It has not stopped us scaling up joint research to find vaccines, therapeutics and diagnostics to contain the virus. Both governments have agreed to develop a joint action plan in coronavirus research, science, technology and innovation. To support this research on these interventions, the UK has committed Sh97 billion globally to end the pandemic as quickly as possible. To support the above initiatives, we shall be leveraging the long history between Kenya and the UK on health-related research. This includes a long-standing partnership between research institutes, universities and researchers from both countries who have worked together in ground-breaking and life-saving research, such as trialling bed nets as a prevention tool for malaria, pneumonia vaccine trials, and ebola vaccine trials.

Source: The Star June 08, 2020 00:56 UTC