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Dr. Diana Marangu is among ten outstanding early career scientists from nine African countries that have been awarded four-year fellowships that will build their capacity to conduct cutting-edge research in global health. The fellowships will be awarded through the African Postdoctoral Training Initiative (APTI) programme, which is implemented by the African Academy of Sciences in partnership with the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

Attending this year’s Conference is an opportunity I thank God for. I am truly honored to have been given the prestigious 2022/23 Hillman’s Medical Professional Award which included a scholarship to attend the KPA Annual Scientific Conference. This is an award given to the Master’s student in Paediatric and Child Health, University of Nairobi, who is voted by his/her peers as having demonstrated outstanding professional values in Year 1 of the Master’s Programme.

We held a 4-day ETAT+ (Emergency, Triage, Assessment and Treatment Plus admission care) Training at the University of Nairobi from 17th April to 20th April 2023.  ETAT+ , is taught to all doctors in training, during their 11-week rotation in Paediatrics and Child Health.

On the 22nd to 24th March 2023,Twenty two pediatric residents were trained and qualified to be the new ETAT+ and newborn ETAT+ trainers. The postgraduates of UON have been key in scaling up sustainable ETAT + and Newborn ETAT + training of all the undergraduates who qualify from UON. They have done this since 2008, many of you have participated in the ETAT+ UON pre service training. Many thanks, we appreciate you.

All countries have committed to reducing neonatal mortality to at least as low as 12 deaths per 1000 live births by 2030. this sustainable development goal requires countries to transform the provision of newborn care, especially to the most vulnerable small and sick newborns.

A 5-day Newborn ETAT + Training integrating clinical pathways and procedures with the use of equipment.

(Incorporating the New WHO recommendations for the care of preterms)

At the University of Nairobi, Department of Pediatrics and Child Health.

32 participants including paediatricians, nurses, and program managers from all over the country are attending the ongoing training.

The trainers comprise experienced trainers who are alumni of Department of Pediatrics and Neonatal nurses from all over Kenya.

The MMED  Part 3 Students will be sitting for their final examinations from 20/02/2023 to 28/02/2023.

MBChB year 5 second term students being taken through on what to expect when they rotate in the Newborn Unit KNH  and Mbagathi Hospital.

The Web champions were being trained on how to upload different contents on their various websites