Kenya National Public Health Institute

17/12/2025

𝐊𝐍𝐏𝐇𝐈 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐬 𝐒𝐑𝐒 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐚𝐥 𝐰𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐭𝐲

The Kenya National Public Health Institute [KNPHI] is holding a 5-day workshop to complete the drafting, harmonisation, and validation of the final Sample Registration System [SRS] proposal through extensive multi-stakeholder engagement to strengthen surveillance capacity and enable integration of mortality data.

The activity is being supported by the
leading global public health organization
Vital Strategies though consultant and expert in data analysis, monitoring and evaluation practice Williams Kwarah;who is providing technical support in the design, implementation, and assessment of systems for continuous, reliable death data collection, focusing on technical rigor, operational feasibility, and stakeholder engagement to ensure data quality for public health.

Key objectives of the workshop is to align the proposed SRS design with the required proposal structure, format, and guidelines,finalise statistical domains, methodological approaches, and technical programme components,consolidate inputs for final internal and stakeholder review prior to submission among others.

Kenya has various data systems dealing with mortality data such as Kenya Health Information System (KHIS II) ,Integrated Disease Surveillance and Response (IDSR), extended Kenya Electronic Medical Records (KenyaEMR) and Community Event-based Surveillance System (CEBS)-that reports signals of deaths at the community level.

Among the institutions whose representatives are present during the training are Ministry of Health,Civil Registration Services [CRS], Academia led by the University of Nairobi,Strathmore University and Maseno University.

The long-term goal of an SRS is to contribute to improving the health of the population by providing evidence to support health progress assessment, help in decision-making and identify areas of greatest need for health programs. It provides continuous, routine, and timely follow-up of pregnancies, live births, deaths, and causes of death.

12/12/2025

09/12/2025

𝐊𝐍𝐏𝐇𝐈 & 𝐅𝐇𝐈 𝟑𝟔𝟎 𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐝 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐠𝐲 𝐦𝐞𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡 𝐒𝐞𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐲

The Kenya National Public Health Institute [KNPHI] hosted the top leadership of FHI 360 for a strategic meeting to deliberate on collaborative framework aimed at strengthening health systems through proven best practices and the latest innovations to prevent, detect and respond to emerging infectious diseases and potential pandemics.

The KNPHI Ag. Director General Dr Kamene Kimenye took time to brief the delegation on a historic Health Cooperation Framework Kenya and the United States signed on Thursday last week in Washington D.C.The agreement pact is geared towards building a resilient, integrated health system that sees Kenya grow its epidemic preparedness based on the 7-1-7 model-detecting an outbreak within seven days, notifying authorities within one day, and responding within seven days.

While lauding the continued support between KNPHI and FHI 360 through STRengthening Infectious disease DEtection Systems (STRIDES),Dr Kamene appealed for enhanced partnerships in areas such as strengthening county EOCs and regional hubs,laboratory of food safety and quality,field epidemiology capacity and the upcoming Inaugural Kenya Health Security Convention set for May next year.

FHI CEO Tessie San Martin committed to supporting public health activities in the country in alignment with priorities of the government through improvement of real- time reporting data, data sharing, and interoperability between surveillance and laboratory systems to advance Health Security Agenda.

FHI 360 has been instrumental in outbreak preparedness and response for several pandemic threats, including mpox, COVID-19, new influenza strains like the avian flu and H1N1, mosquito-borne illnesses like dengue fever and Zika virus, and hemorrhagic fevers such as Ebola virus disease, Rift Valley fever and Marburg virus disease

08/12/2025

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐊𝐞𝐧𝐲𝐚 𝐍𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐏𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐜 𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡 𝐈𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐭𝐞 𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐬 𝐚 𝐂𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐞𝐫𝐚 𝐎𝐮𝐭𝐛𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐤 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐞 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐚-𝐀𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐑𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐰 𝐢𝐧 𝐍𝐚𝐫𝐨𝐤 𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐲

The Kenya National Public Health Institute (KNPHI) in collaboration with County Government of Narok, the Kenya Red Cross Society (KRCS), World Health Organization (WHO), Africa CDC, and Washington State University (WSU) is conducting an Intra-Action Review (IAR) workshop of the cholera outbreak response in both Transmara South and West Sub Counties, Narok County.

