Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI)
Kenya Medical Research Institute
KEMRI is Kenya's leading health research institute established in 1979, conducting research on infectious diseases, parasitic diseases, epidemiology, and non-communicable diseases with state-of-the-art laboratories and extensive surveillance networks. The institute operates the Kilifi Health and Demographic Surveillance System (KHDSS), a Clinical Information Network spanning 25 hospitals, and maintains a biobank of over one million samples.
Category
Research database
Access
Credentialed
Region
Africa — Kenya
Coverage
Kenya; 25-hospital surveillance network; Kilifi HDSS population cohort
Data types
disease surveillance, epidemiology, biosamples, clinical trials