Latest News & Announcements

UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW COLLABORATION WITH THE DEPARTMENT

Our staff MS. Ann Munene in collaborative research with University of Glasgow, UK under the “Everyday Clean Project”. The research has been exploring the community hygiene practices under One- Health contexts in Kajiado County, Kenya’

UNIVERSITY HEALTH SERVICES UNVEILS ITS INTEGRATED DIGITAL HEALTH PLATFORM (IDH)

The launch of the UHS integrated Digital Health platform supported by the Ministry of Health (MOH) marks a great milestone for the University in line with a long-term road map for digitizing its  functions  and processes. The launch event presided over by the Vice Chancellor, Prof. Stephen Kiama was preceded by an interactive demo outlining a step by step patient process journey.

UON HOSTS THE 7TH GLOBAL RESEARCH NETWORK

On February 7, 2023, The University of Nairobi (UoN) hosted the opening ceremony of 7th Global Research Network – Belt and Roads Initiative (BRI) hybrid Conference 2023, at the UoN Towers Main Campus. The University of Nairobi is the 1st institution in the African continent to host the BRI Conference.

UON – WRI PARTNERSHIP TO STEER IMPLEMENTATION OF RAMP IN KENYA

The launch of the resilience and adaptation mainstreaming program (RAMP) was held at The University of Nairobi Taifa Hall on Wednesday 8th February 2023. RAMP is hosted by WRI and is jointly implemented with the Center for Sustainable Finance at SOAS University of London. The objective of RAMP is to build capacity related to climate risk management within the Ministries of Finance, Economics and Planning and selected local Universities.

UON TO HOST WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY PRESIDENT DURING 5 DAY VISIT TO KENYA

The Vice Chancellor Prof. Stephen Kiama will host Prof. Kirk Schulz, the 11th president of Washington State University and his delegation between Thursday, February 3rd   to 8th 2023.  The visit cements the already strong strategic partnership between the two universities that culminated in the signing of a memorandum of understanding in 2016 and will entail meetings with Principal Investigators of the various collaborative projects under implementation as well as explore additional areas of collaboration.

GCA HOSTS REGIONAL FORUM ON THE FUTURE OF RESILIENT FOOD SYSTEMS IN AFRICA

The Global Center on Adaptation (GCA) opened a 3-day regional training on the future of resilient food systems in Africa to promote digital climate-informed solutions (DCAS) as a tool to help tackle the growing impacts of climate change across the continent on Tuesday, January 31, 2023 at the University of Nairobi, Wangari Mathai Institute of Peace and Environmental Studies. 

UON DEVELOPS SRHR POLICY, MENTAL HEALTH POLICY AND REVIEWS ITS HIV POLICY

The Vice Chancellor, Prof. Stephen Kiama received the Sexual Reproductive Health and Rights Policy, Mental health Policy and the reviewed HIV draft policies on Monday, January 30, 2023 from the O3 plus Committee. The Draft policies are to be taken to the University Executive Board (UEB) and then subjected to stakeholder Engagement before being published and officially adopted by the Institution.

EMBU COUNTY SIGNS PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT WITH UON

The University of Nairobi signed a partnership agreement with Embu County government on 22nd December, 2022.

Speaking during the signing ceremony, the University of Nairobi Vice Chancellor Prof. Kiama Gitahi, observed that the University values partnerships.

‘’As a University we would like to add value to our partners. Our department of plant science has been collaborating with Embu County in the field of value addition in agricultural produce” Prof. Kiama said.

The University established fresh produce aggregation centre at Karurumo in Embu County in 2018.