PhD candidate at the University of Amsterdam and researcher , Kenya Medical Research Institute
Makobu Kimani is a medical doctor, with post graduate training in public Health (Epidemiology and Biostatistics). Over the last eight years he has worked with populations that are at a disproportionally higher risk of acquisition of HIV/AIDS in Nairobi, Kenya. Kimani has also been a clinical safety advisor for an RCT inducing immune-quiescence in female sex workers. He has been part of a team that defined the minimal care package for services to female sex workers and MSM/MSW. This is currently being implemented by the Ministry of health in Kenya.
He is interested in mental health and its attendant contribution to risk taking behaviour in MSM that exposes them to even higher risk for HIV acquisition. He has also developed an interest for finding Acute HIV Infection (AHI) in the general population and its potential for use for both behavioural studies and HIV vaccine trials.
HIV in Kenya: high risk groups aren't getting the attention they need
Jul 21, 2019 11:56 am UTC| Insights & Views Health
Efforts to manage the HIV epidemic in much of sub-Saharan Africa need to specifically target sections of the population that are most vulnerable to HIV infection. Two such key populations include men who have sex with men...
Johannesburg in a time of darkness: Ivan Vladislavić’s new memoir reminds us of the city’s fragility
Labour can afford to be far more ambitious with its economic policies – voters are on board
Sudan: civil war stretches into a second year with no end in sight