A living archive of LEA-WH in the public arena — the broadcasts, the airwaves, the conversations, and the moments captured along the way. Every piece here represents a step in the journey of putting African women's health research and innovation on the map.
Radio Generation Kenya · The Peoples Breakfast
Prof. Nelly Mugo illustrates how LEA-WH is meant to solve the problem that the public is facing. The program is supported by experience advisory team, faculty members and consultants that esures that the program deliers fellow who are able to solve the problem bs faced in the current age.
Listen to interview →Radio Generation Kenya · The Peoples Breakfast
Prof. Nyawira Gitahi explains how program evaluation is an important componet of achieving the LEA-WH Program. The program will conduct a training needs assessment in understand what the fellows need as they come in. This wilserve as a baseline meant to capture the challenges that the fellows face as they come in into the program.
Listen to interview →Radio Generation Kenya · The Peoples Breakfast
Prof. Nyawira Gitahi talks on how exposure plays an important role in ensureing that research work without being socially desirable. Researcher needs to lean to get the answers that they needs to solve problems that are available.
Listen to interview →Willow Health Media · LEA-WH Program
In this interview with Willow Health Media, she explains how her Nairobi-based biotech startup is developing an AI-powered diagnostic tool trained on data from African women to help clinicians diagnose vaginal infections faster and more accurately.
Watch Video →LEA-WH Program
True innovation starts in the lab but must end in the community. Dr. Kadryn Kadasia is the bridge between these two worlds. As a key member of the LEA-WH inaugural cohort, Dr. Kadasia brings deep technical expertise to solve the continent’s most pressing reproductive health challenges.
Watch Video →LEA-WH Program
Can AI Bridge the Health Equity Gap? Joel Alex Olang says “Yes.” 📱🤖 Meet Joel Alex Olang, founder of Urban Tech For Hope and the innovator behind M-Kliniki. As one of the inaugural LEA-WH Fellows, Joel is demonstrating that innovation is not just about technology — it is about expanding access to quality healthcare for underserved communities.
Watch Video →LEA-WH Program
For over 20 years, Dr. Uduak Okomo of the LSHTM-MRC Unit The Gambia has been a frontline defender for West Africa's newborns. Now, as a LEA-WH Fellow, she is turning her lens toward a critical but often ignored chapter of African women’s lives: Midlife Health and Menopause.
Watch Video →U.S. National Academy of Medicine
The first cohort includes 20 fellows from 11 African countries, representing a diverse and dynamic community of researchers, clinicians, biotechnologists, and innovators.
Read Article →KEMRI Communications · By Gladys Mathenge.
The LEA-WH Programme officially kicked off, marking a defining moment for the future of women’s health in Africa. As part of the programme’s launch activities the LEA-WH team paid a courtesy visit to Kenya Medical Research Institute’s Ag. Director General Prof. Elijah Songok on 14th January 2026.
Read Aricle →KEMRI Communications · By Stella Njung’e
The inaugural cohort of the Leadership for Innovation and Excellence in Accelerating Research on Women’s Health (LEA-WH) Fellowship has kicked off its Immersion Week in Nairobi, bringing together 20 fellows from 11 African countries for a five-day meeting taking place from 11th – 15th March 2026.
Read Article →Willow Health Media · By Joyce Mutheu
As a young doctor working in Busia on the Kenya-Uganda border, Prof Elizabeth Anne Bukusi witnessed firsthand how deeply women’s health shapes families and communities. In the border town, where malaria and HIV were widespread, she watched women endure repeated pregnancies, difficult births and preventable complications, often at great personal cost..
Read Article →U.S. National Academy of Medicine
Through the LEA-WH Fellowship, the National Academy of Medicine and Kenya Medical Research Institute are nurturing a network of emerging leaders working to transform women’s health research and innovation across Africa.
Read Article →KEMRI Communications · By Stella Njung’e
The inaugural cohort of the Leadership for Innovation and Excellence in Accelerating Research on Women’s Health (LEA-WH) Fellowship has kicked off its Immersion Week in Nairobi, bringing together 20 fellows from 11 African countries for a five-day meeting taking place from 11th – 15th March 2026.
Read Article →KEMRI Communications · By Stella Njung’e
The inaugural cohort of the Leadership for Innovation and Excellence in Accelerating Research on Women’s Health (LEA-WH) Fellowship has kicked off its Immersion Week in Nairobi, bringing together 20 fellows from 11 African countries for a five-day meeting taking place from 11th – 15th March 2026.
Read Article →X · Trending Health Topic in Kenya
A round-up of voices, reactions, and reposts from across the African health community during Immersion Week, reaching over 2 million impressions.
View on X →LinkedIn · LEA-WH Showcase Page
Twenty individual feature posts spotlighting each fellow, generating over 50,000 combined impressions and engagement from across the global health community.
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