Latest News & Announcements

The department will be holding the 2nd Breastfeeding Bootcamp on Saturday 13th June at the Faculty of Health Science Lecture Theatre 3.

The department partIcipated in the tree planting exercise which took place at Upper Kabete Campus on April 2 ,2026.

The Department of Paediatrics and Child Health graduated one PHD student ,27 Masters students and 2Fellowship students in the last graduation ceremony held physically at the Chancellors court on 11th December,2025.

The  students were welcomed by the chairman of the department where they were taken through the history lane of how the department came in place.

The Paediatrics and child health poster showcases the departmental lab ,the programs offered, the Research grant funding , policy and guidelines for the department , partnerships and collaborators , the number of publications and the skills lab .

Dr. Lawrence Okongo Owino participating in an outreach activity in Maduwa ,middle of Budalangi swamps ensuring that no child is left out of the MR/TCV immunization campaign held out in July,2025 

Dr.Jalemba Aluvaala has been celebrated as an outstanding winner by the Vice Chancellor of University of Oxford Professor Irene Tracey for a Research Engagement Award for Engaging Stakeholders To Build A Kenyan Learning Health System

Prof Fredrick  N. Were was appointed by His excellency the President of the Republic of Kenya William Samoei Ruto as the Chairperson of the Kenya Medical Practitioners and Dentists Council for a period of three years with effect from the 25th July,2025.

Sensitisation of stakeholders on 3 new Paediatric Clinical Fellowship Programs at the University of Nairobi . Paediatric Pulmonary, Gastro-hepatology and Nutrition was held at the Tree hotel on 2nd April 2025.

The Respiratory Society of Kenya in collaboration with The LIGHT Consortium invites you to the CME series on :

1.The latest pediatric TB treatment guidelines and regimens.

2. Challenges in diagnosing TB in children and innovative solutions

3. Drug- resistant TB in young patients -emerging trends and management.

4. Expert-led discussions on improving care and outcomes for this age group.

Addressing TB in children and adolescents is critical to ending TB for future generations.