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The NAMRU EURAFCENT team were trained by WRAIR-Africa in wastewater surveillance. As part of the training, wastewater samples were collected from a local fish market at Dunga beach.
WRAIR-Africa conducts wastewater surveillance training - The NAMRU EURAFCENT team were trained by WRAIR-Africa in wastewater surveillance. As part of the training, wastewater samples were collected from a local fish market at Dunga beach.
WRAIR-Africa entomologists conduct field identification of insects collected near Justified Accord cantonment area.
WRAIR-Africa conducts vector surveillance for joint exercises - WRAIR-Africa entomologists conduct field identification of insects collected near Justified Accord cantonment area.
MAJ Pow Sang (middle), Chief of Microbiology at WRAIR-Africa, teaches soldiers how to use BioFire equipment for disease surveillance at African Lion 2025.
WRAIR-Africa uses state-of-the-art biosurveillance methods - MAJ Pow Sang (middle), Chief of Microbiology at WRAIR-Africa, teaches soldiers how to use BioFire equipment for disease surveillance at African Lion 2025.
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Kenyan Army Lt. Col. Moses Mdzomba and U.S. Army Capt. Juwan Crittenden pose for a photo during the SETAF-AF medical readiness exercise. - Kenyan Army Lt. Col. Moses Mdzomba and U.S. Army Capt. Juwan Crittenden pose for a photo during the U.S. Army Southern European Task Force, Africa (SETAF-AF) medical readiness exercise (MEDREX) and global health engagements (GHE) concept development event (CDE) held in Vicenza, Italy, Sept.16-20, 2024. The MEDREX GHE CDE brought together military medical professionals, planners, and experts from SETAF-AF, U.S. Africa Command, U.S. Medical Command, and others, along with medical providers and representatives from 17 African partner nations. Participants worked collectively to refine the fiscal year 2025 MEDREX and Global Health Engagements execution strategy and discussed the framework for fiscal years 2026 through 2028. (U.S. Army photo by 1st Lt. Katherine Sibilla)

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Col. Deydre Teyhen, WRAIR Commander, provides remarks at the celebration of the 50th anniversary of partnership and collaboration between WRAIR and the Republic of Kenya.

Research

Researcher Esther Omuseni and graduate student Vane Kwamboka work with samples in the biosafety cabinet at the GEIS-affiliated AFI Basic Science Lab in Kisumu, Kenya. Thanks to enhancements installed to support their GEIS work, the lab amont of samples the lab is able to process daily has increased 10-fold. | Photo by Sarah Day Smith for HJFMRI

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The physicians, nurses, researchers, and staff of Kombewa celebrate the 27th anniversary of the Kombewa Clinical Research Center in Kombewa, Kenya.
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