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Kenya Cuts Polio Test Times from 35 Days to Hours with New KEMRI Lab

  • September 16, 2025
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By Eddah Waithaka Kenya has dramatically upgraded its capacity to fight polio and other infectious diseases with the inauguration of a state-of-the-art genomic sequencing laboratory at the Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI). The expanded facility, officially opened by Health Cabinet Secretary Hon. Aden Duale on Tuesday, eliminates the need to send poliovirus samples abroad for […]