Institute of Tropical and Infectious Diseases (UNITID)
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| Industry | Education |
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| Occupation | Training and Research in Tropical and Infectious Diseases |
| Location | Nairobi, Kenya |
| Introduction | BACKGROUND The Institute commenced its operations in March, 2004, as one of the five fully-fledged constituent components of the College of Health Sciences, University of Nairobi. The Institute has developed a strong research base in HIV/AIDS, other Sexually Transmitted Infections, Malaria, Tuberculosis, Filariasis, Schistosomiasis, Viral Hemorrhagic Fevers and Diarrhea Diseases. In addition, issues such as newly emerging and re-emerging infections, drug resistant infections and bio-terrorism are of keen interest to us. To efficiently and effectively deliver our core mandates, the institute is home for ultramodern chain of laboratories from Level 2 to Biosafety Level 3 (BSL-3) enhanced. These laboratories have the full capacity to handle highly infectious outbreaks such as hemorrhagic fever viruses and other high risk group 3 and 4 microorganisms. The labs are also capable of carrying out drugs resistance testing, particularly antiretroviral drugs. and of course routine laboratory tests. We offer locally relevant and market driven postgraduate training, which includes PhDs, Masters, Post Graduate Diploma and Fellowship |