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Join the KNH - UoN Webinar : Kenya Tissue and Transplant Authority  :Haemovigilance Symposium 

The KNH - UoN Webinar : Kenya Tissue and Transplant Authority  :Haemovigilance Symposium is happening from Wednesday 15th - Friday 17th January 2025 9:00am - 5:00pm (EAT), Webinar ID857 6654 1156.

On Wednesday 15th January 2025 7:00pm-8:30pm topic will be A Whole Government Approach to Ending Maternal& Childhood Deaths in Kenya : What Does it Take to Actualize SDG 3.1 and 3.2

On Thursday 23rd January 2025 2:00pm -3:30pm : Understanding UHC Reforms in Kenya with focus in Health Financing

Dr Maturi speaks at the Blood Transfusion Symposium Series

On Friday, 24th February 2023, Dr. Peter Maturi was among the speakers on the ongoing online Blood Transfusion Symposium Series titled Scope, importance of Haemovigilance, impact/benefits of Haemovigilance, reporting tools, adverse events reporting, facility transfusion committees. 

The webinar was an introduction to Haemovigilance in reengineering services for universal health coverage. 

Dr Barasa leads in the Commissioning of the Histocompatibility and Immunogenetics Laboratory at KNH

On Wednesday, 11th May 2022, President Uhuru Kenyatta inaugurated three state-of-the-art health facilities at the Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH) which included the Histocompatibility and Immunogenetics Laboratory (HLA Lab) where Dr. Barasa was the lead person.

The other facilities commissioned were the Zarina Merali Surgical Daycare Centre and the Centre for Kidney Disease & Organ Transplantation.

The laboratory, the first of its kind in East Africa, will facilitate histocompatibility and genetics testing for solid organ and bone marrow transplantation services.