The objective of the IAR is to identify and leverage the enablers and while addressing the bottlenecks taking into account the National and County level capacities to strengthen the outbreak response.

Cholera is an acute, highly contagious bacterial infection transmitted when food or water, or food contaminated by Vibrio cholerae, are ingested. Since the first case was detected on 17th September 2025, Narok County has reported a total of 240 cholera cases with six (6) deaths thus having a case fatality rate (CFR) of 2.5%. This CFR is more than double the World Health Organization benchmark of

07/12/2025

The new health deal,signed between Kenya and the United States on Thursday,requires Nairobi to adopt a system where it detects potential outbreak
of diseases within seven days,inform Authorities within a day,and provide complete early response action within seven days in a first-of-its-kind pact in the world aimed at strengthening Global Health Security Agenda [GHSA].

The Ministry of Health

06/12/2025

𝐊𝐞𝐧𝐲𝐚 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐔𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡 𝐂𝐨𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐅𝐫𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤

Dr Kamene Kimenye - KNPHI Ag. Director General joined Health CS Hon Aden Duale and Medical Services PS Dr Ouma Oluga in the bilateral talks with the United States Secretary of Health and Human Services, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., at the Department of Health and Human Services in Washington, D.C.

Their discussions focused on various priorities: a fit-for-purpose health workforce, sustainable health financing, secure access to health products and technologies and a resilient, digitized health system.Others are health security, surveillance and laboratory strengthening.

On Thursday, Kenya signed a historic five-year health agreement with the US, the first such pact under President Donald Trump's administration.The deal is aimed at supporting priority health programs in the country including disease surveillance, and infectious disease outbreak response and preparedness.

Also present in the meeting were, Jim O’Neill, Deputy Secretary, Health and Human Services, Paige Armstrong, Director Global Health Centre, Chris McLean deputy Chief of staff CDC, Ken Callahan Chief Advisor, and Dr. Andrew Mulwa Head NASCOP.

04/12/2025

The new edition of the newsletter is OUT!

This issue highlights key developments, including Kenya's One Health Approach which is a significant milestone that seeks to address various health challenges such as zoonotic diseases, antimicrobial resistance, food safety, ecosystem health and climate change issues.

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02/12/2025

This week we have an exciting and informative webinar titled 𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗼 𝗪𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗲 𝗮 𝗚𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝗔𝗯𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁
Join us this Thursday from 6:00pm.
Register now on this link: https://forms.gle/A6iVa7neS6ibGbgt5

28/11/2025

The Kenya National Public Health Institute [KNPHI] Board Chairperson Mr Paul Kariuki and acting Director General Dr Kamene Kimenye presided over the graduation ceremony for intermediate Field Epidemiology and Laboratory Training Program (FELTP) Cohort 11 on Friday.

FELTP is a significant program under KNPHI in recognition of the need to have a skilled public health workforce that supports the surveillance systems, respond to public health emergencies and use data for decision making. Its key mandate is to increase epidemiological capacity in Kenya while working towards attaining the Global Health Security Agenda (GHSA) target of one trained Field Epidemiologist per 200,000 populations.

It is a three-tier training program that consists of:
• A three-month basic-level epidemiology training program for frontline health workers.
• A six-month intermediate-level epidemiology training program for frontline health workers and health managers.
• A two-year advanced-level epidemiology training program for health managers at county and national levels, leading to an MSc in Field Epidemiology from Moi University.

State Department for Public Health and Professional Standards
The Ministry of Health

27/11/2025

Registration link:https://forms.gle/A6iVa7neS6ibGbgt5

The Ministry of Health Council of Governors-Kenya Ministry of Interior and National Administration