Dr. Anne Beatrice Kihara (President of the International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics (FIGO) 2021 to 2023) meets Dr. Jeff Smith - Deputy Director of Implementation research and demonstration to scale of Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation on 1st April 2022.
Good morning colleagues
We’ve just concluded the AOAC training (Advanced Obstetric and Anesthetic Care Course) in which a total of 89 residents have been trained.
We have 15 TOTs with 4 assigned to lead the team:
Dr Charles Njoroge
Dr Neera Bhatt
Dr Ayda Wanjiku
Dr Rita Arogo.
These can be used should we need to train the midwives or other hospital teams.
Postgraduate students at the department were undertaken through Advanced Obstetric Care (AOAC) training on 22nd February, 2022.
The AOAC training was conducted by a team from Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (LSTM).
Dr. Ann Beatrice Kihara was elected president of the International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics (FIGO) 2021 to 2023.
FIGO is a professional organization that brings together obstetrical and gynecological professional societies from 132 countries from around the globe.
The Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology congratulates Dr. George Gwako for being conferred with a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degree in Obstetrics and Gynaecology during the 65th University of Nairobi graduation ceremony.
Prof. Eunice Jeptoo Cheserem is the new Chair of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, taking over from Prof. Omondi Ogutu.
Prof. Cheserem is an Associate Professor in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Nairobi and a Specialist Obstetrician Gynaecologist, Kenyatta National Hospital Nairobi.
Dr Rose Kosgei, a Senior Lecturer, Department of Obs/Gyn, UoN, has been commended by the World Health Organization’s Division of Tropical Disease and Research for using operational research to improve women’s health.
The Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology successfully held its inaugural online postgraduate intake examination on the 28th July, 2020.
The examination consisted of a written multiple choice paper followed by an oral viva by a panel of examiners.
The online examination was conducted in line with the measures recommended for continuation of teaching and learning at the University of Nairobi while preventing the spread of corona virus disease (COVID -19) that led to the closure of academic institutions hence disrupting learning.
Visiting Research Dr. Arum demonstrate demonstrate the use of Nanopore sequencing.
Prof. Walter Jaoko, Director KAVI-Institute of Clinical Research was one of the ten individuals who were honoured at the Ten out of Ten (1O/10) Awards held at the House of Lords in the Palace of Westminster, London on 9th September, 2019.
The Ten out of Ten Awards aims at facilitating an important conversation about the intersection that must converge in order to meet the UN targets of globally ending all new HIV diagnosis by 2030.
