Cochrane Kenya, hosted at the Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI) is part of the team leading the Cochrane Infectious Diseases Thematic Group.
This global collaboration brings together world-class expertise from KEMRI, the National Institute of Health of Peru (NIH Peru), and the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (LSTM).
Infectious diseases remain one of the four top priority research areas in Cochrane’s scientific strategy. This new group is designed to tackle the world’s most pressing health challenges, ranging from longstanding disease burdens to emerging illnesses and the critical threat of antimicrobial resistance.
Barbara Miheso, and Lilian Mayieka Knowledge Translation Co-Leads , from Cochrane Kenya and KEMRI, for the new Cochrane group, said:
“Infectious diseases continue to disproportionately affect low- and middle-income countries. Through this Thematic Group, Cochrane Kenya and KEMRI are committed to advancing context-relevant, high-quality evidence syntheses and ensuring their meaningful uptake in policy and practice. Strengthening knowledge translation mechanisms will be central to maximizing the impact of Cochrane reviews on global infectious disease control.”