health Demonstration site 2021.

See the attached document for details on eligibility and application procedure and deadline.

Dr. Richard Ayah, a lecturer at the School of Public Health and a member of the taskforce on COVID-19 vaccine deployment talks about the COVID-19 vaccine in Kenya on Citizen Television.